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Dark Alley bounces back at Hastings

Posted on February 22, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising four-year-old Dark Alley looked a galloper capable of going through the grades over the next few months when he scored an impressive victory on his home track at Hastings on Sunday. The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained son of Per Incanto had kicked off his racing career with an eye-catching win over 1200m at[...]

Posted on January 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Guy Lowry reckons he has talented Atlante three-year-old Basarwa in the best condition he could possibly have him in going into Saturday’s Group 1 Devan Plastics Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Lowry, who trains in partnership with Grant Cullen, has produced Basarwa for a debut win at Hastings and a second placing to race rival[...]

Posted on December 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Chad Ormsby has no doubt that promising filly Moana has returned from a spring spell a far superior version of her previous self. The Waikato trainer will produce the Ocean Park filly in Saturday’s Group 3 Mitchell Family Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie in her first start since a luckless third in the Group 2[...]

Posted on November 25, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Basarwa will have to overcome his outside barrier in the Group 3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki on Thursday to keep his undefeated record intact. The son of Atlante won comfortably by 1-1/4 lengths on debut at Hastings earlier this month and trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen believe he is[...]

Posted on November 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented filly Shezzacatch demonstrated she is a filly on the rise when she made it two wins from two starts at Awapuni on Saturday. An upset winner of the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) on her home track on debut, the Savabeel three-year-old displayed some erratic tendencies during the race that[...]

Posted on November 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A stakes winner at her only start to date, Hawke’s Bay filly Shezzacatch is set to command plenty of attention in the opening race at Awapuni on Saturday. Trained by Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen for breeder and part-owner Tony Rider, the daughter of Savabeel began her career with a hiss and a roar in[...]

Posted on November 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Some surprise tactics from rider Darryl Bradley paved the way for promising mare Mohaka to claim her biggest career victory when she led throughout to win the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained five-year-old was backing up just six days after finishing fifth over 1400m[...]

Posted on September 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

If smiling were an Olympic sport, then Milan Park principal Tony Rider would most likely have had a gold medal hanging around his neck on Saturday evening. Rider was on hand at Hastings to watch two three-year-old fillies he bred and owns assure their future at his Cambridge-based breeding operation once their racing days are[...]

Posted on September 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hastings filly Shezzacatch was thrown in at the deep end for her debut in Saturday’s Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m), and she spectacularly rose to the occasion. After a placing in a Foxton trial earlier this month, trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen considered a couple of options for kicking off her racing[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen are looking to the youth in their stable ahead of spring racing. The Hastings trainers have recently lost promising three-year-old Unlaced to Australian shores and Lowry doesn’t think she will be the last they will farewell in the next couple of months. The daughter of Niagara won two of her[...]

Posted on March 9, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen know how to shock punters, especially at Trentham, and they are hoping they can do it again on Saturday. The Hastings training partners will be represented in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) by the lightly tried Unlaced, a daughter of Niagara who has recorded[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The broodmare paddock is beckoning Xpression, but one final Group 1 tilt remains in the offing for the daughter of Showcasing. Xpression was covered by Snitzel earlier this season and has returned to the barn of Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen to sign-off her racing career. The Group 1 performer had been campaigning[...]

Posted on October 3, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Guy Lowry has a plan to make amends for a Group 1 that got away. Lowry and training partner Grant Cullen produced Xpression as favourite for last year’s Group 1 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton but watched on as she could only manage third behind Media Sensation and Valalie. The Hastings duo have Riva Capri[...]

Posted on September 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 winner Wait A Sec will make a return to stakes company at Awapuni on Saturday when he lines-up in the Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m). The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained nine-year-old has been off the scene since his win in the Wairoa Cup (2100m) 18 months ago through injury. “He[...]

Posted on September 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The victory of promising three-year-old filly Riva Capri in Saturday’s Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui conjured up mixed emotions for well known bloodstock agent Bruce Perry. Perry, who selects and manages the thoroughbred interests of Wellington-based owner/breeder Lib Petagna, was thrilled to see the Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained filly carry Petagna’s[...]

Posted on September 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hastings visitor Riva Capri indicated she will be a filly to watch at a higher level over the next few months after she broke her maiden status in stakes company when taking out the Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui. Raced in the colours of well-known owner Lib Petagna under his JML Bloodstock[...]

Dark Alley bounces back at Hastings

Basarwa primed for Levin Classic tilt

Ellerslie rivals to make way for Moana

First stakes tilt for Basarwa

Shezzacatch remains unbeaten with solid showing at Awapuni

Shezzacatch on Levin Classic trail

Mohaka leads throughout in Feilding Gold Cup

Rider a happy man after dual stakes success at Hastings

Local first-starter sparkles in Trophy

Youthful Hawke’s Bay team prepare for spring

Hastings trainers hoping for another Trentham boilover

Lowry Xpressing interest in Telegraph

Hastings trainers seek Guineas redemption

Wait A Sec, he’s back

Stakes success for ill-fated Atlante

Riva Capri impressive in Wanganui victory

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