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Gerard hoping to pop stakes Cork on Saturday

Posted on September 21, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A patient approach has helped New Zealand trainer Pam Gerard get Cork to a position where she is a force in stakes company. The improving five-year-old mare will have her second go at securing a black type victory when she contests the Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1550m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The five-year-old[...]

Posted on January 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed the arrival of promising Kiwi filly Let's Say Grace to his Australian base. The three-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit won impressively at Tauranga over 1400m in December under the care of Moroney's Matamata training partner Pam Gerard, with that form subsequently franked by placegetters Pinarello and Princess Lowry, who[...]

Posted on January 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard will have a trio of black-type contenders in action at Trentham this Saturday with the stable praying for a change in fortune for at least two of them. Roch ‘N' Horse and On The Rocks were devoid of luck in their most recent engagements at Ellerslie, while the third member[...]

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

Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard will have numbers and class in their favour for the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day. The Matamata training partnership is set to have three runners in the weight-for-age contest at Ellerslie, with two of them – Harlech and Sound – both looking like solid chances.[...]

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

Four wins during the week including a double at Te Rapa on Saturday has trainer Pam Gerard excited about the prospects for her Ballymore Stables team leading into the busiest period of racing in the country over the summer months. After wins earlier in the week by Myrtle Creek and Let's Say Grace, exciting sprinter/miler[...]

Posted on December 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ballymore Stables will double their attack on the Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday after its transfer from Trentham last weekend. Harlech was originally the stable's only entrant, however, with the race now on their backdoor step, the Matamata operation has also elected to line-up On The Rocks.[...]

Posted on September 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Last season's Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) winner Tokorangi will make her long awaited Australian debut at Flemington on Saturday, where she is likely to start in the Group 2 Rose of Kingston Stakes (1410m) but also holds a nomination for the Listed Paris Lane Stakes over the same journey. Prepared by Michael Moroney, the[...]

Posted on September 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to Group One company is imminent for Harlech after his pleasing return to New Zealand racing at Te Rapa last Saturday. The son of Darci Brahma had been racing out of co-trainer Michael Moroney's Australian barn over the last year, with his highlight being victory in the Benalla Cup (1406m) last October. The[...]

Posted on August 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented five-year-old Harlech is back in New Zealand and is preparing for a tilt at the Hawke's Bay features this spring. Prepared by Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard, the son of Darci Brahma transferred to Moroney's Australian stable at the conclusion of his three-year-old season after he had won the Group 2 James & Annie[...]

Posted on November 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented filly Tokorangi headed to Christchurch on Thursday morning ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday for trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard. The daughter of Redwood charged into third in the Group 3 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) last start behind De La Terre[...]

Posted on September 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mike Moroney is hoping to have two runners in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield in boom galloper Buffalo River and smart ex-Kiwi Harlech.

Posted on September 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney will head to the races for the first time in five months on Saturday when he goes to Flemington to watch Tofane compete in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m). With the COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria, Moroney felt it was wise to steer clear of raceday and focus his attention[...]

Posted on July 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented galloper Ali Baba is a more motivated horse this preparation and turned in an impressive performance to win the Fiber Fresh Stables BBQ Hurdle (2800m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained seven-year-old won a 2000m flat race earlier in the month and broke his hurdling duck with a comfortable[...]

Posted on July 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mike Moroney's Melbourne team for the spring has been bolstered by the arrival of Group Two winner Harlech from New Zealand. Harlech arrived on Wednesday morning, along with stakes-placed rising three-year-old Snapper, to continue preparations at Moroney's Flemington stables towards their Australian spring campaigns. Harlech registered two wins and five placings from nine starts[...]

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

Last start Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) heroine Tofane has made a real impression on trans-Tasman trainer, Michael Moroney, who is eyeing a possible tilt at The Everest (1200m), the world's richest turf race, at Randwick in the spring. “We are just waiting for them to confirm prizemoney for The Everest,” Moroney said. “We[...]

Posted on May 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mike Moroney's already impressive spring team is likely to be bolstered with the addition of a promising young galloper from the trainer's New Zealand stable. Moroney, whose Melbourne yard is taking all before it this season, has identified Harlech as a potential Australian carnival horse. A rising four-year-old, Harlech is a Group Two winner over[...]

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

Despite a standout season for The Oaks Stud's flagbearer Darci Brahma, the Cambridge stud farm has elected to keep the service fees unchanged heading into the 2020 breeding season. In a standout three-year-old crop, Darci Brahma was well represented by Group 3 winner Kali, Group 1 performer Harlech, and Group 1 winner Catalyst. Catalyst remained[...]

Gerard hoping to pop stakes Cork on Saturday

Classy filly transfers to Moroney’s Flemington barn

Stablemates due a change of luck at Trentham

Three-pronged attack on Zabeel Classic for Ballymore

Ballymore Stable winding into form as Christmas approaches

Venue change adds to Ballymore arsenal

Tokorangi to step out at Flemington

Hastings targets beckon Harlech

Harlech back at Matamata stable

1000 Guineas raid for Tokorangi

Moroney Faces Anxious Wait With Buffalo

Tofane lures Moroney back to the races

Switched on Ali Baba shapes as exciting jumper

Harlech Arrives In Melbourne For Spring

Moroney looking to summit Everest

Moroney Considers Harlech For Australian Spring

Service fees remain unchanged at The Oaks Stud

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