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Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Posted on September 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping for another fruitful day on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday despite the stars not aligning for star mare Probabeel in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). The Cambridge Stud-owned mare drew barrier 18 for the A$1 million feature and as a result of the wide draw drifted[...]

Posted on September 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Race favourite Quattro Quinta backed up an impressive trial performance ten days ago when he proved too quick for his rivals over 880m in the first two-year-old event of the season at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Darci Brahma gelding was warmly supported off the back of his impressive victory in a 650m trial heat at[...]

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

It was another proud day for Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM as the multi-faceted operation recorded seven wins in the space of seven hours, in three different countries on Saturday. Last season’s champion trainer Jamie Richards saddled Vamos Bebe, Miss Aotearoa, and Savy Yong Blonk to win at Hastings, while Probabeel won at[...]

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

The Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings in a fortnight is shaping as another standout contest based on the comments from connections of the horses who finished in behind Saturday’s upset winner of the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Callsign Mav. Form analysts will be casting their eyes over video replays of the[...]

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

Promising galloper Miss Aotearoa provided rider Craig Grylls and owner/breeder Tony Rider with a black type double at Hastings when she out-finished her age-group rivals in the Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m). Successful just two races earlier with raceday debutant Shezzacatch in the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m), the[...]

Posted on September 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Iconic breeding and racing personality Sir Patrick Hogan has another promising filly on his hands. Sir Patrick and his wife Justine, Lady Hogan bred and own Tavistock filly Sweet Anna, who tackles Saturday’s Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings. Prepared by Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Sweet Anna[...]

Posted on September 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Opie Bosson’s loss is Danielle Johnson’s gain. With Bosson unable to make the 56.5kg weight to ride the Jamie Richards-trained Avantage in Saturday’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings, Johnson will be the beneficiary. Johnson partnered the mare into an impressive first-up win in the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) earlier this month and[...]

Posted on September 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Multiple Group 2 winner Scott Base has been retired after finishing 12th in last Saturday’s Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), with connections electing to call time on the career of the highly talented, but injury-plagued six-year-old. “He was just showing a few signs of wear and tear, and we just want to do the right[...]

Posted on September 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Christchurch apprentice Rohan Mudhoo is riding the crest of a wave, having impressed the country’s leading trainer Jamie Richards enough to secure key rides for Te Akau Racing at Riccarton on Saturday. Mudhoo, apprenticed to Riccarton trainer Mike McCann, had his first ride for Richards at Timaru last week, finishing seventh on Remington. Despite that[...]

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

Promising filly La Vernazza will head to the spelling paddock after pulling up injured last week. The Brendan and Jo Lindsay-owned filly had joined trainer Jamie Richards’ Sydney team ahead of the spring, however, she will now be put on ice until next year. “She injured her hamstring somehow. We will just take it easy[...]

Posted on September 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality galloper Avantage showed she is the horse to beat in the upcoming Hawke’s Bay triple crown when she produced a strong fresh-up effort to take out the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Fastnet Rock mare had closed out her four-year-old campaign with three Group 1 victories in the[...]

Posted on September 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Danielle Johnson is hoping to shift her 2020-21 season into another gear with a quality book of rides at Te Rapa on Saturday. The 29-year-old has made a strong start to the new term, sitting in equal second place on the national jockeys’ premiership with eight wins from 66 mounts so far. She is just[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing’s annual southern spring sojourn begins in earnest at Timaru on Friday with trainer Jamie Richards unleashing five of his 12-strong first wave of travellers. Richards will produce Lethal, Bordeaux Le Rouge, Remington, Phantom Witness and Khafeef at Phar Lap Raceway as he seeks to build fitness for his team heading towards the[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Taroni will begin her path towards the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) when she lines-up at Te Rapa on Saturday. The daughter of Showcasing will contest the Group 3 WRC Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) and trainer Lance Noble is hoping for a solid performance from his charge after her[...]

Posted on September 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

When New Zealand filly La Vernazza steps out at Randwick she will be treading the same path as champion Sunline, who at her first Australian start broke the hearts of the best of Sydney’s fillies in the 1998 Furious Stakes. A recent acquisition for trainer Jamie Richards, La Vernazza will be tackling Saturday’s 1200m feature[...]

Posted on August 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Prolific Group One winner Melody Belle will return to New Zealand and take no further part in the Australian spring following two unplaced runs in Sydney. John Galvin, director of her ownership group Fortuna Syndications, confirmed the mare had been booked on a flight home. While her owners have been satisfied with Melody Belle’s performances,[...]

Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Te Akau Racing take first two-year-old race this season

Another bumper Saturday for Te Akau

Beaten brigade set their sights on Windsor Park Plate

Rider a happy man after dual stakes success at Hastings

Miss Aotearoa too strong in Gold Trail Stakes

Sir Patrick sweet on promising filly

Johnson to ride Avantage in Tarzino

Scott Base retired

Mudhoo delighted to grasp Te Akau opportunity

La Vernazza out for spring

Te Akau Racing claim Te Rapa features

Johnson reunites with Avantage in Foxbridge

Te Akau team targets Timaru

Taroni begins New Zealand 1000 Guineas path

Kiwi Filly Follows In Footsteps Of Sunline

Melody Belle Set To Return To New Zealand

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