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Avantage goes back to back in Telegraph

Posted on January 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class prevailed at Trentham on Saturday when versatile mare Avantage was at her very best in taking out the Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) for the second year in succession. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old had scored fresh-up in the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day to take[...]

Posted on January 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The runaway leader of the National jockeys’ premiership, Danielle Johnson, notched her 100th winner for the season when she guided Te Akau Racing two-year-old Quattro Quinta to victory in the Listed IRT No.1 Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham on Saturday. Installed a warm $2 Fixed Odds favourite, the Darci Brahma gelding certainly didn’t have things[...]

Posted on January 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau have bolstered their numbers for the $1M Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) next week with a good result at Tauranga on Friday. Trainer Jamie Richards contested the Ray White Papamoa 2YO (1200m) with Millefiori and Sneaky Shark, and both have earned enough money to make it into the 14-horse field for[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel. Eleven-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle headed into her 1200m heat with plenty of condition, but pleased Richards with her runner-up effort ahead of her Group 1[...]

Posted on January 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing’s challenge for supremacy in the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month was strengthened at Ellerslie on Sunday when On The Bubbles produced a comprehensive victory is his final lead-up to the big event. The Jamie Richards-trained Brazen Beau youngster sat three-wide throughout the 1200m contest but still[...]

Posted on January 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards had plenty of firepower in racing action on the track at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, but also took the time to stretch the legs of some of his team members being set for upcoming major assignments. Dual Horse of the Year Melody Belle, exciting three-year-old Need I Say More and Group[...]

Posted on January 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards, jockey Danielle Johnson and Te Akau Racing have continued their dominant Ellerslie Christmas Carnival form with a stakes double through the deeds of Imperatriz in the Group 2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and Savy Yong Blonk in the Group 3 SKYCITY City Of Auckland Cup (2400m). Richards saddled an unprecedented six[...]

Posted on January 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) was the pinnacle event on a day awash with black type features at Ellerslie on Friday and it more than lived up to its billing as the heavyweights of New Zealand sprinting took their shot at Group 1 glory. When the dust settled it was the red-hot team of[...]

Posted on December 31, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards finished 2020 with a bang, posting an historic six wins at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and winning his last start of the year courtesy of Zouluminous at Taupo on Wednesday. While pleased with his team’s efforts, his attention has swiftly turned back to Ellerslie where he will have a number of strong[...]

Posted on December 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

COVID-19 hit plenty of racing plans when it closed the industry down in March, not least that of promising mare Mai Tai. Mai Tai was getting set for her second start following a fourth placing on debut when lockdown hit, forcing trainer Jamie Richards and owners Llanhennock Trust – made up of the Hawkins family[...]

Posted on December 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A quick glance at the results from day one of the Ellerslie Christmas carnival reveals the remarkable fact that if your surname wasn’t Richards, Bosson or Johnson you struggled to make much of an impact on one of the biggest days on the New Zealand racing calendar. Matamata’s Jamie Richards dominated the training ranks as[...]

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

Champion trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau team have sent out an abundance of talent this season, and a remarkable performance in Saturday’s Group 2 Jamieson Park Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie may have moved Amarelinha towards the top of the list. Along with Melody Belle’s Group 1 Hawke’s Bay heroics, a five-win[...]

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

The all-conquering Te Akau team is sticking to a proven Group 1 formula with rising star three-year-old Brando. The striking son of Savabeel scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, which will be used as a springboard into the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham[...]

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

Progressive mare Vamos Bebe took the step up to stakes company with relative ease when she strode clear in the final stages of Saturday’s Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie for a comprehensive victory. Trainer Jamie Richards backed his opinion of the I Am Invincible four-year-old, who was rated a clear six points lower[...]

Posted on December 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Last start Group 3 Counties Cup (2100m) winner In A Twinkling will be vying for Group 1 glory at Ellerslie on Boxing Day when he lines-up in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m). The Jamie Richards-trained gelding finished runner-up in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) behind Crown Prosecutor last year, and he has[...]

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

One of New Zealand’s most exciting weight-for-age gallopers, dual Group 1 winner Te Akau Shark, has been retired. The Rip Van Winkle gelding hasn’t raced since finishing fifth in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick in April. He underwent optic implant surgery for a rare eye condition in June and while recovering[...]

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

Busy putting in the hard yards conducting his pre-Christmas inspections for the annual NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka next month, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM took time out to reflect on the stables’ achievements in 2020. It has been a bumper year for Te Akau Racing with horses the ilk of Avantage,[...]

Avantage goes back to back in Telegraph

Johnson brings up a century of wins at Trentham

Te Akau pair sneak into Karaka Million

Te Akau to the fore at home trials

On The Bubbles produces champagne performance

Melody Belle on track for Trentham feature

Richards and Johnson continue carnival roll

Avantage all class in Railway victory

Richards hoping to start the year with a bang

No time for Mai Tais as Karaka looms

Leading riders to the fore on Boxing Day

Amarelinha the latest bright young talent in tangerine

Exciting colt on proven Levin Classic path

Promising mares feature prominently at Ellerslie

In A Twinkling out for Group 1 glory

Te Akau Shark retired

Ellis reflects on momentous year for Te Akau Racing

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