Tag: Jason Laking
Jason Laking, a jockey from Canterbury, has always wanted to compete in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400 metres), and on Saturday at Te Rapa, he will finally have the chance to do so. On Saturday, Laking was scheduled to ride at Wingatui, but after Craig Zackey, the rider who was scheduled to go there, returned to his native South Africa, Wexford Stables urged Laking to head north and ride Waitak. “This will be my first ride in the Derby. It has been a lifetime thing that ...
North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons would get no greater satisfaction than seeing veteran stayer Camino Rocoso ...
The last time Jason Laking answered a North Island call-up from Te Akau he repaid the powerful racing ...
Matamata visitor Cognito put his cards on the table for a Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New ...
Quality New Zealand performer Prise De Fer put a week of uncertainty behind him in style at Riccarton ...
Asathought will crown herself as Queen of Southland’s stayers with success in Saturday’s Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton ...
With three premierships, countless big-race triumphs, more than NZD$30 million in prize-money and Hong Kong beckoning, Jamie Richards ...
Mark Jones is fast becoming a galloping convert. The highly regarded New Zealand harness racing trainer and 2003 ...
Enigmatic performer Camino Rocoso shrugged off a narrow defeat in the Greymouth Cup (2000m) on Monday to turn ...
The depth of the three-year-old talent in the Te Akau Racing team was clearly on display on Saturday, ...
Canterbury jockey Jason Laking’s Covid-19 lockdown experience was a lot different to many of his contemporaries around the ...