Jim Wallace

Pennyweka retired

Posted on December 23, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all. The daughter of Satono Aladdin took her seventy-strong The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate on a whirlwind ride in autumn, winning the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham before crossing the Tasman to claim the Group[...]

Posted on June 29, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There will be no winter blues for veteran trainer Jim Wallace this year, who will shortly return from a well-deserved break overseas. The Opaki horseman has been visiting family in America this month but will be straight back in the training fold with his small string of racehorses, which is headed by dual Oaks winner[...]

Posted on April 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having brained her rivals in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks, the Jim Wallace-trained Pennyweka destroyed her rivals in the Group 1 Australian Oaks. The three-year-old Kiwi filly was forced to travel three wide the trip, but the fact she had cover throughout proved beneficial late on. Damian Lane was sitting like a statue on[...]

Posted on April 4, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The autumn emergence of gifted staying filly Pennyweka has presented Jim Wallace with an opportunity to return to the main stage in Australia. The Masterton trainer will be chasing a Classic double with the daughter of Satono Aladdin, who will bid to add Saturday's Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick to her clear-cut victory[...]

Posted on March 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Members of the Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate threatened to tear down the Trentham grandstand after they witnessed their pride and joy Pennyweka stride clear in the final stages of the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). More than 70 people associated with the three-year-old daughter of Satono Aladdin let out a united roar as rider[...]

Posted on March 17, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Few runners in Saturday's Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham will have a support crew like Pennyweka's. The Jim Wallace-trained Satono Aladdin filly goes into the Classic as a bona fide contender after fast-finishing placings in the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham and the Group 2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at[...]

Posted on February 28, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Pennyweka will cross the Tararua Ranges on Wednesday in the hope of snaring Group glory at Awapuni. The Wairarapa filly has shown plenty of promise in her seven starts to date, including placing in the Group 3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) and runner-up in the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last month. The[...]

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

Opaki trainer Brian Marriott may have just turned 91-years-old but he is showing no signs of slowing down. It was Marriott's birthday on Tuesday, but he was delighted with a belated celebration when his sole runner Bellissimo won the Kem Keene Memorial (1400m) at Woodville on Thursday by 4-3/4 lengths. “It was a really nice[...]

Pennyweka retired

Group One homecoming for Wallace

Pennyweka completes New Zealand Oaks / Australian Oaks double

Oaks contender puts Wallace back in the game

Jubilant scenes after special Oaks victory

Huge groundswell of support for Pennyweka

Pennyweka primed for Lowland Stakes

Belated birthday gift for Marriott

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