Jo Rathbone

Kuru hoping for winning send-off

Posted on September 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former Champion New Zealand jumps jockey Aaron Kuru has enjoyed being home for the last couple of weeks, and the Melbourne-based hoop is hoping to end his trip with a couple of feature jumping scalps at Te Rapa on Sunday. Kuru will team-up once again with his good friends, trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal,[...]

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

Jo Rathbone will spend the next few days discussing the immediate plans for Saturday's Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) winner Tallyho Twinkletoe with her co-owners, including the possibility of a lightning raid across the Tasman to contest the Australian Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) on August 29. Rathbone had plenty to[...]

Posted on August 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An excited flourish of the whip by Shaun Phelan as he crossed the finish line said it all as champion jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe wrote his name into Australasian jumping folklore as he took out the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) at Riccarton. The Kevin Myers-trained eleven-year-old became the first horse[...]

Posted on May 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Australian jumps features are once again beckoning Tallyho Twinkletoe. The exciting New Zealand jumper made headlines when winning the Grand National Hurdle-Steeplechase double two years ago and his connections would love to have another trip across the Tasman to watch their pride and joy. The 10-year-old gelding attempted to defend his crown last year, however,[...]

Posted on October 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There were thrills a plenty during the running of Saturday's ARC Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) at Ellerslie but after the dust settled it was Wanganui mare Magic Wonder who completed the prestigious Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4900m) and Great Northern Steeplechase double with a dominant front-running victory. In a race full of incidents that included three[...]

Posted on October 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) is the pinnacle for many jumping enthusiasts, and Wanganui trainer Jo Rathbone is no different. The race holds a special place for her, having taken out the Ellerslie feature as a jockey in 2005 aboard Just The Man for trainer Davina Waddell. “That (Great Northern Steeplechase) is one of my[...]

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

The winners of the two jumping features at Ellerslie smashed the existing track record on their way to convincing victories in their respective events on Sunday. Whanganui chaser Magic Wonder now looms as a major hope in the famed Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) in a fortnight after comfortably accounting for her rivals in Sunday's CLC[...]

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

The aptly named Captaintwinkletoes showed his race rivals a clean pair of heels as he put a maiden win on the board at Awapuni on Saturday. The Jo Rathbone part owned and trained four-year-old had caught the eye when a close second to stablemate Wotablast at Wanganui on debut and was expected to take plenty[...]

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

Wanganui trainer Jo Rathbone has been riding the crest of a wave with quality jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe and she may have unearthed another top prospect in his half-brother, Captaintwinkletoes. The four-year-old son of Sufficient pleased Rathbone when finishing runner-up on debut over 2100m at Hawera on Saturday where he was only just beaten by stablemate[...]

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

Lisa Allpress has ruled herself out of the race to add a fifth premiership title to her record next season. The Whanganui jockey goes into Friday's meeting at Awapuni with 95 wins to her credit for the season, 17 clear of nearest rival, apprentice Kozzi Asano. That will give her a fourth national jockeys' premiership[...]

Kuru hoping for winning send-off

Australian feature an option for Grand National hero

Champion jumper salutes in Grand National Steeplechase

Tallyho Twinkletoe pleasing ahead of jumps return

Spectacular scenes during famous Ellerslie steeplechase

Northern spoils beckon Rathbone

Records smashed in Ellerslie jumping features

Captaintwinkletoes dances to maiden victory

Captaintwinkletoes impresses on debut

Allpress delighted with latest premiership title

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