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Te Akau stars return

Posted on June 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The 2020/2021 season will live long in the memory of Jamie Richards. The Matamata trainer, who heads Te Akau’s racing operation, sits atop the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership with 157 wins and nearly NZ$6 million to his credit this term. While dominant in New Zealand, Richards also experienced success across the Tasman, posting four wins,[...]

Posted on April 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards will be looking to extend what can only be described as a dream season when he lines-up a couple of stakes favourites this weekend. The 31-year-old horseman sits atop the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership with 147 wins, 35 of those at stakes level, surpassing Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s previous[...]

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

On a day that promised much, Te Akau Racing trainer Jamie Richards was left wondering what might have been when racing concluded on Saturday evening. The Te Akau stable had been firing on all cylinders midway through the action at Te Rapa with successive feature races wins with Avantage in the Group 1 BCD Group[...]

Posted on February 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting galloper Amarelinha bounced back to her very best after suffering a narrow defeat at her most recent start, when she captured the Group 2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa. Trained by Jamie Richards for the Te Akau Hopskip’n’jump Syndicate, Amarelinha was sent out a favourite for the contest as[...]

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

Quality galloper Probabeel will kick off her summer campaign in Melbourne this Saturday when she contests the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The four-year-old Savabeel mare travelled to Australia last week in preparation for a three-race assignment culminating in the A$5m All Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 13. Trainer[...]

Posted on January 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The All-Star Mile is the short-term goal for classy New Zealander Probabeel, who will ramp up her preparations in a barrier trial at Geelong.

Posted on January 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

He’s got the movie star looks and now exciting Savabeel colt Brando will be out to showcase his talents on the international stage. Trainer Jamie Richards is keen to test the lightly tried galloper against the best of his generation across the Tasman following his runner-up finish in Saturday’s Group 1 Levin Classic (1600). A[...]

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 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 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,[...]

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

Te Akau Racing’s Prise De Fer may have missed last weekend’s Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) but the five-year-old gelding will soon have the opportunity to make up for lost time. Trainer Jamie Richards took the cautious approach not to send the son of Savabeel to Wellington where the weather forecast looked questionable on[...]

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

It’s been a fantastic New Zealand Cup carnival for horses from Curraghmore sale drafts – from all ends of the market. Kahma Lass, a daughter of Darci Brahma bred by Nearco Stud and raised at Gordon Cunningham’s Te Awamutu property, capped a great carnival when she won the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000[...]

Posted on November 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With their usual impeccable timing, the Te Akau Racing team roared into life on the last day of New Zealand Cup Week, winning five races including two of the feature events at Riccarton. Remington and Summer Monsoon got the balling rolling in races four and five before exciting colt Avonallo picked up his first stakes[...]

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

The potent combination of trainer Jamie Richards and rider Opie Bosson were back doing what they do best on Saturday — winning Group 1 races — as they combined to guide Kahma Lass to victory in the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Wearing the colours of Cambridge Stud proprietors[...]

Te Akau stars return

Richards out to continue dream season

Richards experiences racings highs and lows

Amarelinha back to her best at Te Rapa

Probabeel set for Melbourne campaign opener

Sydney Remains On The Agenda For Probabeel

Australian campaign for Brando

Te Akau to the fore at home trials

Amarelinha the latest bright young talent in tangerine

Ellis reflects on momentous year for Te Akau Racing

Take Two for Prise De Fer

1000 Guineas winner adds to Cunningham’s upbeat outlook

Te Akau celebrating Super Saturday

Bosson and Richards combine for 1000 Guineas triumph

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