Ken Kelso

Beaten brigade set their sights on Windsor Park Plate

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

The Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings in a fortnight is shaping as another standout contest based on the comments from connections of the horses who finished in behind Saturday’s upset winner of the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Callsign Mav. Form analysts will be casting their eyes over video replays of the[...]

Posted on September 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata mare Shoshone demonstrated her affinity for the Ellerslie turf when she headed home a quality field over 1200m at the venue on Saturday. The Sacred Falls four-year-old has now won three of her four starts at Ellerslie with her latest victory one of her best as she pulled out plenty in the concluding stages[...]

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

Group 1 performers Supera and Princess Kereru will take centre stage early as racing returns to Matamata for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday. Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso will give the pair an exhibition gallop after race one as they prepare for upcoming spring features, while the husband-and-wife duo will[...]

Posted on July 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented three-year-old Shoshone was back to her best as she registered a comprehensive performance to win fresh-up over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained filly had won impressively on debut at the venue just over a year ago but a series of niggling issues had limited her to only two further[...]

Posted on March 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 performed mare Supera may be joined in next month’s Group 1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha by emerging stablemate Levante, giving Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso a two-pronged attack on the fillies and mares feature. Levante suffered her first defeat in five starts when beaten into second[...]

Posted on March 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Unbeaten three-year-old filly Levante will tackle Group company for the first time on Saturday when she contests the Group 2 carfinance.co.nz Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained daughter of Proisir has been installed a $2.50 favourite for the black-type assignment and has impressed in each of her four career victories, which[...]

Posted on February 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Ken Kelso got the answers he was looking for when unbeaten filly Levante and high-class mare Supera won their respective races on their home turf on Saturday. Kelso, who prepares the pair with wife Bev, is eyeing bigger fish with the pair who will now step up to the elite levels for their[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ken and Bev Kelso have opted for the safe option with their star mare Supera. The Matamata trainers had originally targeted Saturday’s Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA Group 1 Classic (1600m) at Otaki with the five-year-old Savabeel mare but the prospect of an unsuitable wet track prompted a change of plans on Wednesday. Supera will[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso will look to raise the bar for exciting filly Levante after taking her to Te Aroha for Friday’s ParkMate.co.nz 1400. The three-year-old daughter of Proisir has had two starts for two highly impressive wins, producing scintillating finishes from the back of the field to win at Matamata on December[...]

Posted on December 28, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A dashing last-to-first victory by exciting prospect Levante on Saturday may force co-trainer Ken Kelso to raise his sights with the Proisir filly. Kelso, who prepares the three-year-old with wife Bev from their Matamata base, has been careful to play down the hype around their charge after she caught the eye when storming home to[...]

Posted on December 24, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ken and Bev Kelso are happy with Princess Kereru, their Matamata stable’s sole Group 1 candidate at the Ellerslie Christmas-New Year Carnival after a leg injury ruled out the stable star Supera. Princess Kereru has been living in the shadow of Supera leading up to the two-day carnival, with Supera the early dominant TAB Fixed[...]

Posted on December 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Supera ran her race before the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. That’s the summation of Ken Kelso, who trains the daughter of Savabeel with wife Bev. The five-year-old mare was heading into the race off a last-start victory in the Group 2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m) and was duly installed an[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

High-class mare Supera is likely to start a short-priced favourite to win her maiden Group One when she contests the Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained five-year-old has compiled an impressive CV, with seven wins and four minor placings from just 15 starts. The patiently handled[...]

Posted on November 17, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive mare Supera overcame a wide run in transit throughout to dominate her rivals in the closing stages of the Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained five-year-old had looked a Group 1 winner in waiting last season as her mentors adopted a patient approach with her as she[...]

Posted on November 14, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Supera will use Saturday’s Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) as a dress rehearsal for a return to Group 1 racing. The Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced Savabeel mare tackled Group 1 company twice last preparation, finishing seventh in the Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki on a slow track before her second placing[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ken Kelso isn’t enamored with the prospect of running Princess Kereru on a heavy track at Rotorua on Saturday but he’s even less hung up on the alternatives. The Matamata trainer will saddle Pins six-year-old mare Princess Kereru in Saturday’s Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m), the weight-for-age conditions of the race making it an attractive[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day remains the primary focus for Princess Kereru this season. The daughter of Pins was beaten by a neck by Santa Monica in the opening Group 1 of the year and trainers Ken and Bev Kelso would dearly love to go[...]

Beaten brigade set their sights on Windsor Park Plate

Course specialist in charge at Ellerslie

Star Kelso mares to gallop at Matamata

Shoshone shines in Ellerslie victory

Group 1 option for Levante

Exciting Levante ready for Guineas

Bigger challenges ahead for Kelso pair

Supera stays home for Lisa Chittick Plate

Unbeaten filly on trial for bigger things

Kelso ready to challenge exciting three-year-old

Princess Kereru now in spotlight

Temperament gets the better of Supera

Supera set to peak in Captain Cook

Supera dominant in Tauranga feature

Supera favoured for Tauranga feature

Railway hopeful set to resume at Rotorua

Railway redemption for Princess Kereru

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