Kumara Gold Nuggets

Patterson strikes Gold with Regal Dice

Posted on January 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Regal Dice capped a dream first week of 2024 for trainer Robbie Patterson with her victory in the iconic $40,000 Kumara Gold Nuggets (1810m) on Saturday. Remarkably, that was Patterson's eighth win in the last four days. The New Plymouth trainer collected a win at Greymouth on Wednesday, followed by four winners at Otaki on[...]

Posted on January 9, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rejuvenated galloper The Buffer extended his run of winning form when he galloped his rivals into submission at Kumara to carry an emotional Kelsey Hannan to a milestone victory in her fledgling career. The Kenny Rae and Krystal Williams-trained six-year-old made all the running in the time-honoured Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts Kumara Gold Nuggets[...]

Posted on January 5, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

First and second in his previous two starts in the Greymouth Cup, Camino Rocoso's win set up a title defence of Saturday's Kumara Gold Nuggets.

Posted on January 9, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Enigmatic performer Camino Rocoso shrugged off a narrow defeat in the Greymouth Cup (2000m) on Monday to turn the tables on his conqueror that day in Bully Boy, as he took out the Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts Kumara Gold Nuggets (1810m) on Saturday. The John & Karen Parsons-trained son of Shocking, who started his[...]

Posted on January 8, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

While many New Zealanders are enjoying the entertainment of festive season racing, South Canterbury farming couple Stephanie Rathgen and Grant Midgley have priorities that prevent them from being on-course to cheer home the current star of their racing string, All About Magic. While the Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained five-year-old has been campaigning on the West[...]

Posted on January 8, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Michael Pitman rarely misses a Kumara Gold Nuggets, and the Riccarton trainer is gearing up for another busy afternoon at the iconic race meeting on Saturday. The small town on New Zealand's South Island's West Coast has a permanent population of under 500, but as many as 20 times that number flock to the racecourse[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kevin Myers has long been one of the greatest supporters of country racing in New Zealand, and few horses embody that support better than Overtheriver. The astute Wanganui horseman loves taking teams to the rural circuits, none more than the West Coast of the South Island in the first two weeks of January. Of the[...]

Patterson strikes Gold with Regal Dice

The Buffer puts margins on rivals in the Kumara Gold Nuggets

Camino Rocoso on track for second Kumara Gold Nuggets

Camino Rocoso strikes gold at Kumara

Farming takes precedence over festival race-going

Pitman counts down to another big day at Kumara

Myers avid fan of West Coast circuit

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