Lance Noble

Noble in winner’s circle after lengthy absence

Posted on September 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The distinctive black and gold chequered colours of Cambridge couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay were to the fore at Te Rapa on Saturday when their quality mare Bavella showed she could be in for a bumper season with a comfortable first-up victory. Sent out favourite in a rating 82 1200m contest despite a tricky wide[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Taroni will begin her path towards the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) when she lines-up at Te Rapa on Saturday. The daughter of Showcasing will contest the Group 3 WRC Northland Breeders' Stakes (1200m) and trainer Lance Noble is hoping for a solid performance from his charge after her[...]

Posted on September 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

When New Zealand filly La Vernazza steps out at Randwick she will be treading the same path as champion Sunline, who at her first Australian start broke the hearts of the best of Sydney's fillies in the 1998 Furious Stakes. A recent acquisition for trainer Jamie Richards, La Vernazza will be tackling Saturday's 1200m feature[...]

Posted on July 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leith Innes was glad to get the winning feeling back at Avondale on Saturday, but New Zealand isn't where he was supposed to be during winter. In his second day back riding since the resumption of New Zealand racing, Innes was successful on his only mount of the day, the smart galloper Demonetization in his[...]

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

Two of New Zealand's thoroughbred powerhouses are set to join forces to tackle Melbourne Spring Racing. Te Akau Racing and Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay have already experienced success across the Tasman with Group 1-winning filly Probabeel and they are hoping to try and extend that winning formula this coming season. Probabeel will[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Karaka trainer Lance Noble has an eye to the future as he welcomes the next batch of well-bred youngsters to the fold this week. Noble oversees the private training operation of Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay and said that given the racing team is generally quiet in the winter months, he will use[...]

Posted on March 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The pressure goes on Vernazza this weekend to maintain the big-race run of success being enjoyed by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay with their fillies. Vernazza played her part in the couple's black type winning streak over the last month when taking the Group 2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m) last Saturday week and[...]

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

Vernazza's victory in the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m) was a special moment in the career of trainer Lance Noble. The former Matamata horseman now trains privately for owner-breeders Brendan and Jo Lindsay at their property in Karaka, but he returned to his old stomping ground on Saturday and triumphed in[...]

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

Popular Matamata jockey Michael Coleman hopes the feature race double he achieved on his home track on Saturday provides the catalyst to lift the number of raceday engagements he has been receiving of late. A member of the exclusive 2000 winners club, Coleman has been going through a lean patch in recent months despite retaining[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Race favourite Vernazza overcame a wide run and a dogged local challenge to take out the feature event at Matamata on Saturday, the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m). Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the More Than Ready filly had impressed many with her maiden[...]

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

South Auckland trainer Lance Noble has been spoilt with a quality crop of three-year-old fillies this season and he was delighted to see one of them extend their winning record at Te Rapa on Saturday. Meghan secured her second consecutive win on the weekend in the SVS Veterinary Supplies 2100, which has set her on[...]

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

Upstanding juvenile filly Vernazza showed she had taken plenty of benefit from her debut run for third at Matamata last month when she fought doggedly to claim the winning prize in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The impeccably-bred younger half-sister to talented three-year-old Bavella had been well fancied to[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Lance Noble is enjoying an exciting season with a number of three-year-old fillies this term and he will attempt to add black-type to one of their pages at Awapuni on Saturday. Manchu will contest the Group 3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) and she takes some solid form into the race, with a win and[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

South Auckland trainer Lance Noble will line-up two fillies in the Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The Brendan and Jo Lindsay-owned Bavella and Avadane have taken different paths to the fillies feature, but Noble believes both three-year-olds will feature in the finish. Stakes winner Bavella takes good form[...]

Posted on October 23, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Lance Noble is confident classy filly Bavella will give Saturday's Group 3 Barneswood Farm Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) a decent shake, as she looks to book her passage to the Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on November 16. A stakes winning juvenile, Bavella made her seasonal return when beaten by[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge Stud's Manchu added serious momentum to her classic campaign yesterday afternoon with a gallant victory at Hastings. The well-related Redoute's Choice filly overcame her inexperience to account for a competitive field of three-year-olds over 1200m. Bred and raced by Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the filly was taken to the front by Leith Innes and[...]

Posted on May 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay have had a fantastic run with the progeny of their foundation mare J'Adane and they are hoping that will continue when Avadane contests the Listed Piazza D'Oro Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of Savabeel could become her dam's fourth-individual stakes winner alongside[...]

Noble in winner’s circle after lengthy absence

Taroni begins New Zealand 1000 Guineas path

Kiwi Filly Follows In Footsteps Of Sunline

Innes couldn’t escape home winter

New Zealand powerhouses unite ahead of spring

Vernazza leads quality cast for boutique Noble team

Lindsays hoping to extend winning run with Vernazza

Noble savours special win

Coleman back on top after lean summer

Favourite takes Matamata Breeders’ Stakes

Noble upbeat about Oaks contender

Vernazza creates problems for Karaka Million contenders

Three-year-old fillies exciting Noble

Lindsay pair target Guineas spoils

Bavella ready to fire in Soliloquy

Manchu boosts Group 1 hopes

Noble out to enhance dynasty

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