Lauren Brennan

Exciting juvenile scores on debut

Posted on November 27, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is excited about the prospects of juvenile Zaher after his gutsy win on debut in the Levin TAB & Sports Bar (1000m) at Otaki on Thursday. The Proisir gelding was positive out of the gates for jockey Matthew Cameron to sit outside Lord Cosmos, with the pair setting a solid tempo[...]

Posted on November 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A Group One target is in the offing for Vigor Winner if he performs up to expectations in the Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The six-year-old gelding finished third for the second year running in the Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings last month and trainer Lauren Brennan said[...]

Posted on September 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

English Gambler may have been as green as the grass he was running on in the early stages of the Te Aroha Jockey Club Hurdle (3100m) on Sunday, but he showed he has spades of potential in the manner he won his debut jumping assignment. Making his customary good beginning out of the gates, English[...]

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

Three decades of work is paying off for New Zealand breeder Greg McCarthy with the emergence of the exciting three-year-old Ayrton. The gelding bounced back from his first defeat two weeks ago when stepped up to a mile in the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, racing away to score his[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading northern rider Leith Innes produced a front-running masterclass at Tauranga on Saturday as he guided gritty galloper Packing Rockstar to his first stakes victory in the Group 2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m). The Fastnet Rock five-year-old has proven a model of consistency since returning to New Zealand following one unsuccessful start in Hong[...]

Posted on January 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is hoping to put Grand Bouquet’s Group 3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) campaign back on track with a bold run in Saturday’s Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni. Bred in the purple by Waikato Stud’s Garry and Mark Chittick, by Savabeel out of Group[...]

Posted on December 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Phill Cataldo’s connection with Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. is looking set to pay some serious dividends through two unbeaten horses in 2021. Cataldo brokered deals which resulted in Ayrton and Kurabui both making their way to the Price-Kent stable this year, and they have started their careers in perfect style. Ayrton[...]

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

Group 3 features at Te Rapa on Saturday could be the starting point of a special summer for Lauren Brennan. The Cambridge trainer has strong contenders for both the Group 3 Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m) and Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m), while proven Group 1 performer Vadavar is right on target for the[...]

Posted on September 25, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent sprinter Magnum will kick-off what will likely be his last preparation at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Lauren Brennan-trained gelding will carry topweight of 59kg in the Otakiri Reserve 1400 with leading hoop Opie Bosson aboard. The track was rated a Dead4 on Friday morning, which Brennan said would suit her charge. “I am very[...]

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

Danielle Johnson is hoping to shift her 2020-21 season into another gear with a quality book of rides at Te Rapa on Saturday. The 29-year-old has made a strong start to the new term, sitting in equal second place on the national jockeys’ premiership with eight wins from 66 mounts so far. She is just[...]

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

It may have been a cold winter’s day, but Lauren Brennan was over the moon to be back at the trials at Te Rapa on Tuesday. “It was great to be back at the trials and I think it was the same for everyone else,” she said. The Cambridge trainer lined-up three runners with two[...]

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

Trainer Lauren Brennan went outside her comfort zone on Saturday but reaped the rewards of the bold decision when Packing Rockstar gave a polished display to score impressively over 1400m at Ellerslie. The statuesque former Hong Kong galloper had excelled when winning comfortably over the same distance at the venue a week earlier however Brennan[...]

Posted on November 26, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Lauren Brennan-trained Magnum booked his ticket for the Group 2 Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni next month with his victory at Pukekohe on Saturday. The seven-year-old gelding was able to gather in pacemaker Contessa Vanessa in the final strides of the race to win by a head, with a further long[...]

Posted on August 30, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan has Magnum right where she wants him ahead of his first-up run in Saturday’s Harcourts Whangarei 1200 at Ruakaka. Brennan produced the Per Incanto gelding for a fresh-up win in the same race last year as a leadup to his third placing to Te Akau Shark and Love Affair in the[...]

Posted on August 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Vigor Winner may not have got the results his connections were looking for in Australia last season, but the trip across the Tasman has been the making of the now four-year-old according to trainer Lauren Brennan. He won three of his four starts in New Zealand, including dead-heating the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m),[...]

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

Last start Group 3 winner Vigor Winner will be vying for more stakes success when he tackles the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Lauren Brennan-trained galloper has been consistent in his four career starts, recording three victories and a runner-up performance in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m).[...]

Posted on May 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One-winning jockey Blake Shinn has been confirmed as the rider of progressive New Zealand three-year-old Vigor Winner when he makes his Australian debut. Trainer Lauren Brennan said Vigor Winner would run in the Group Three Fred Best Classic (1400m) on May 25 ahead of the Group Two Queensland Guineas two weeks later. Brennan[...]

Exciting juvenile scores on debut

Captain Cook tilt in the offing for Vigor Winner

Bright future tipped for English Gambler

Ayrton’s success generations in the making

Innes produces front-running gem to lift Japan trophy

Marton Cup next for Grand Bouquet

Kiwi duo impressing in Victoria

Te Rapa to kick off Brennan’s big black-type summer

Last hurrah for Magnum

Johnson reunites with Avantage in Foxbridge

Brennan beaming to be back

Short back-up no impediment for Packing Rockstar

Stakes challenges for Brennan pair

Brennan ready to toast Magnum

Group 1 assignment for Vigor Winner

Vigor Winner vying for back-to-back Group wins

Blake Shinn To Ride Nz 3yo Vigor Winner

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