Le Romain

Veteran Among Two Missile Runners For Lees

Posted on August 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in the Group Two Missile Stakes[...]

Posted on July 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Kris Lees-trained Special Reward headlines the 10 nominations for the Listed July Sprint over 1100m at Rosehill. While Stradbroke Handicap plans did not eventuate for the dual Group winner, he heads the weights with 62kg on Saturday. Lees said at this stage he would accept with Special Reward before making a final decision on[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The final day of Sydney autumn carnival at Randwick could also close out the racing career of dual Group One winner In Her Time. The seven-year-old, who will contest the Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, is due to go under the hammer at next month's Inglis Chairman's Sale. There are limited options for the[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman rode Le Romain in his first start and his first win and he clearly remembers the horse being a stand-out. It was August, 2015, three months after Bowman had partnered Winx to her first Group One win in the Queensland Oaks. “I actually trialled him before his first start,” Bowman said of the[...]

Posted on November 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

He won't be able to dodge an early morning start but Kris Lees can look forward to a more sedate weekend as his hometown of Newcastle prepares to host the inaugural $1 million The Hunter. For the first time in a long time, Newcastle will be the stand-alone centrepiece meeting in NSW on Saturday boasting[...]

Posted on November 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Le Romain's recent third in the Redzel Stakes is cause for quiet optimism the Kris Lees stable stalwart is back near his best. The triple Group One winner finished a length behind the winner Pierata with Trekking edging him out for second. That is encouraging for Lees as Le Romain spearheads his team for the[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sentimentally, Kris Lees would love to see history repeat itself in the Missile Stakes but realistically, he does not expect it will. Lees will saddle up two of the five runners in the Group Two sprint, Invincible Gem and Le Romain, who ran one-two in the corresponding race two years ago. The pair have both[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The stakes will be high for untapped talent Vegadaze when he is pitted against Group One winners Alizee and Le Romain on his seasonal return. In a strategic move by trainer Anthony Cummings, Vegadaze, will take his place in the first Group race of the Sydney season – the Missile Stakes. He is hoping to[...]

Posted on August 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Kris Lees will be two-handed as he chases a third win in the Group Two Missile Stakes with stable stalwart Le Romain and 2017 winner Invincible Gem. The two are primed to take on Godolphin mare Alizee in Saturday's 1200m-weight-for-age sprint, the first Group race in Sydney for the new season. Two years ago,[...]

Posted on July 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nash Rawiller has ridden multiple Group One winner Le Romain in a Newcastle barrier trial as he begins the countdown to his return to race riding. Rawiller has been sidelined by a 15-month disqualification for tipping horses he rode in Hong Kong. After originally deciding to reignite his career in Victoria where his son Campbell[...]

Veteran Among Two Missile Runners For Lees

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