Loire

Mission accomplished for blueblood mare

Posted on June 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A long-range plan set in place for royally bred Savabeel mare Zayydani came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday when she strode to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2137m). Bred and raced by New Zealand's Trelawney Stud couple Brent and Cherry Taylor, Zayydani is the daughter of Van Nistelrooy mare[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Tony Pike-trained Rangi Toa was an impressive debut winner of the Kasa Bloodstock 2YO (1100m) at New Plymouth on Friday, and has the makings of a horse with plenty of ability. The son of Shamexpress was sent out favourite on the back of an impressive trial victory at Rotorua but was caught deep throughout[...]

Posted on February 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Regally-bred filly Aquaoir will head to Ellerslie on Saturday in preparation for a tilt at the Group 3 Sunline Vase (2100m) next month. The Cody Cole-trained three-year-old is a half-sister to Group One winners Loire and A Touch Of Ruby, and her connections are keen for the daughter of Ocean Park to add further black-type[...]

Posted on February 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is looking forward to autumn racing with a couple of last season's Classic winners after their pleasing trials at Rotorua on Tuesday. Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Loire showed a good turn of foot when coming from the back of the field to take out her 1000m heat[...]

Posted on November 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will introduce punters to a colt at Ellerslie on Saturday that could one day become their darling. Pike will produce American Pharoah colt Khufu on debut in the Eagle Charters 1100, hoping the youngster can showcase the ability that has his trainer so excited about him. Pike bought the Nearco Stud-bred[...]

Posted on September 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony Pike has a host of runners at Hawke's Bay on Saturday including exciting one-win three-year-old The Irishman, who steps straight into stakes company after continuing to please on the training track. Pike has made no secret of the high regard in which he holds the son of Tavistock, who got up in the[...]

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

Trainer Tony Pike breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday morning as he watched Group 1 New Zealand Derby winner Sherwood Forest moving freely after pulling up lame in his campaign opener at Ellerslie the previous day. The Fastnet Rock four-year-old failed to beat a runner home in the JRA Trophy (1400m) and finished nearly[...]

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

Punters that took the $1.30 about talented three-year-old The Irishman would have had their hearts in their mouths when the son of Tavistock stepped slowly from the barriers on debut over 1100m at Avondale on Wednesday on a Heavy10 surface. But the Tony Pike-trained colt flagged himself as a horse with a bright future after[...]

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

Trainer Tony Pike was delighted to pick up a victory with his only runner at Tauranga on Saturday but it was made even more special by the winning rider he had aboard. Four-year-old Sacred Falls gelding Divine Dive made it two wins from his last five starts under the stewardship of Chad Ormsby, a late[...]

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

Trainer Tony Pike believes his star sprinter The Bostonian has plenty to offer during his Sydney spring campaign following a satisfactory first-up performance in Saturday's Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The six-year-old worked hard to sit in the trail behind a slick pace during the race and briefly hit the front shortly after[...]

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

After watching runners struggle through the testing track conditions in the first race at Randwick on Saturday Kiwi trainer Tony Pike was relieved the decision had been made to scratch the promising two-year-old Not An Option from his planned assignment on the day. Temporarily in the care of Rosehill trainers Richard and Michael Freedman due[...]

Posted on March 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike knows his Group 1 winning filly Loire has got her work cut out to turn the tables on quality rival Jennifer Eccles when the pair clash again in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m). But he is confident the daughter of Redoute's Choice will be suited[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike cut a satisfied figure on Sunday morning as he reflected on pulling off a successful raid on a Group 1 feature at Royal Randwick a day earlier with class sprinter The Bostonian. Pike and principal owner David Archer put together a plan well over a month ago to have the now[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will unleash a pair of classic contenders this week with Group 1 winning filly Loire set to contest the Group 2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hawke's Bay on Wednesday, while stablemate Sherwood Forest will represent the team in the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It may only be February but Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud have already had a year to remember. Trelawney Stud recorded great returns at New Zealand Bloodstock's National Yearling Sale, selling 11 yearlings in the Book 1 session for an aggregate of $3.5 million, cementing their spot as the leading vendor by average[...]

Posted on February 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The judge at New Plymouth had his work cut out on Saturday when less than half a length separated six of the fillies engaged in the Listed Fasttrack Insurance Oaks Prelude (1800m) at the finish line. In a desperate finish it was Cambridge visitor Seven Seas who got in the deciding stride as she stormed[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A copybook ride by Opie Bosson paved the way for promising filly Showbeel to add a valuable black type success to her career record when she took out the first feature race at Trentham on Saturday, the Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m). The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained three-year-old had finished[...]

Mission accomplished for blueblood mare

Pike juvenile all class at New Plymouth

Stakes targets beckon regally-bred filly

Classic winners impress at Rotorua

Khufu ready to reign at Ellerslie

Pike well-armed on “transition day” at Hastings

Sherwood Forest provides Pike with a quandary

Classy colt gets the job done

Pike and Ormsby combination back in winning groove

Pike pleased with The Bostonian’s campaign opener

Queensland feature next for Not An Option

Pike hoping Group 1 run continues in Oaks

Plan comes together for Pike and The Bostonian

Classic contenders step out for Pike

Stellar year for Trelawney continues

Blanket finish to Oaks Prelude

Bosson nails first Trentham feature on Showbeel

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