Magic Wonder

Kuru hoping for winning send-off

Posted on September 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former Champion New Zealand jumps jockey Aaron Kuru has enjoyed being home for the last couple of weeks, and the Melbourne-based hoop is hoping to end his trip with a couple of feature jumping scalps at Te Rapa on Sunday. Kuru will team-up once again with his good friends, trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal,[...]

Posted on August 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Shaun Fannin reckons there's no buzz for a rider that's quite like winning a major steeplechase. The New Zealand jockey did plenty of winning in the past 12 months, with his 16 victories securing his second consecutive jumps jockeys premiership. A second premiership seemed like a longshot when he fell from Laekeeper in the Hawke's[...]

Posted on May 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Australian jumps features are once again beckoning Tallyho Twinkletoe. The exciting New Zealand jumper made headlines when winning the Grand National Hurdle-Steeplechase double two years ago and his connections would love to have another trip across the Tasman to watch their pride and joy. The 10-year-old gelding attempted to defend his crown last year, however,[...]

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

There were thrills a plenty during the running of Saturday's ARC Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) at Ellerslie but after the dust settled it was Wanganui mare Magic Wonder who completed the prestigious Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4900m) and Great Northern Steeplechase double with a dominant front-running victory. In a race full of incidents that included three[...]

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

The Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) is the pinnacle for many jumping enthusiasts, and Wanganui trainer Jo Rathbone is no different. The race holds a special place for her, having taken out the Ellerslie feature as a jockey in 2005 aboard Just The Man for trainer Davina Waddell. “That (Great Northern Steeplechase) is one of my[...]

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

The winners of the two jumping features at Ellerslie smashed the existing track record on their way to convincing victories in their respective events on Sunday. Whanganui chaser Magic Wonder now looms as a major hope in the famed Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) in a fortnight after comfortably accounting for her rivals in Sunday's CLC[...]

Kuru hoping for winning send-off

Back-to-back premierships for Fannin

Tallyho Twinkletoe pleasing ahead of jumps return

Spectacular scenes during famous Ellerslie steeplechase

Northern spoils beckon Rathbone

Records smashed in Ellerslie jumping features

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