Mark Lupton

Top mares retired, stud beckons

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

Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn has been retired and is likely to be sold as a broodmare prospect in the coming months. Prepared by Karen Fursdon for the majority of her career, Yearn's biggest win came when landing the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) in late 2019, while she also boasts a[...]

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

At this time of the year the name Lupton takes on a special meaning at Flemington through the deeds of the legendary Waverley wonder Kiwi and his win in the 1983 Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). On Tuesday, another branch of the Lupton family will try to write their own chapter into Cup folklore when[...]

Posted on September 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Semi-retired horseman Mark Lupton is encouraged by reports on his top-class staying mare Etah James, as the eight-year-old daughter of Raise The Flag gets ready for a spring campaign. The winner of the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) in autumn, Etah James has remained in the care of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at their[...]

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

Group 3 winning mare Etah James will join the stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace after a brave performance when fourth in last Saturday's Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) behind Roger That. The seven-year-old mare is in the twilight of her career and will be set for a tilt at the Group 1 Sydney[...]

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

Mark Lupton's New Zealand training career could end in a blaze of glory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Matamata-based horseman will saddle up Etah James, a Raise The Flag seven-year-old mare he co-bred and part-owns, in the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m), hoping for his first stakes win as a trainer to[...]

Posted on February 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Handy staying mare Etah James has returned to New Zealand and will be set for a tilt at the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on March 7. The seven-year-old has re-joined Matamata horseman Mark Lupton, who part-owns the mare with his wife Cath and fellow breeders Terry Reid and Gary[...]

Posted on November 25, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The after effect of some vigorous celebrations the night before had Matamata resident Mark Lupton feeling a little weary on Sunday morning but still in a state of elation after Yearn, the bonny mare he owns with wife Cath, took out the Group 2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe on Saturday.[...]

Posted on June 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A mare who holds a special place in Matt Cumani's career has made her way back to the trainer's care for a shot at the Tattersall's Cup in Brisbane. After a four-run New Zealand campaign in recent months, six-year-old Etah James returns to Australian racing in Saturday's Group Three race over 3000m at Eagle Farm.[...]

Top mares retired, stud beckons

Famous name back at Flemington for shot at Cup glory

Melbourne Cup an option for Kiwi mare Etah James

Etah James transferred to Australian base

Lupton’s last hurrah in Auckland Cup

Auckland Cup target for Etah James

Red letter day for Lupton at Pukekohe

Etah James Returns To Australian Racing

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