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Troy Harris set for return to jockey ranks

Posted on June 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Group One-winning jockey Troy Harris will make a welcome return to raceday riding when he takes the mount on Asperitas in the last race at Rotorua on Sunday. Harris hasn’t donned silks since last October, having made the decision to take a respite from his constant battle with weight. He hasn’t lost touch[...]

Posted on March 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards went out in style when three-year-old gelding Ragamuffin won a Rating 65 Benchmark over 1400m at Matamata, with the race fittingly named the Good Luck Hong Kong Bound Jamie Richards. With three-kilogram claiming Te Akau apprentice Niranjan Parmar aboard, Ragamuffin, a son of Haunui Farm stallion Belardo, produced big late[...]

Posted on March 30, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

He may have racked up 53 Group One winners during his six-and-a-half years training for Te Akau Racing but Jamie Richards was back to being the boy at trackwork on Tuesday. The finishing touches had already been made on the racing team for Matamata on Wednesday, Richards’ final day in the role before he prepares[...]

Posted on December 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is pleased to announce that Jamie Richards will be joining the training ranks in Hong Kong for the start of the 2022/23 racing season. “Firstly, I’d just like to say what an honour it is to be licensed by the Licensing Committee for the upcoming season, it’s a very rare[...]

Posted on December 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand’s leading trainer Jamie Richards will move to Hong Kong in the new year to take up an invitation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club to join their training ranks next season. The 32-year-old has been a revelation since commencing training in 2015 in partnership with Stephen Autridge for Te Akau Racing. The pair[...]

Posted on October 21, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Tony Pike-trained Tutukaka confirmed his staying prowess when powering home to land the Listed Geelong Classic (2200m) on Wednesday under a patient Damian Lane ride. The Tavistock gelding raced too fiercely when fifth in the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m) earlier in the month, and the decision by Pike to remove the blinkers and[...]

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

The Tony Pike-trained two-year-old gelding Tutukaka ticked the first box as he makes a long-range bid for the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) with a dominant victory in the Listed Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes (1830m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ridden by Michael Cahill, the half-brother to Melody Belle always looked in control when sitting[...]

Posted on May 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Records tumbled on the opening day of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, but Arcadia Queen was not among the stars to go under the hammer.

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

New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson knows the time is right for Melody Belle to stop racing. But it didn’t mean he wasn’t affected by it. Melody Belle ended her racing career at the weekend when finishing fifth in Bosson’s hands in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m), finishing as well as anything behind the runaway[...]

Posted on May 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Tuesday morning began a series of lasts for 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle. The six-year-old mare had her final gallop at the Gold Coast with regular rider Opie Bosson aboard ahead of her final raceday start in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday. “She worked well and in her customary style,” trainer[...]

Posted on May 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Queensland’s Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 22 remains set as the final start in the storied career of New Zealand mare Melody Belle following her midfield finish at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Trainer Jamie Richards said the 14-time Group One winner ran well when finishing 10th in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes[...]

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

Reigning New Zealand horse of the year Melody Belle will embark on the first steps of her final racing journey at the Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday, one which holds plenty of sentiment for her trainer Jamie Richards. Matamata-based Richards will produce 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle in Saturday’s Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m),[...]

Posted on April 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards will be looking to extend what can only be described as a dream season when he lines-up a couple of stakes favourites this weekend. The 31-year-old horseman sits atop the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership with 147 wins, 35 of those at stakes level, surpassing Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s previous[...]

Posted on April 22, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melody Belle will end her racing career with a familiar face on her back. With the trans-Tasman travel bubble coming into effect last Monday, Kiwi hoop Opie Bosson will be able to travel to Queensland over the next month to reunite with New Zealand’s darling of the turf for her final two races. Bosson has[...]

Posted on April 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards has experienced plenty of success in Australia over the last 12 months, he just hasn’t been able to be there to witness it. That will all change this weekend, with the trans-Tasman travel bubble opening up next Monday, allowing him to fly to Sydney to watch three of his[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Reflecting on what has already become one of the most dominant seasons from a New Zealand stable, champion trainer Jamie Richards said Te Akau Racing has simply hit on a winning formula. Richards has already set new domestic benchmarks for Group One and stakes wins this season and is on the cusp of eclipsing Murray[...]

Posted on April 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top New Zealand mare Melody Belle has been cleared to take her place in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes after being given a clean bill of health by Racing NSW veterinarians. The prolific winner was in doubt after she tied-up following trackwork on Wednesday, an issue she has had in the past and recovered from[...]

Troy Harris set for return to jockey ranks

Richards signs off a winner

Hong Kong-bound Richards bows out of New Zealand racing

Hong Kong Jockey Club unveils Jamie Richards as new addition to training ranks

Champion Kiwi trainer Hong Kong bound as Walker returns

Tutukaka triumphant in Geelong Classic

Tutukaka Derby bound

Arcadia Queen passed in on big day at Gold Coast sales

Opie Bosson farewells New Zealand mare Melody Belle

Stellar career of Kiwi mare Melody Belle drawing to a close

Doomben Cup swansong for New Zealand’s Melody Belle

Melody Belle vulnerable in Hollindale Stakes: Richards

Richards out to continue dream season

Bosson to reunite with Melody Belle

Richards excited to dust off passport

Richards savouring record-breaking season

Melody Belle passed fit to start at Rosehill

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