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Te Akau to the fore at home trials

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

It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel. Eleven-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle headed into her 1200m heat with plenty of condition, but pleased Richards with her runner-up effort ahead of her Group 1[...]

Posted on January 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards had plenty of firepower in racing action on the track at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, but also took the time to stretch the legs of some of his team members being set for upcoming major assignments. Dual Horse of the Year Melody Belle, exciting three-year-old Need I Say More and Group[...]

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

Champion trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau team have sent out an abundance of talent this season, and a remarkable performance in Saturday’s Group 2 Jamieson Park Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie may have moved Amarelinha towards the top of the list. Along with Melody Belle’s Group 1 Hawke’s Bay heroics, a five-win[...]

Posted on December 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Busy putting in the hard yards conducting his pre-Christmas inspections for the annual NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka next month, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM took time out to reflect on the stables’ achievements in 2020. It has been a bumper year for Te Akau Racing with horses the ilk of Avantage,[...]

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

Star Kiwi mare Melody Belle will return home after a hit-and-run raid to Melbourne for the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) in which she finished third behind Arcadia Queen at Flemington last Saturday. Ridden by Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jye McNeil, Melody Belle added more Australian black-type to her CV as her career draws closer to[...]

Posted on November 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Cox Plate has historically been the perfect springboard for Mackinnon Stakes winners and Mugatoo is one of just two runners with that formline.

Posted on November 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards is well used to marking off new benchmarks in career highlights. Winning the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) with Xtravagant at Riccarton in 2015 to bring up the first Group 1 win of his career has begun a sequence of highlights, which have come to a head in 2020. A Karaka[...]

Posted on October 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of outstanding Kiwi mare Melody Belle have confirmed she will make a cameo appearance in Melbourne this spring.

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

Superstar race-mare Melody Belle celebrated being named New Zealand Horse of the Year last Sunday evening when she stormed home to take out her twelfth individual Group 1 title at Hastings on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained six-year-old was in a class of her own as she took out her second Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m)[...]

Posted on October 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

No jockey will go into Saturday’s Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings with more confidence than Melody Belle’s rider Troy Harris. The 32-year-old Matamata hoop racked up his fifth Group 1 win when he guided Melody Belle to success in the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings a fortnight ago and he[...]

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

Star mare Melody Belle, who was named New Zealand Horse of the Year for the second year in succession on Sunday night, will be out to land her 12th Group 1 victory when she contests the Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings on Saturday. Connections have paid a late-entry to supplement the Jamie Richards-trained mare for[...]

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

The final field for the last Group 1 event of the Hastings spring carnival, the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) is likely to have a markedly different look to it than the one that lined up in Saturday’s Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m). While the three Jamie Richards-trained runners, Melody Belle, Avantage and Prise[...]

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

In a thrilling finish to the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings it was the Jamie Richards-trained pair of Melody Belle and Avantage who produced a one-two result for their Matamata mentor. Punters had found it hard to split the two high class mares leading into the race and so it proved on[...]

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Richards has celebrated one of his best days as a trainer winning Group One races in Australia and New Zealand with star mares Probabeel and Melody Belle.

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

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso know what it takes to win the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m). The duo prepared quality mare Xanadu to win the 2013 edition and this year’s race looks a bumper version, with seven of the 14 runners already Group 1 winners, including Melody Belle, who is looking to[...]

Posted on September 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping for another fruitful day on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday despite the stars not aligning for star mare Probabeel in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). The Cambridge Stud-owned mare drew barrier 18 for the A$1 million feature and as a result of the wide draw drifted[...]

Posted on August 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Prolific Group One winner Melody Belle will return to New Zealand and take no further part in the Australian spring following two unplaced runs in Sydney. John Galvin, director of her ownership group Fortuna Syndications, confirmed the mare had been booked on a flight home. While her owners have been satisfied with Melody Belle’s performances,[...]

Te Akau to the fore at home trials

Melody Belle on track for Trentham feature

Amarelinha the latest bright young talent in tangerine

Ellis reflects on momentous year for Te Akau Racing

Belle returns home ahead of final campaign

Mugatoo Boasts Right Form For Mackinnon

Richards chasing Trans-Tasman features

Melody Belle Tuned Up For Melbourne Raid

Melody Belle reigns supreme at Hastings

Harris bullish with Melody Belle

Belle a late entry for Livamol Classic

Different complexion for Livamol Classic

Group 1 quinella for Richards in Hawke’s Bay feature

Mcevoy, Richards Enjoy A Day To Remember

Blueblood primed for Windsor Park Plate

Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Melody Belle Set To Return To New Zealand

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