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Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

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,[...]

Posted on August 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand's champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping high-class mare Melody Belle can mirror the pattern of her previous campaigns. The six-year-old mare has improved significantly from her fresh-up performances in her last two campaigns and the Matamata horseman is banking on that again being the case when Melody Belle contests Saturday's Group 1 Winx[...]

Posted on August 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

It is all systems go for superstar Nature Strip, who was again streets ahead of his rivals in winning a 900 metre barrier trial at Rosehill. Stepping out for his second public appearance this season on Tuesday, Nature Strip pressed forward from a deep draw under regular rider James McDonald. McDonald quickly had the world's[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards is comfortable with star mare Melody Belle carrying the favourite tag into Saturday's Group 2 Missile Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. Commands six-year-old Melody Belle has won three of her seven previous first-up starts though was fourth in last year's Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa and fourth in the[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melody Belle's trainer Jamie Richards is fast becoming an expert on WhatsApp as he prepares Te Akau Racing's star gallopers remotely from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented Richards from travelling to Sydney but he is grateful for the foresight of owner David Ellis, who left Melody Belle and Probabeel in Australia after the[...]

Posted on August 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in the Group Two Missile Stakes[...]

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

Leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson is looking forward to his imminent return to raceday riding. Bosson rode 18 horses for Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards at the Cambridge Stud trials late last month at Te Rapa and he plans on making a return to race day riding on August 12 at Taupo. “My fitness[...]

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

Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis has just one word to summarise the 2019/20 season – thrilling. The tangerine and blue army were to the fore on both sides of the Tasman, posting 12 Group 1 wins for the season and clinching the New Zealand Trainers' Premiership for Jamie Richards with 101 wins. It was[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Melody Belle has continued preparations towards her expected return in the Missile Stakes with a win in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick. Three heats for Group horses were conducted on Randwick's Kensington track on Friday morning having been pushed back from Tuesday because of the recent wet weather in Sydney. The[...]

Posted on July 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A number of high profile spring carnival hopefuls are set to ramp up their preparations towards feature races in the new season at a rescheduled barrier trial session on Randwick's Kensington track. Three heats for Group horses which had originally been scheduled for Tuesday were pushed back three days because of wet weather are set[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three important barrier trials have been pushed back three days because of Sydney's wet weather. Tuesday's barrier trial session at Randwick will now be held on the Polytrack with 20 heats scheduled. But the three heats for Group horses that were set down for the Kensington track on Tuesday morning have been rescheduled to Friday.[...]

Posted on July 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A host of feature race contenders are scheduled to continue preparations towards their new-season returns at a star-studded set of barrier trials at Randwick. Tuesday's barrier trials session has attracted several Group One winners among the entries along with a number of other well-performed horses being readied for feature races in the new season which[...]

Posted on July 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The decision by Te Akau principal David Ellis to leave star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel in Sydney following their autumn campaigns is already paying a dividend. They have been in the hands of travelling foreman Ashley Handley, who is providing positive feedback to trainer Jamie Richards as to how the mares are progressing. Closed[...]

Posted on July 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand galloper Te Akau Shark remains in an equine hospital in Sydney after undergoing eye surgery. Te Akau Shark had implant surgery last month and while recovering well from the operation picked up a lung infection that is causing concern. Trainer Jamie Richards said last year's Cox Plate placegetter was making steady progress[...]

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

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards brought up his first century of training wins in New Zealand in his own right after Bak Da Master scored in the first race at Awapuni on Saturday. Left stranded on 99 wins before the Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand, Bak Da Master was his first runner since and delivered[...]

Posted on June 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing's Jamie Richards is looking forward to a further set of trials at Te Rapa this week as he goes about getting his winter/spring racing team in order for a racetrack resumption. The Te Akau tangerine colours were prominent at the first trial meeting at the venue last week with Richards expecting to[...]

Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Melody Belle Set To Return To New Zealand

Melody Belle improved ahead of Winx Stakes

Nature Strip Warms Up With Trial Win

Melody Belle forward for Missile return

Melody Belle On Song For Missile Stakes

Veteran Among Two Missile Runners For Lees

Bosson eager for race day return

Richards’ premiership caps memorable season

Star Mare Melody Belle Wins Randwick Trial

High-Profile Horses To Trial At Randwick

Weather Prompts Changes To Randwick Trials

Stars Set To Step Out At Randwick Trials

Star NZ Mares Progressing Well In Sydney

Lung Infection Holds Up Shark Post Surgery

Richards brings up first solo century

Richards working towards resumption

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