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A Guide To The $1m Group One Empire Rose

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

EMPIRE ROSE STAKES The $1 million Empire Rose Stakes is a Group One weight-for-age race run over 1600m for fillies and mares at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse It will run as race five at 2.20pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY First run as a Listed race in 1988 and won by the Colin Hayes-trained Concordance[...]

Posted on October 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand mare Melody Belle has drawn a wide barrier in a capacity field for the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. A nine-time Group One winner in New Zealand including three this spring, the Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle has drawn barrier 13 in the field of 16 for Saturday's 1600m weight-for-age race[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings admits he is “terrified” of Melody Belle as he prepares two mares to clash with the star New Zealander in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes. The Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle is New Zealand's reigning Horse of the Year and has won three Group One races this season to take her[...]

Posted on October 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate placegetter Te Akau Shark will return home to New Zealand for a spell with trainer Jamie Richards to switch his attention to stablemate Melody Belle. The mare runs on Saturday at Flemington where she will try to add the Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) to her three elite level wins at home[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Megastar Melody Belle earned two slices of New Zealand racing history on Saturday with another commanding performance in the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings. She became the first horse to complete Hawke's Bay's weight-for-age Triple Crown during the Bostock New Zealand Spring Carnival – the Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Windsor Park Plate (1600m) and[...]

Posted on October 3, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday could become a landmark day in Te Akau's near 40 year history. The New Zealand racing operation, headed by David Ellis, has three Group 1 chances on both sides of the Tasman. In Sydney, Te Akau Shark and Probabeel will be chasing elite level riches at Randwick, while closer to home Melody Belle will[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The New Zealand TAB has paid out on champion Melody Belle to win the Hastings Group One triple crown before the final leg has been run. Melody Belle is the short-priced favourite to add Saturday's Livamol Classic (2040m) to her wins in the Tarzino Trophy and Windsor Park Plate. If she is successful, she will[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Recently crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year, Melody Belle made it Group 1 victory number eight in emphatic fashion when she dominated her rivals in the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old repeated her deeds of last season when she took out Saturday's feature event after capturing the[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand champion Melody Belle has won her eighth Group One race to keep the Cox Plate in the mix. First the mare will try to win the triple crown at home having taken the first two legs, the Tarzino Trophy and Saturday's Windsor Park Plate at Hastings. The recently crowned NZ Horse of the[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Melody Belle may have caught TAB bookmakers off-guard when paying $5.60 after winning the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) last month, but they have ensured that they will not be caught out again by the star mare. She went against her usual running pattern after jumping away slowly,[...]

Posted on September 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Glamour galloper Melody Belle has added the New Zealand Horse of the Year title to her growing list of achievements. The Matamata mare was an almost unanimous choice for Horse of the Year, which was announced at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards, in Auckland on Sunday night. Of the 61 votes[...]

Posted on September 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

As expected, Melody Belle has taken the top honour at the New Zealand Horse of the Year awards for her five Group One wins during the past season. The Jamie Richards-trained mare already has another Group One victory this season in the Tarzino Trophy. Veteran trainer Murray Baker has been recognised for outstanding contribution to[...]

Posted on September 4, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fortuna Syndications Director, John Galvin, has confirmed Opie Bosson will ride Melody Belle in the second leg of the Hawke's Bay Racing Triple Crown, the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m), taking over from Michael McNab who has ridden the mare in her past two outings, including last Saturday's comprehensive victory in the Group 1[...]

Posted on September 2, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) placegetter Helena Baby will get his shot at redemption against victor Melody Belle later this month. Helena Baby wasn't among the initial nominations for the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on September 21 as he was originally set to be flown to Hong Kong after contesting last Saturday's Tarzino[...]

Posted on September 1, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand's best mare, Melody Belle, provided racegoers with another display of her undoubted class when she defended her Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) crown with an amazing performance to win on Saturday. The five-year-old Commands mare, who kicked off a stunning haul of five Group 1 victories in the 2018/19 racing season with her[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand champion Melody Belle has defended her Group One title in the Tarzino Trophy at Hastings with a sustained display of strength. After missing the start slightly, Melody Belle was back in the field against pre-race plans but built momentum under Michael McNab to pass Wyndspelle and win by three-quarters of a length. The[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Six-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle will attempt to add a seventh to her record when she lines-up in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained mare won the race last year before going onto win a further four Group One races last season and is all but assured[...]

A Guide To The $1m Group One Empire Rose

Wide Draw For Melody Belle In Empire Rose

Cummings Fears Melody Belle In Empire Rose

Melody Belle For Group 1, Shark Goes Home

Melody Belle makes history in Livamol

Super Saturday looming for Te Akau

NZ Tab Pays Out On Melody’s Triple Crown

Melody Belle keeps Triple Crown dream alive with Windsor Park Plate win

Cox Plate Still In Mix For Melody Belle

Te Akau stars set to shine

Melody Belle dominates Horse of the Year voting

Melody Belle, Baker Winners At NZ Awards

Bosson back on Belle

Late Windsor Park Plate entry for Helena Baby

Melody Belle reigns supreme at Hastings

Melody Belle Claims Seventh Group 1 Win

Melody Belle set to defend Tarzino title

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