Michael McNab

Shadows Cast back to his best with feature victory

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

Venerable eight-year-old Shadows Cast turned back the clock as he gave his rivals weight and a beating when taking out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni. The Mark Oulaghan-trained gelding has been a consistent performer at the highest level over the past five years, having collected eleven career victories prior[...]

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

The Tony Pike-trained Rangi Toa was an impressive debut winner of the Kasa Bloodstock 2YO (1100m) at New Plymouth on Friday, and has the makings of a horse with plenty of ability. The son of Shamexpress was sent out favourite on the back of an impressive trial victory at Rotorua but was caught deep throughout[...]

Posted on February 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard have yet to saddle a winner at Te Rapa, but classy three-year-olds Montre Moi and Key give them two chances to open their account with Group Two success on Saturday. The Otaki trainers are no strangers to plundering northern spoils, most notably with Vespa in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m)[...]

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

Multiple Group One performer Deerfield was amongst the late nominations for Saturday’s Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa, with trainer Chrissy Bambry confident her hardy gelding will give a good account in the $400,000 weight-for-age feature. The seven-year-old gelding steps up to 2000m for the first time in his career, but Bambry,[...]

Posted on January 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Evergreen sprinter Enzo’s Lad will be vying to record his third victory in the Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained gelding won consecutive editions in 2018 and 2019, before finishing runner-up last year behind Avantage. He will meet the talented mare again on Saturday,[...]

Posted on December 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old galloper Bentayga shook off the effects of a pre-race scare to register his first victory at New Plymouth on Sunday. The Tony Pike-trained runner fired up on his way to the start and took rider Michael McNab for an extended preliminary before being captured and returned to the starting gates. Approved to start[...]

Posted on December 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Punters who have taken the about unraced juvenile Khufu in next month’s $1m Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) can breathe a little easier after the son of American Pharoah looked all class when winning an 800m trial at Cambridge on Tuesday. The Tony Pike-trained colt has long impressed trial-watchers but will make a[...]

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

A stint on the sidelines last season appears to have done jockey Michael McNab the world of good. The Waikato-based hoop rode a winning stakes double at Ellerslie on Saturday, bringing his stakes tally for the season to three, equaling his haul from last term. His winning rides came courtesy of the Tony Pike-trained Tellall[...]

Posted on November 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It took every metre of the Ellerslie home straight for consistent galloper Gino Severini to finally gain the upper hand over his rivals as he captured his first stakes victory in the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m). The Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley-trained seven-year-old had finished in the minor placings in each of his[...]

Posted on November 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Tellall enhanced his credentials for some of the summer age group features when he registered his first victory at stakes level when taking out the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie. Shooting for his third win in a row, the Tony Pike-trained gelding made light work of his 58.5kgs topweight as[...]

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

Waikato horseman Chad Orsmby has his fingers in a lot pies, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Earlier this year he returned to the jockey ranks after a near decade-long hiatus, and juggles that alongside being a trainer and preparing a 10-strong draft under his Riverrock Farm banner for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready[...]

Posted on November 9, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With local stables dominating the first day of the annual New Zealand Cup Carnival at Riccarton on Saturday it was no surprise to see the Michael and Matthew Pitman team in the thick of the action. The first seven races on the card were taken by Riccarton-based trainers with another two wins added later in[...]

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

Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman have a dual-pronged attack on Saturday’s Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), and the hopes of the South Island rest on their shoulders as they take on nine competitors from the North. The Pitmans will saddle lightly-tried galloper Marine and stablemate Watchmaker as they[...]

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

Matamata training partners Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will have just the two runners at Pukekohe on Saturday, headed by resuming speedster Princess Rihanna. The daughter of Showcasing has four wins to her name, a Group 3 placing in the Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) as a three-year-old and the short-course mare has had two trials[...]

Posted on October 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Three-year-old filly Tokorangi will sport different colours when she steps out in the Group 3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday for trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard. Australian owner Ozzie Kheir has bought into the smart Redwood filly, who came from well back in the Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’[...]

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

Matamata mare Supreme Heights added a second stakes victory to her burgeoning record when she took out Saturday’s Group 3 Wyndspelle Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders Stakes (1400m) at Hawera. The Mark Brosnan-trained five-year-old had given an emphatic display of front running when taking out a Group 3 contest at New Plymouth at her last start[...]

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

A lengthy spell away from the racetrack to revitalise both his mind and body appears to have worked for talented jockey Michael McNab as he picked up his first victory on Saturday since making his return to raceday riding this month. McNab guided the John Wheeler-trained Zeefa Zed home at Ellerslie on Saturday and was[...]

Shadows Cast back to his best with feature victory

Pike juvenile all class at New Plymouth

Otaki pair primed for Te Rapa features

Brave Deerfield late addition to Herbie Dyke

Enzo’s Lad vying for Telegraph three-peat

Pre-race scare not enough to stop promising maiden

Million outlook bright for unraced colt

Revitalised McNab in purple patch

Late burst secures Ellerslie feature for Gino Severini

Tellall impresses with Ellerslie stakes victory

Chad Orsmby – the man of many hats

Four-timer for Pitmans on Cup Week opener

Southern Guineas hopes rest with Pitmans

Princess Rihanna ready for Pukekohe sprint

Tokorangi primed for Soliloquy

Matamata mare reigns supreme at Hawera

McNab finds winning groove at Ellerslie

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