Miss Aotearoa

Local win in Canterbury Belle Stakes

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

Local filly Matchmaker gave her rivals a start and a beating when she took out Saturday’s Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. The Nick Wigley and Kayla Milnes-trained three-year-old had been touted as a topliner in the making after she blitzed her rivals over 1000m on debut at Riccarton back in[...]

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

It was another proud day for Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM as the multi-faceted operation recorded seven wins in the space of seven hours, in three different countries on Saturday. Last season’s champion trainer Jamie Richards saddled Vamos Bebe, Miss Aotearoa, and Savy Yong Blonk to win at Hastings, while Probabeel won at[...]

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

If smiling were an Olympic sport, then Milan Park principal Tony Rider would most likely have had a gold medal hanging around his neck on Saturday evening. Rider was on hand at Hastings to watch two three-year-old fillies he bred and owns assure their future at his Cambridge-based breeding operation once their racing days are[...]

Posted on September 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising galloper Miss Aotearoa provided rider Craig Grylls and owner/breeder Tony Rider with a black type double at Hastings when she out-finished her age-group rivals in the Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m). Successful just two races earlier with raceday debutant Shezzacatch in the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m), the[...]

Local win in Canterbury Belle Stakes

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