Moira Murdoch

Beach working wonders for Murdoch duo

Posted on April 7, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Astute New Zealand trainer Moira Murdoch heads to Rotorua this weekend with two horses raced by prominent owners that she's been able to turn around through her successful beach training operation near Auckland. Murdoch, who trains with her daughter Kieran, is set to start Sherrif in an open 1400m handicap and Splash Of Red in[...]

Posted on March 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

As only one of two women to have trained the winner in the 99-year history of the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), New Zealander Moira Murdoch holds a special place in the folklore of one of the world's greatest races. Murdoch was able to rekindle some of those memories when getting up close with the[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Twenty-six years on from her famous Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) victory with Solvit, Moira Murdoch's beach training regime is continuing to pay dividends. Now training in partnership with her daughter Kieran, Murdoch sprung a $32 upset with Polzeath in Saturday's Group 2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie. “It was very exciting and[...]

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

Lightweight runner Polzeath upset the applecart at Ellerslie on Saturday when he took out the Group 2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m). The lightly raced seven-year-old was having his first attempt in stakes company and his first run beyond 2100m in the Group 2 staying feature but handled both challenges with aplomb under the urgings[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Dual stakes winner Von Tunzelman will step out for the first time for South Auckland trainers Moira and Kieran Murdoch when he contests the Harold Tuson Memorial Greys (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday. Formerly trained in Cambridge by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, his connections are hoping a change of scenery will rejuvenate the[...]

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