Need I Say More

Melody Belle on track for Trentham feature

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

Trainer Jamie Richards had plenty of firepower in racing action on the track at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, but also took the time to stretch the legs of some of his team members being set for upcoming major assignments. Dual Horse of the Year Melody Belle, exciting three-year-old Need I Say More and Group[...]

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

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards is well used to marking off new benchmarks in career highlights. Winning the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) with Xtravagant at Riccarton in 2015 to bring up the first Group 1 win of his career has begun a sequence of highlights, which have come to a head in 2020. A Karaka[...]

Posted on October 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality mare Probabeel will be coming home to New Zealand to take a well-earned break in some lush New Zealand pasture after a gritty effort in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m). The Savabeel four-year-old’s Cox Plate bid was ultimately undone by the fickle Melbourne weather that saw the Moonee Valley track rated a Soft[...]

Posted on October 25, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart three-year-old Need I Say More let his actions do the talking at Te Rapa when he gave his age- group rivals a galloping lesson in the Group 2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained runner had his doubters after he was beaten into fourth in the Group 2[...]

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 September 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Craig Grylls began the spring in the best possible fashion at Te Rapa on Saturday, riding a winning treble, including his first stakes victory for the season, to take him to the top of the New Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership. “It was a great day. It’s always good to get a few on the board and[...]

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

Quality galloper Avantage showed she is the horse to beat in the upcoming Hawke’s Bay triple crown when she produced a strong fresh-up effort to take out the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Fastnet Rock mare had closed out her four-year-old campaign with three Group 1 victories in the[...]

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 May 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards is enjoying being back in a familiar routine as the Te Akau Racing operation gears up for a return to the racetrack in the coming months. Richards, who sits atop the national trainers’ premiership with an unassailable twenty-seven win lead over his nearest rival, has plenty on his plate as he readies[...]

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

Promising galloper Need I Say More showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the autumn juvenile classics when he dashed away with the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. The Jamie Richards-trained runner was having just his second start after an impressive debut performance on the same track earlier[...]

Posted on February 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The winning roll of Te Akau Racing continued unabated on their home track at Matamata on Sunday when exciting prospect Phantom Witness provided an early highlight for the day. The Star Witness three-year-old, who was purchased for $60,000 by David Ellis from the Lyndhurst Farm draft at the 2018 Ready To Run Sale at Karaka,[...]

Melody Belle on track for Trentham feature

Richards chasing Trans-Tasman features

Probabeel heading home for summer holiday

Smart three-year-old leaves rivals speechless at Te Rapa

Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Grylls taking flight

Te Akau Racing claim Te Rapa features

Bosson eager for race day return

Richards’ premiership caps memorable season

Business as usual as Richards gets ready for new season

Need I Say More leaves no room for excuses

Te Akau roll continues on home patch

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