New Zealand 2000 Guineas

Collett has high hopes for impressive Ellerslie winner

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

Progressive galloper Super Strike reminded racing pundits of his undoubted ability when he produced a powerful finish to score first up over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Super Easy gelding had been off the scene since sustaining a muscle injury when running second at the venue back in December last year. Trainer Richard Collett[...]

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

Trainer Tony Pike breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday morning as he watched Group 1 New Zealand Derby winner Sherwood Forest moving freely after pulling up lame in his campaign opener at Ellerslie the previous day. The Fastnet Rock four-year-old failed to beat a runner home in the JRA Trophy (1400m) and finished nearly[...]

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

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have been given a free rein to develop promising three-year-olds Unition and Suffused as they see fit. That was the word from Forsman as he assessed the pair ahead of Saturday’s Group 3 WRC Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. Both Fastnet Rock colt Unition and Choisir[...]

Posted on August 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Impressive triallist Show Bazz made an eye-catching debut when he trounced his maiden rivals over 1200m at Ashburton on Saturday. The Showcasing three-year-old had won a 1000m trial at Motukarara back in January and backed that up post the COVID19 lockdown with another comfortable victory at Rangiora in June over 850m. Co-trainer Kevin Hughes, who[...]

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

The last few weeks have put a spring in the step of the team at Riccarton Park. Earlier in the year, the Covid-19 pandemic had threatened to deal a cruel blow to the South Island’s flagship racetrack and its two premier carnivals. August’s Grand National Festival was impossible in a calendar with no South Island[...]

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

Young trainer Daniel Miller is looking forward to a return to racing and has three runners engaged at a bumper set of trials at Te Rapa on Tuesday. A staggering 293 horses are engaged for the trial meeting as racing emerges from a COVID-19 hibernation. For 23-year-old Miller, lockdown gave him time to focus on[...]

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

The Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) have announced that the 1000 and 2000 Guineas would remain at Riccarton for the 2020-21 racing season. Considerable work was undertaken with stakeholders while the country was under lockdown, on a proposed calendar for the early part of the 2020-21 racing season. At the time, there 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 April 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Awamatu trainer Clayton Chipperfield is thanking his lucky stars that he has his 60 acre property to keep him busy over the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown period. “I don’t know how these people are getting on in town,” Chipperfield said. “We have got 60 acres, so there is still plenty of work to[...]

Posted on November 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented three-year-old galloper Catalyst is set to remain in the care of Te Awamutu trainer Clayton Chipperfield after his victory in the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. With Australian targets forthcoming, speculation was rife that Catalyst would be transferred to an Australian trainer. However, The Oaks Stud’s General Manager[...]

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

Touted as a near racecourse certainty, excitement machine Catalyst lived up to all the pre-race hype when he scorched to a stunning victory in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The Darci Brahma three-year-old had been backed into microscopic odds prior to the race and punters who took[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Star three-year-old Catalyst has arrived in Christchurch and is expected to make a one-act affair of Saturday’s Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Prepared at Te Awamutu by Clayton Chipperfield, Catalyst has been installed a prohibitive $1.20 favourite for the Guineas after bullying his rivals in three lead-up races,[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata galloper Harlech added his name to the list of northern raiders bound for Riccarton next month when he dominated his three-year-old rivals in the Group 2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa. The Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained gelding, who is rated a $10 chance in the Fixed Odds market[...]

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

Exciting three-year-old Catalyst will take a growing reputation into the Group 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) and Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) in his next two starts, attempting to follow in the footsteps of his sire Darci Brahma. Eleven horses have won both of New Zealand’s spring age-group[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting galloper Catalyst has made the perfect start to his three-year-old season with his two stakes victories to date, and leading Australian form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan believes the son of Darci Brahma will only get better. The Clayton Chipperfield-trained gelding put in an eye-catching performance at Ruakaka on Saturday to win the Group 3 Northland[...]

Posted on September 12, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Benefits of an unplanned run in Saturday’s Group 3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka could be two-fold for connections of rising star three-year-old Catalyst. Installed a $1.50 favourite on the TAB’s opening market for the age-group feature, Catalyst looks poised to bank not only a bonus $40,600 for breeder-owner Dick Karreman but[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting performances at the Te Teko trials on Tuesday have put Matamata trainer Stephen Autridge back on the road towards the 2000 and 1000 Guineas at Riccarton in November. With more than 1000 training successes in New Zealand to his name, Autridge has returned to training in his own account after a hugely successful three-year[...]

Collett has high hopes for impressive Ellerslie winner

Sherwood Forest provides Pike with a quandary

Baker-Forsman pair tackle 3YO feature

Hughes eyeing bigger prize with impressive debutant

Return of Winter Cup continues Riccarton’s rebound

La Romanee to spearhead emerging stable

Classic races to remain at Riccarton

Business as usual as Richards gets ready for new season

Trainer staying chipper over lockdown

Chipperfield likely to retain star 3YO

Catalyst clinical in 2000 Guineas victory

Faultless preparation for Guineas favourite

Harlech Guineas bound after Te Rapa victory

Catalyst all the rage in Hawke’s Bay Guineas

Form expert rates Catalyst

Catalyst on Classic path

Guineas contenders head Autridge’s spring hopes

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