New Zealand Cup

Marsh looking to hatch Cup win with Nest Egg

Posted on November 17, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The two-mile distance is a step into unknown territory for most Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) contenders every year, but Nest Egg's trainer Stephen Marsh has more confidence than most that his runner's stamina will shine through at Riccarton on Saturday. An impressive winner of both of his last two starts, Nest Egg holds[...]

Posted on November 10, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is hoping to hit the ground running as New Zealand Cup Week kicks off in Christchurch this weekend. Marsh will saddle a pair of impressive last-start winners in feature races on the opening day of the carnival at Riccarton on Saturday, with Burn To Shine lining up in the Group 1[...]

Posted on October 30, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Underrated staying mare Eulogy Show has enhanced her prospects of getting a start in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) next month with an unflinching effort at Riccarton. The six-year-old mare had finished fourth in the same race twelve months earlier and showed she loves the longer distance events as she sat outside the[...]

Posted on November 14, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kevin Myers' stable successfully defended its crown in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) with rising staying star Aljay prevailing in a driving finish at Riccarton dominated by Central Districts raiders. The Wanganui trainer had triumphed in last year's edition of the Martin Collins-sponsored feature with Mondorani, who was unplaced in his title defence[...]

Posted on November 12, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

One of the biggest days on the New Zealand domestic racing calendar, New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton, was abandoned after race three on Saturday due to safety concerns following a horse slipping whilst free of interference rounding the home turn. Harmonious, ridden by Lily Sutherland, clearly slipped on a lush patch of turf as[...]

Posted on October 18, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Shaune Ritchie is glad at what looks like a long-overdue break in the weather as he puts two of his three-year-olds on trial for Riccarton next month. The New Zealand trainer is starting both Goldburg and The Racketeer in the Group 2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, taking[...]

Posted on October 18, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson is setting Sharp ‘N' Smart the task of joining an exclusive four-horse club. Since the inaugural Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) in 1978, only four horses have completed the Spring Champion Stakes-VRC (Victoria) Derby double: Stylish Century (1989), Nothin' Leica Dane (1995), Monaco Consul (2009), and Ace High (2017).[...]

Posted on September 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Six weeks of farm work has Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Sherwood Forest in good fettle for a spring preparation, according to his new trainer Bill Thurlow. Sherwood Forest, who won the 2020 edition of the Classic at Ellerslie for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike, begins a new preparation for Waverley's Thurlow in Saturday's[...]

Posted on September 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Lance Robinson has big plans at the Riccarton November carnival for Saturday's New Zealand Cup Trial (1800m) winner Burnvue, but not for the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m). The seven-year-old is instead being set for the Group 3 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) on November 9 as Robinson doesn't think he'll be[...]

Posted on June 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A fitter Choisia Prince will spearhead a trio of Riccarton all-weather track runners for New Zealand trainer Fraser Auret on Thursday as the trainer continues to broaden his knowledge of polytrack racing. Choisia Prince couldn't have been any more impressive when he cleared maiden grade by 6.5 lengths over 1400m on the polytrack at Riccarton[...]

Posted on June 28, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

This weekend is brewing to be an exciting one for New Zealand jumps fans, with top-class hurdlers The Cossack and Dr Hank going head-to-head in the Te Whangai Romney's Hawke's Bay Hurdle (3100m) at Hastings on Saturday. Leading jumps jockey Shaun Phelan regularly partners both horses, but has opted for The Cossack on Saturday, citing[...]

Posted on June 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented New Zealand winter stayer Prince Leo will have an opportunity at Trentham on Saturday to prove himself worthy of joining his half-brother in Australia. The five-year-old son of Jimmy Choux is raced and trained by his Foxton-based breeder Ian Shaw, who has enjoyed black-type success in Victoria this year with Tigertiger. They are out[...]

Posted on April 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Despite feeling completely drained of energy after his day at the races at Pukekohe on Saturday, Nick Bishara had a broad smile on his face as he reclined on his couch at home that evening. Bishara has just completed a stint in isolation after testing positive for COVID 19 after returning to New Zealand from[...]

Posted on March 23, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand's multiple Group winning jockey Sarah Macnab is counting herself fortunate, despite suffering serious injuries in a race fall at Trentham. Macnab hit the turf in an incident in the closing stages of Saturday's Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m) when her mount Scotch clipped heels and fell. The 22-year-old now faces up to six weeks[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh registered a notable milestone when he saddled the quinella in the Group 3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) with Lincoln King and Starrybeel. Marsh went into the race with a degree of confidence following the midweek scratching of pre-post favourite and last year's winner Waisake and that[...]

Posted on November 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was some Kevin Myers magic at play at Riccarton on Saturday when outsider Mondorani () stormed home down the outskirts of the Riccarton track to take out the 158th running of the Group 3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m). Myers has long made Riccarton a happy hunting ground despite operating from his North[...]

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

Like any trainer who has a runner engaged in a major race, Nikki Blatch has a few frayed nerves on the eve of what could be a career defining moment. Nikki and husband Barrie will line-up the well-favoured Mr Intelligence in Saturday's Group 3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton off the back[...]

Marsh looking to hatch Cup win with Nest Egg

Marsh hoping to Shine in New Zealand 2000 Guineas

Eulogy Show emerges as New Zealand Cup contender

Double Cup delight for Myers

New Zealand Cup Day postponed at Riccarton

Better weather a relief for Ritchie

Sharp ‘N’ Smart chasing Spring Champion glory

Farm labour has Derby winner primed for new campaign

Coupland’s target for Burnvue

Choisia Prince shoots for Riccarton polytrack double

Clash of the titans at Hastings

Chance to press claims for Australian venture

Rising Storm provides tonic for Bishara

Injured Macnab upbeat with big day looming

Lincoln King heads Wellington Cup quinella for Marsh

Mondorani upsets in New Zealand Cup

Blatch soaking up the pressure of Cup week

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