No Compromise

Group 1 return for No Compromise

Posted on December 21, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Well-performed stayer No Compromise will bid to add a home Group One title to match his Australian efforts when he opens the third stage of his career on Boxing Day. The son of Pins will take aim at Tuesday's Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2050m) with Ryan Elliot booked to guide the seven-year-old's fortunes. He began[...]

Posted on September 17, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading Australian trainer Chris Waller will have a two-pronged New Zealand-bred attack in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday with No Compromise and Kukeracha. Group One winner Kukeracha finished eighth in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) first-up and Waller is expecting an improved performance this weekend. “He has come[...]

Posted on April 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow is looking forward to racing at his home track on Friday where he will have a trio of runners. His charge will be led by Darlington County who drops back to rating 72 grade after running sixth in the Listed New Zealand St Leger (2600m) at Trentham. Thurlow was pleased with[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

No Compromise ($7.50) hung on to claim the Group 3 Queen's Cup (2400m) at Rosehill for the Waller stable with a gun ride from Jay Ford. Waller's other two runners Surefire ($4.60) with Sam Clipperton aboard and Chalk Stream ($17), owned by Her Majesty The Queen and being steered by Kerrin McEvoy, finished 0.57L and[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Darlington County has got Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow daring to dream of another Auckland Cup triumph. Thurlow produced Glory Days to win the Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie in 2019 before she went on to place in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick at her next start. So You Think four-year-old[...]

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

One of the more intriguing runners in Saturday's Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton is the Bill Thurlow-trained And We Danced. The daughter of Wrote will enter the classic at just her third raceday start, having broken maiden ranks as a juvenile back in May, before a set-back meant the[...]

Posted on September 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former Kiwi galloper No Compromise will have his second tilt at Group Three level when he contests the Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) on Friday. The son of Pins has had six starts in Australia for trainer Chris Waller for three wins and two placings, justifying former trainer Bill Thurlow's decision to send him across the[...]

Posted on June 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An impressive win by No Compromise at Randwick on Saturday added extra lustre to a momentous day for the Thurlow family. Previously New Zealand trained by Bill Thurlow, and raced by his wife Patricia and brother Grant, the four-year-old Pins gelding crossed the Tasman a month ago to join Chris Waller's stable. After an eye-catching[...]

Posted on May 22, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Bill Thurlow is playing the waiting game with a pair of his gallopers. The Waverley trainer has two horses entered for Hawera's Sunday meeting, however, with Day Light drawing the outside gate in the Wanganui-Taranaki Owners Association “Pakaraka star” Maiden (2000m) and Darlington County being the first emergency for the Transag “Our Paddy Boy” Maiden[...]

Posted on September 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) dream is still alive for Group 1-winning stayer Glory Days and her connections. The pride of Waverley will be at odds greater than the Taranaki township's favourite son, 1983 Melbourne Cup winner Kiwi, of making the race, but trainer Bill Thurlow has taken the ‘you have got to be[...]

Group 1 return for No Compromise

Kiwi-breds set to strike for Waller

Thurlow trio to tackle home targets

No Compromise leads a stable trifecta in Queen’s Cup

Staying mare sparks Glory Days comparisons

Thurlow pleased with Guineas hope despite unorthodox campaign

Newcastle Gold Cup tilt for No Compromise

No Compromise caps Thurlow family’s special day

New Zealand trainer Thurlow playing waiting game with stable duo

Cup dream stays alive

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