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Melissa Douglas brings up maiden training success

Posted on July 27, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melissa Douglas' dream start to her training career continued at Oamaru on Wednesday when Shejengar scored her first win. It was Douglas' second start as a trainer, with Shejengar runner-up in her debut outing at Wingatui earlier in the month. The Invercargill horsewoman was rapt with Wednesday's result and is hoping her northern acquisition can[...]

Posted on July 26, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A trip to Karaka five years ago is well and truly paying off for southern trainer Stephen Blair-Edie. A chestnut colt caught the Southland farmer's expert stock eye in Phoenix Park's New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale draft, and he went to $9,000 to secure him. At the fall of the hammer, the words uttered by[...]

Posted on July 20, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Zelenski will be vying for a hat-trick of Cups wins when he heads to Oamaru on Sunday. The son of Shocking was victorious in the Waimate Cup (1600m) two starts back before adding the Amberley Cup (1600m) to his haul at Riccarton a fortnight later. The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-trained six-year-old will be out[...]

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

An enforced change of training regime may spark veteran sprinter King Cougar at Oamaru on Friday. Steve Tyler's private Kaiapoi training track has been under water for almost the past month, forcing the trainer to utilise alternate venues to condition Alamosa nine-year-old King Cougar for Friday's feature One Smart Coffee/Hireworx Oamaru 1400. The former Manawatu[...]

Melissa Douglas brings up maiden training success

Stephen Blair-Edie enjoying journey with The Good Shepherd

Zelenski chasing Cup three-peat

King Cougar looking to bounce back at Oamaru

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