On The Bubbles

Quality over quantity for ace rider Parkes

Posted on April 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Another cool, calm and collected effort aboard star juvenile On The Bubbles at Awapuni on Saturday saw jockey Johnathan Parkes register his second Group One victory for the season, as the pair combined to take out the Group 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). The elite level success came hard off the back of a[...]

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

Jamie Richards and Te Akau Racing’s total dominance of New Zealand two-year-old racing rolled on with a richly deserved Group One triumph for On the Bubbles in Saturday’s Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). The Awapuni feature was the 21st juvenile win of the season for Richards and the Te Akau team, with seven[...]

Posted on March 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Plans for Group One winning juvenile Sword Of State will be determined by the volume of rain in the coming days, with the Jamie Richards-trained colt a warm favourite for Saturday’s Group 1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). The son of Snitzel is not a confirmed runner, with the Te Akau team keen[...]

Posted on March 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality two-year-old Sword Of State and rider Opie Bosson made it a one-horse affair at Ellerslie on Saturday when they blitzed their rivals in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m). Sent out a dominant favourite off the back of a six-length win in the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) on his home track at[...]

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

Bookmakers may be favouring defending champ Avantage in Saturday’s Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie but her trainer Jamie Richards is backing Melody Belle as the pick of his pair. Richards will clash the glamour pair in a race each has won in the past two years, favouring 13-time Group One winner[...]

Posted on February 27, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team entered Saturday’s Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) on their home patch at Matamata with a strong hand and played it to perfection when producing the quinella in the juvenile feature for the colts and geldings. Richards lined up the unbeaten Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winner[...]

Posted on January 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The All-Star Mile is the short-term goal for classy New Zealander Probabeel, who will ramp up her preparations in a barrier trial at Geelong.

Posted on January 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leanach Lodge principal Ross MacKay was On The Bubbles after the horse sporting the same name won the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday night. MacKay offered the son of Brazen Beau through his New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Sale draft at Karaka last year for owner Ben Kwok, where he was purchased[...]

Posted on January 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A brilliant performance by On The Bubbles, chased home by three of his stablemates, has added another chapter to trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team’s incredible dominance of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m). The undefeated Brazen Beau gelding overcame a horror draw for an emphatic victory at Ellerslie on[...]

Posted on January 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading trainer Jamie Richards has stacked the bases in the Karaka Million as he bids to win the rich juvenile race for the fifth consecutive year.

Posted on January 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau have bolstered their numbers for the $1M Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) next week with a good result at Tauranga on Friday. Trainer Jamie Richards contested the Ray White Papamoa 2YO (1200m) with Millefiori and Sneaky Shark, and both have earned enough money to make it into the 14-horse field for[...]

Posted on January 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing’s challenge for supremacy in the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month was strengthened at Ellerslie on Sunday when On The Bubbles produced a comprehensive victory is his final lead-up to the big event. The Jamie Richards-trained Brazen Beau youngster sat three-wide throughout the 1200m contest but still[...]

Quality over quantity for ace rider Parkes

Group One glory for On the Bubbles

Weather to dictate state for Sword

Bosson puts rivals to the sword in Sistema Stakes

Richards favours Belle in glamour clash

Te Akau flyer puts rivals to the sword at Matamata

Sydney Remains On The Agenda For Probabeel

Leanach Lodge On The Bubbles after Karaka Million win

Te Akau extends Karaka Million dominance

Richards Out To Continue Karaka Dominance

Te Akau pair sneak into Karaka Million

On The Bubbles produces champagne performance

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