Opie Bosson

Spring in steps of star gallopers

Posted on July 21, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One targets await stablemates Probabeel and Sword Of State in Australia later this year and they took their first serious steps this afternoon toward spring goals with trial outings on the all-weather track at Cambridge. Trainer Jamie Richards was well-represented during the day with crack mare Avantage also in action and she will be[...]

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

Champion New Zealand rider Opie Bosson is champing at the bit to get back in the saddle as he prepares himself for the new racing season that starts on August 1. Bosson is hard at work on his Pukekawa sheep and beef farm and ready to resume riding trackwork after recovering from an ankle sprain[...]

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

Opie Bosson is in danger of catching a chill from the amount of times he is dipping in-between New Zealand’s cold winter and Queensland’s summer-like conditions. The New Zealand hoop will once again make the trek across the Tasman to ride in Queensland’s Winter Carnival this weekend, his third trip in the last month. In[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian trainer Michael Moroney will have to watch his Queensland contenders over the next week on a screen at home after being caught up in Melbourne’s COVID-19 enforced lockdown. The Flemington trainer will contest the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday with New Zealand-bred filly Yatton, and he said she is[...]

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

New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson knows the time is right for Melody Belle to stop racing. But it didn’t mean he wasn’t affected by it. Melody Belle ended her racing career at the weekend when finishing fifth in Bosson’s hands in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m), finishing as well as anything behind the runaway[...]

Posted on May 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The last time Tofane was ridden by top Kiwi hoop Opie Bosson they won a Group One, and trainer Michael Moroney is hoping the pair can replicate their winning form in Queensland on Saturday. Bosson has flown to Australia to partner Melody Belle in her final raceday appearance in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m),[...]

Posted on May 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Tuesday morning began a series of lasts for 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle. The six-year-old mare had her final gallop at the Gold Coast with regular rider Opie Bosson aboard ahead of her final raceday start in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday. “She worked well and in her customary style,” trainer[...]

Posted on May 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Reigning New Zealand horse of the year Melody Belle will embark on the first steps of her final racing journey at the Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday, one which holds plenty of sentiment for her trainer Jamie Richards. Matamata-based Richards will produce 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle in Saturday’s Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m),[...]

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

Melody Belle will end her racing career with a familiar face on her back. With the trans-Tasman travel bubble coming into effect last Monday, Kiwi hoop Opie Bosson will be able to travel to Queensland over the next month to reunite with New Zealand’s darling of the turf for her final two races. Bosson has[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A lot can change in a week and the misfortune of the races being abandoned mid program at Te Aroha has resulted in leading jockey Danielle Johnson picking up the plumb ride on Avantage in Saturday’s rescheduled Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. Opie Bosson was originally engaged[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Star filly Amarelinha has given champion jockey Opie Bosson just the confidence boost he was looking for ahead of a trip to Sydney to partner her in Saturday week’s A$1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Bosson rode Amarelinha in a 1200m open trial at Ellerslie on Tuesday and was delighted with the[...]

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

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman landed an early double at Pukekohe on Wednesday, with promising three-year-olds Daqiansweet Junior and Granados both scoring over 2100m and shaping as stayers of the future. Daqiansweet Junior took plenty of confidence from a maiden win at Matamata last week and took the step up to Rating 65[...]

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

Talented three-year-old Amarelinha gave her rivals a galloping lesson as she claimed a brilliant victory in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham. The Jamie Richards-trained Savabeel filly had been expected to dominate proceedings after winning four of her last five starts, but even the best laid plans can[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Opie Bosson will chase a fifth win in Saturday’s Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m), a race he has only ridden in sporadically in recent years. The Waikato jockey has won the Trentham three-year-old fillies Classic on She’s Country (in 2000), Bramble Rose (2003), Princess Coup (2007) and Keep The Peace[...]

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 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Punters who thought the result of the Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) was a foregone conclusion when installing glamour filly Amarelinha a red-hot favourite for the race were left hanging on the result of the photo-finish to a thrilling contest in the fillies feature. Most expected Amarelinha to carry on her winning way[...]

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

Avantage continued her march into the realms of super stardom when she made it career Group One number eight with a gritty win in the Group 1 El Cheapo Cars Weight-For-Age Classic (1600m). Unbeaten in three starts, all at Group One level, in her current campaign, Avantage was confidently expected to take Otaki’s elite feature[...]

Spring in steps of star gallopers

Bosson raring to go in new season

New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson racking up frequent flyer points

Michael Moroney watching Queensland raiders from home

Opie Bosson farewells New Zealand mare Melody Belle

Tofane to reunite with New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson

Stellar career of Kiwi mare Melody Belle drawing to a close

Melody Belle vulnerable in Hollindale Stakes: Richards

Bosson to reunite with Melody Belle

Johnson delighted with Group One pick-up ride

Sydney sojourn for Bosson

Baker-Forsman unleash promising 3YO stayers

Amarelinha brilliant in New Zealand Oaks victory

Bosson eyes fifth win in New Zealand Oaks with Amarelinha

Bosson puts rivals to the sword in Sistema Stakes

Te Akau Racing enjoy black type bonanza at Ellerslie

Avantage secures eighth Group One victory

Connect with Racing Online