Railway Stakes

Levante on track for Railway

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

Group One targets await Levante in the New Year, with a trip across the Tasman in the offing should she perform to her usual high standards. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare has performed with distinction in both of her starts in Australia, finishing fourth in both the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Group[...]

Posted on November 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Legendary trainer Colin Webster has previously told this publication Trix Of The Trade is so relaxed before a race, he falls asleep before it's time to get ready. It was this laidback mindset that helped him deliver Webster arguably the biggest win of his outstanding career. The four-year-old's victory in the $1.5 million Railway Stakes over 1600m[...]

Posted on November 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Atishu's form is nothing to sneeze at, according to master trainer Chris Waller heading into the Ballarat Cup on Saturday. Her last start was an excellent two-length victory in the Matriarch Stakes over 2000m at Flemington on November 5, and as a result she is the $3.10 favourite with online betting sites over the same staying distance. The five-year-old[...]

Posted on November 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A small field will work in favour of hot-pot Legarto's bid to extend her winning sequence to four when she steps out in the Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The undefeated daughter of Proisir has a stranglehold on the market for the Barneswood Farm-sponsored Classic at a current quote[...]

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

Matamata filly Bonny Lass showed just how tough she is when she overcame a wide trip in transit to deliver a comprehensive victory in the Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained daughter of Super Easy was forced over plenty of extra ground as rider[...]

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

Valuable New Zealand filly Bonny Lass is in prime order for Saturday's Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa where she will bid to add to her burgeoning record. The daughter of Super Easy proved herself a match for the best juveniles last season and it's been more of the same[...]

Posted on November 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was vintage William Pike on Saturday at Ascot as he rode five winners on the 10-race card, including the champions of the Western Australian Guineas and Group 1 Railway Stakes. Pike had three rides in the first four races and won all of them, before adding both feature races to complete the quintet. The[...]

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

Local trainer Richard Collett was delighted to be back trackside for the first time in several months at Pukekohe Park on Thursday. It was the first race meeting held in the Auckland region since the COVID-19 enforced lockdown in August and Collett said the meeting was a tonic for many industry participants in the region.[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Ben Foote will be represented by four runners at Tauranga on Wednesday and can't single one above any other, considering them all serious winning prospects. Rekindled Express will debut in the Cheers Tavern Bayfair Maiden (1200m) and Kid Roc will resume in the Bayleys Tauranga Commercial Maiden (1200m) with both drawing attention to[...]

Posted on November 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Western Australian jockey William Pike was delighted to be rewarded with a Group 1 on his return to his home state when Inspirational Girl ran out a ready winner of the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The man dubbed the Wizard from the West is keen to maintain the association with the daughter of Reliable[...]

Posted on November 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl produced a devastating turn of foot under popular jockey William Pike to race away with the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. The Group 1 winning mare advanced her record to nine wins and two placings from eleven starts and stamped herself as one of the[...]

Posted on November 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl came with a well-timed ride under jockey Chris Parnham to win the Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. It was the first black-type attempt for the talented Reliable Man mare, who advanced her record to eight wins and two placings from ten starts. Prepared by[...]

Posted on November 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former top filly Melt made a welcome return to the winner's circle on her home patch at Pukekohe on Saturday. The Nigel Tiley-trained mare had kick started her career in fine fashion when successful at stakes level at the same venue first-up as a two-year-old. She then went on to win the Northland Breeders' Stakes[...]

Posted on October 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Nine-year-old entire Endless Drama showed he is not ready for retirement just yet with a 20-length demolition of his rivals in an Avondale open catchweight 1000m trial on Thursday. The 31-start veteran is a multiple Group 2 winner and has placed at Group 1 level on three occasions, including the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (1600m),[...]

Posted on August 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An eye-catching run at the Taupo trials last week has trainer John Bell confident his stable star Julius is right on track for his first assignment of a new campaign. The lightly raced nine-year-old was slowly away in the 1100m trial but was seen to be making up good ground in the run home for[...]

Posted on December 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melbourne-based Michael Dee is returning home to New Zealand for Christmas and is set to ride in feature races at Ellerslie during the holiday period. Dee owns a farm in New Zealand with his parents Richard and Jo and will extend his stay to the new year to ride three-year-old Kali in the Group One[...]

Posted on November 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leviathan owners Bob and Sandra Peters and star jockey William Pike have combined for yet another Group One win in Perth with Regal Power in the Railway Stakes at Ascot. Trained by Grant and Alana Williams, Regal Power ($10) started from the second-widest barrier and was well back rounding the turn. But when Pike gave[...]

Levante on track for Railway

Trix Of The Trade wins Group 1 Railway Stakes

Atishu heads Waller’s strong hand around the country

All systems go for unbeaten favourite

Bonny Lass delivers in style at Te Rapa

Bonny filly ready for Breeders’ Stakes

Pike lands five winners at Ascot, wins fourth straight Railway Stakes

Collett delighted to be back trackside

Foote’s Tauranga quartet rates highly

Kingston Town next for Inspirational Girl

Reliable Man mare dominant in Railway

Group 3 winner for Reliable Man

Melt back in winning form after two-year hiatus

Endless Drama showing zest for racing

Julius on track for Foxbridge Plate assignment

Dee Gets New Zealand Christmas Call-Up

Regal Power Wins Railway Stakes

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