Roch ‘N’ Horse

Curtain comes down on top sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse’s career

Posted on May 10, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Time has been called on outstanding sprinter Roch ‘N' Horse, who will begin the next phase of her career at Little Avondale Stud. The daughter of farm resident Per Incanto met and bettered the cream of Australia's short course specialists at Group One level with Flemington victories in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and the Champions'[...]

Posted on March 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

There will be 16 runners doing battle in the Newmarket Handicap this Saturday, with Roch ‘N’ Horse looking to become the second horse ever to go back-to-back.

Posted on February 20, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One straight course winner Roch ‘N' Horse is a possible starter in Saturday's Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Sandown after missing the Lightning Stakes (1000m) with a minor leg injury. Trainer Mike Moroney said he would enter last year's Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) winner for[...]

Posted on December 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred sprinter Roch ‘N' Horse has made waves in Australia since transferring to trainer Michael Moroney's Flemington barn earlier this year, and he is now itching to test her talents further afield. The daughter of Per Incanto carried breeder-owner Little Avondale Stud's silks to victory in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington[...]

Posted on November 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Roch ‘N' Horse for Mike Moroney has given Jamie Mott his second Group 1 for the spring carnival, taking out the Champions Sprint down the famous Flemington straight. Although the winner has never finished worse than second down the Flemington straight, the market still didn't want to know her as she jumped a $21 outsider with online bookmakers. Roch ‘N'[...]

Posted on September 9, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roch ‘N' Horse will return to the scene of her biggest win on Saturday – Flemington. The daughter of Per Incanto carried the silks of her breeder/owners Little Avondale Stud to victory in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) in March. She resumed last month when fourth in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at The Valley and trainer Michael Moroney[...]

Posted on August 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A trio of former Kiwi runners pleased trainer Michael Moroney with their jumpouts at Flemington on Friday ahead of their spring campaigns. Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) heroine Roch ‘N' Horse has returned in great order according to her trainer, who was impressed with her quiet hit-out over 800m. “She trialled terrific, jumped away smartly and showed good speed,”[...]

Posted on April 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented New Zealand mare Dragon Queen will be given her chance against the best in the country in Saturday's Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The field for New Zealand's final Group One race of the 2021-22 season is shaping up to be a strong one, with horses[...]

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

Three weeks after rocking the Australian sprinters with a Group One boilover in Melbourne, Little Avondale Stud has two chances of a repeat result at Randwick on Saturday. The Wairarapa nursery's green and yellow colours will be carried in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) by Roch ‘N' Horse, who defied odds in an[...]

Posted on March 24, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newmarket Handicap heroine Roch 'N' Horse is thriving at Flemington and Michael Moroney and connections have confirmed the daughter of Per Incanto will head north to contest the Group 1 T J Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on April 2. Bred and raced by Little Avondale Stud, Roch 'N' Horse is blooming in the current[...]

Posted on March 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Underrated sprinter Can I Get An Amen justified some inspired support at Trentham on Saturday when she captured the Listed Race A Horse With Te Akau NZ's No. 1 Stable Lightning Handicap (1200m). The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained five-year-old brought an impeccable form reference into the race having finished fourth behind Levante and Roch[...]

Posted on March 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare, One More Time, has changed hands three times already and was the subject of further buyer interest in the lead-up to her impressive last-start open handicap victory at Ellerslie. The four-year-old was on a quick back-up on Sunday, having finished sixth in the Group 3 King's Plate (1200m) the previous weekend after[...]

Posted on March 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainers Ken and Bev Kelso and the connections of top mare Levante can look forward to the Melbourne spring carnival with confidence following her bold showing in her Australian debut. They were on a fact-finding mission with the daughter of Proisir and she responded positively to finish fourth down the Flemington straight in[...]

Posted on March 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kiwi raider Roch 'N' Horse made a mockery of those who dismissed the form of New Zealand sprinters, getting under punters guards in her stunning victory in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Sporting the colours of Little Avondale Stud, the lightly-raced daughter of Per Incanto had raced without luck in[...]

Posted on March 10, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney will saddle a pair of light-weight chances in Saturday's Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) with four-year-old gelding Poland joined by Kiwi mare Roch ‘N' Horse in the time-honoured handicap. A daughter of Per Incato, the lightly-tried Roch ‘N' Horse has won three of her 12 starts for Moroney and his New[...]

Posted on February 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart New Zealand sprinter Roch ‘N' Horse will take aim at Group One assignments in Australia and will transfer to Michael Moroney's Flemington barn later this month. The daughter of Per Incanto has raced out of Moroney and training partner Pam Gerard's Matamata stable with good effect, with three wins and four placings to her[...]

Posted on January 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed the arrival of promising Kiwi filly Let's Say Grace to his Australian base. The three-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit won impressively at Tauranga over 1400m in December under the care of Moroney's Matamata training partner Pam Gerard, with that form subsequently franked by placegetters Pinarello and Princess Lowry, who[...]

Curtain comes down on top sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse’s career

Roch ‘N’ Horse looking to retain Newmarket Handicap crown

Oakleigh Plate option for Roch ‘N’ Horse

Moroney dreaming of Royal Ascot

Roch ‘N’ Horse cause Group 1 boilover again

Roch ‘N’ Horse to line up in Bobbie Lewis Quality

Roch ‘N’ Horse back in terrific order

Dragon Queen after Group One crown

Little Avondale takes two shots at TJ Smith

Roch ’N’ Horse to head to Sydney

Lowry and Cullen mare answers punters prayers at Trentham

Per Incanto’s daughter a popular mare

Australian mission accomplished with Levante

Roch ’N’ Horse stuns in Newmarket triumph

Roch ‘N’ Horse set for Newmarket assignment

Australian mission for Roch ‘N’ Horse

Classy filly transfers to Moroney’s Flemington barn

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