Royal Performer

Royal Performer gearing up for Herbie Dyke defence

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

Royal Performer will have one final hit-out at Ellerslie on Sunday before he prepares to defend his crown in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on February 12. The New Zealand nine-year-old gelding has been lumbered with 62kg in the HR Fiskens & Sons LTD 1400, and while the distance is[...]

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

The abandonment of racing at Trentham on Saturday and the subsequent rescheduling of the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) to Te Rapa this Saturday has played nicely into the hands of trainers Jenny and Bob Vance and their quality galloper Royal Performer. The nine-year-old gelding had looked to be working nicely into form with[...]

Posted on November 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One galloper Royal Performer resumes on Thursday for Jenny and Bob Vance in an Open Handicap over 1400m at Pukekohe Park. The well-travelled nine-year-old has been assigned top-weight of 63.5kgs with the stable to utilise four-kilo claiming apprentice Ace Lawson-Carroll to reduce the impost. “He will get back a little bit but he comes[...]

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

Two top-class horses are giving leading jockey Jonathan Riddell reason to look forward to an exciting spring of racing. Riddell, who finished 11th in the jockeys' premiership last season with 52 victories, is preparing to ride Callsign Mav in the Hastings Triple Crown and the exciting Gold Watch, who is aiming for handicap mile racing.[...]

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

Acutus is loving the warmer climes of Ruakaka over winter. The Bob and Jenny Vance-trained six-year-old picked up his fifth career victory at the Northland track with his all the way win in the Northpine Waipu Cup (1400m), and he is set to be a frequent visitor to the track over the coming months. “Drawing[...]

Posted on March 31, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainers Bob and Jenny Vance are hoping their stable star Royal Performer can cap his season off in style when he contests the Group 2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding has given the South Auckland couple a great ride this season, winning on four occasions, including the[...]

Posted on March 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Bob Vance is hoping Royal Performer can secure another elite-level victory when he contests the Group 1 Bonecrusher NZ Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding recorded Vance's first Group One victory as a trainer when taking out the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month, and the former jockey is[...]

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

Jonathan Riddell didn't have a great start at Te Rapa on Saturday, failing to make the weight for two of his six booked rides. But by the end of the day, he'd recorded a surprise Group One victory aboard Royal Performer, finished second in another, and guided the exciting Gold Watch to his fourth successive[...]

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

Former champion jockey Bob Vance got to experience the thrill of winning a Group One race from the other side of the fence on Saturday and he loved every minute of it. Vance was one of the world's leading riders in his heyday, winning four New Zealand Derbys, two Auckland Cups and the 1993 Group[...]

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

Well-travelled galloper Royal Performer spoilt the party for the many supporters of race favourite Melody Belle when he caused an upset by racing away with Saturday's Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The large on-course crowd were on hand to witness Melody Belle try and break the record of thirteen career Group[...]

Posted on February 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bonny New Zealand mare Melody Belle will have to wait another day to chase her fourteenth Group One win after she was beaten at Te Rapa.

Posted on January 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Bob Vance won't mind if the warm temperatures and fine sunny days in Auckland went missing at Pukekohe on Sunday. Vance will line-up former European and Hong Kong galloper Royal Performer in the open 1600m contest on the day, with the last start Tauranga winner at his best with some give in the ground.[...]

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

If you watched Royal Performer in track gallops you would think he'd have been better named Pauper or Court Jester. But the ex-Hong Kong galloper is a different beast on raceday, as he showed with his 5-3/4 length demolition of his open handicap opponents in the GMD Consultants Ltd Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa on[...]

Royal Performer gearing up for Herbie Dyke defence

Royal Performer confirmed for rescheduled Captain Cook Stakes

Summer riches await Royal Performer

Riddell looking forward to spring racing

Acutus scores northern victory

Vance hoping for another Royal Performance

Vance hoping for another royal performance

Riddell savours successful day at Te Rapa

First Group One thrill for trainer Vance

Royal Performer upsets in Group One feature

Melody Belle Beaten In Bid For Record

Vance scanning weather reports for signs of rain

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