Samantha Collett

Collett hoping for winning homecoming

Posted on March 28, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand jockey Sam Collett will make a fleeting return to New Zealand this weekend to ride at Awapuni's feature meeting on Saturday. Collett has answered the call of Taranaki trainer Bill Thurlow, who she has a great association with, having recorded her first Group One success aboard the Thurlow-trained Glory Days in the[...]

Posted on June 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Barry Lockwood is hoping that his unbeaten colt Johnny Rocker can continue on his winning ways when he steps out again in Saturday's Tattersall's Life Members Stakes at Eagle Farm.

Posted on June 18, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Centrefire gave Chris Munce a feature race double at Ipswich on Saturday, as she led all of the way to win the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic over 1200m. Well-rated in front by Samantha Collett, the five-year-old mare made use of the inside barrier to hold the fence, control the speed and skip clear on the[...]

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

Robbie Patterson has sounded an ominous warning to rival connections ahead of Saturday's Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m). The New Plymouth trainer can't fault his stable star Coventina Bay, who will be chasing a hat-trick of top-flight victories when she steps out in the fillies and mares' feature at Te[...]

Posted on March 5, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

After experiencing the highest of highs and deepest of lows at Ellerslie over the years, on Saturday Trudy Thornton will be on a mission to claim one of racing's biggest prizes at the country's premier track. The 58-year-old, who began her career as an amateur jumps jockey in 1982, is set to ride Arjay's Flight[...]

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

Rotorua has become a happy stomping ground for Katie Perrie and she will be aiming to continue her good record at Arawa Park on Sunday in the Group 3 Staphanos Classic (1950m). The Jim Collett-trained seven-year-old has had two starts at the track for a win and a placing in the Group 3 Rotorua Stakes[...]

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

Top New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett liked her riding stint in Queensland over winter so much she has decided to make a permanent move to the Sunshine State. “I really enjoyed my time over there. I came home and thought it was the right time for a new challenge,” Collett said. “I have ticked a[...]

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

Most people need an incentive to get out of bed on a cold winter's morning, and for New Zealand trainer Peter Lock it has been the return of his star galloper Hiflyer. The Group One performer hasn't been sighted on raceday since 2019 after sustaining a tendon injury, and Lock has taken a long and[...]

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

Proven wet track performer Barbara provided a welcome mid-winter highlight for her owner and former trainer Nigel Tiley when she strode clear in the concluding stages to capture the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup (2100m). Raced by Tiley along with wife Lee and her sister Mandy Rutherford, the five-year-old[...]

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

New Zealand trainers Ken Rae and his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro provided the first three runners home in Saturday's two-year-old feature at Ruakaka. Race favourite Dream Queen and rider Samantha Collett proved too strong in the run home as they dashed away from Sam Weatherley on stablemate Follow Your Dreams in the closing stages to win[...]

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

Samantha Collett is back with her feet on New Zealand soil, keen to further the experiences she has had riding abroad. Collett, who flew back home on Thursday night, will be straight back into action with seven rides at Ruakaka on Saturday, having ridden out of Queensland since the beginning of June. One of the[...]

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

New Zealand horseman Robbie Patterson was pleased with the run of stable star Coventina Bay in Sunday's Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast, despite the five-year-old mare not getting the rub of the green. Shuffled back to near last, the daughter of Shamexpress made a wide looping run to be beaten just over[...]

Posted on June 23, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The curtain will come down this weekend on what has been a long but fruitful season for Coventina Bay. New Zealand trainer Robbie Patterson has lined her up nine times this season, for three wins, including victories in the Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) and Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). The daughter of Shamexpress[...]

Posted on June 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robbie Patterson is loving it so much in Queensland he might not come home. The New Zealand horseman has enjoyed trading the cold winter under Mount Taranaki for the warmer climes of Brisbane over the last few weeks, but on Saturday things will start to heat up for his Australian raiders Coventina Bay and Puntura.[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Group One performer Coventina Bay made the best possible start to her Queensland campaign on Tuesday. Under regular rider Samantha Collett, she won her 1200m trial at the Sunshine Coast by 3.5 lengths. Trainer Robbie Patterson was pleased with her hit-out ahead of her Group targets in the coming month. “She trialled nicely,”[...]

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

New Zealand trainers Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie are hopeful they can enter holiday mode on a winning note, with Saturday's Awapuni runners Naval Fleet and Maison Roxanne likely to be the couple's last runners for the next few months. The Maungatautari conditioners, who train for Sir Peter Vela, will venture south with the consistent[...]

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

Consistent New Zealand stayer The Good Fight left his race rivals in his wake as he scooted clear in the home straight to take out the Group 3 Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m) at Arawa Park on Saturday. The six-year-old son of High Chaparral was having just his second run after a summer break following[...]

Collett hoping for winning homecoming

Johnny Rocker looking to stay unbeaten in Life Members Stakes

Centrefire wins Gai Waterhouse Classic

Top mare’s trainer oozing with confidence

Thornton on a Derby mission

Katie Perrie on song for Staphanos

Top Kiwi jockey Brisbane bound

Lock flying high with return of stable star

Barbara provides winter bonus for former trainer

Local trifecta in Ruakaka juvenile contest

Back home, Collett turns focus to riding domestic winners

Patterson returning from Queensland expedition

Season finale for Coventina Bay

Business time for Patterson’s Queensland raiders

New Zealand mare Coventina Bay basking in the Sunshine State

Trainers Ramsay and Ritchie in search of winning sign-off

The Good Fight scores knockout in Rotorua Cup

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