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Sacred Satono to take on older sprinters in Counties Bowl

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

Exciting three-year-old Sacred Satono is taking on some of the country's top older sprinters at Pukekohe on Saturday as he looks to put a minor setback behind him. Sacred Satono is set to have his first start in eight weeks in the Group 3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m), where he could face smart sprinters[...]

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

Te Rapa has proved to be the happiest of hunting grounds for Tevere and a return to the Waikato course on Saturday may again bring out the best in the gifted mare. The Contributer four-year-old has made five appearances on the course for three wins and a runner-up finish and will bid to add to[...]

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 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 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented filly La Crique lapped up the roomy surrounds at Trentham on Saturday as she spaced her rivals for a brilliant win in the Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m). Backed in to a warm favourite, the daughter of Rich Hill Stud stallion Vadamos travelled sweetly throughout as she stalked the pacemakers[...]

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

Gun New Zealand jockey Matthew Cameron is hoping all the pieces of the puzzle that is Saturday's Group 1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham might have fallen into place for him. Cameron had initially accepted the ride on the Annabel Neasham-trained Holyfield but when that Aussie raider was withdrawn on Wednesday, the two-time champion[...]

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

Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard will have a trio of black-type contenders in action at Trentham this Saturday with the stable praying for a change in fortune for at least two of them. Roch ‘N' Horse and On The Rocks were devoid of luck in their most recent engagements at Ellerslie, while the third member[...]

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

Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard will have numbers and class in their favour for the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day. The Matamata training partnership is set to have three runners in the weight-for-age contest at Ellerslie, with two of them – Harlech and Sound – both looking like solid chances.[...]

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

Four wins during the week including a double at Te Rapa on Saturday has trainer Pam Gerard excited about the prospects for her Ballymore Stables team leading into the busiest period of racing in the country over the summer months. After wins earlier in the week by Myrtle Creek and Let's Say Grace, exciting sprinter/miler[...]

Posted on December 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ballymore Stables will double their attack on the Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday after its transfer from Trentham last weekend. Harlech was originally the stable's only entrant, however, with the race now on their backdoor step, the Matamata operation has also elected to line-up On The Rocks.[...]

Posted on September 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to Group One company is imminent for Harlech after his pleasing return to New Zealand racing at Te Rapa last Saturday. The son of Darci Brahma had been racing out of co-trainer Michael Moroney's Australian barn over the last year, with his highlight being victory in the Benalla Cup (1406m) last October. The[...]

Sacred Satono to take on older sprinters in Counties Bowl

Talented Tevere back on favourite footing

Dragon Queen after Group One crown

Australian mission for Roch ‘N’ Horse

La Crique brilliant in Desert Gold Stakes

Cameron hoping he’s on the right one for Thorndon

Stablemates due a change of luck at Trentham

Three-pronged attack on Zabeel Classic for Ballymore

Ballymore Stable winding into form as Christmas approaches

Venue change adds to Ballymore arsenal

Hastings targets beckon Harlech

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