Second Thought

Second Thought chasing Riccarton Stakes success

Posted on October 26, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Riccarton trainers Anna Furlong and Shane Kennedy are looking forward to tackling stakes company once more with Second Thought when they head to their home meeting on Saturday. The daughter of Ghibellines has had one prior start at stakes level, running fifth in the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) in February, and her handlers are[...]

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

Exhilarating but terrifying, that's how Riccarton trainer Anna Furlong describes the build-up to Saturday's Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), where she and training partner Shane Kennedy will produce the trio of Blue Solitaire, Perfectly Suited and Kikimora. Furlong concedes she may never again get the opportunity to saddle three runners in[...]

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

Stablemates Defiant and Kikimora set themselves up for a return clash in stakes company later in the season after the pair provided a popular quinella for local trainers Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong at Riccarton. The duo went into Saturday's 1000m contest off the back of both finishing in the runner-up position on debut, with[...]

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

Hanging on to promising two-year-olds Defiant and Kikimora might be half the battle for New Zealand trainers Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong as they prepare the duo for Saturday's Petersens Jewellers Ladies Bracelet (1000m) on their home track of Riccarton. The stable has already seen the unbeaten Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) winner Grace's Secret moved[...]

Second Thought chasing Riccarton Stakes success

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