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Queensland sojourn for New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett

Posted on May 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Collett-McKay household will be a bit empty over the coming month. While Shaun McKay will be plying his trade in Melbourne over winter, his partner and fellow jockey Samantha Collett will head to the warmer climate of Queensland to partner a couple of familiar mounts. “I am fortunate enough that (New Zealand trainer) Robbie[...]

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

Former good three-year-old Cavallo Veloce put nearly two years’ worth of frustration behind him when he bounced back to winning form with a dominant display over 1200m at Awapuni. The Peter McKay-trained galloper had last sighted the winner’s enclosure at the same venue back in March 2019, however a series of niggling issues including problems[...]

Posted on January 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is hoping to put Grand Bouquet’s Group 3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) campaign back on track with a bold run in Saturday’s Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni. Bred in the purple by Waikato Stud’s Garry and Mark Chittick, by Savabeel out of Group[...]

Posted on November 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Peter McKay will take three horses south to Awapuni’s meeting on Friday, including Group 1 winner The Mitigator. As a result of track conditions, McKay has elected to bypass the Listed Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) with the son of Master Of Design in favour of the Robertson Prestige/Humphries Construction 1550 at Awapuni. “We[...]

Posted on November 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Graeme Rogerson makes no secret of the high esteem that he holds for talented galloper Mascarpone. The flashy chestnut took another step to fulfilling his potential when he downed a handy field of sprinters in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Shooting To Win four-year-old had disappointed slightly when finishing[...]

Posted on September 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jockey Shaun McKay will undergo further tests at Waikato Hospital to determine whether he needs a plate inserted in his shoulder to assist the healing process for the collarbone he broke in a nasty fall at Ellerslie on Saturday. McKay was riding the well-favoured Blood Warrior in the last race on the day when his[...]

Posted on September 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Peter McKay recites the old adage that it’s tough at the top as he prepares Group 1 winner The Mitigator for Saturday’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. But he’s well aware that his Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner is himself a tough customer well capable of making his presence felt[...]

Posted on September 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sweynesse filly Only Words has provided her Te Awamutu trainer Clint Isdale with the biggest victory of his fledgling training career after taking out the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m) on Saturday. Isdale has long had a good opinion of the Sweynesse filly, who raced in strong company as a two-year-old and kicked off[...]

Posted on May 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett hasn’t been idle during the country’s near two-month lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just two days into lockdown the Matamata hoop decided to follow her passion and enrolled in an interior design course. Interior design has been a growing passion for Collett, which was heightened last[...]

Posted on January 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Twenty-four hours on from securing the first Group 1 win of his riding career, jockey Shaun McKay is still coming to terms with the achievement. The amiable 23-year-old was taking time on Sunday morning to let the achievement sink in after booting home one of his favourite horses, The Mitigator, in Saturday’s Group 1 Thorndon[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham has always been one of the McKay family’s favourite races, but on Saturday it became much more special. The Mitigator delivered a third victory in the time-honoured feature for Matamata trainer Peter McKay, who had previously won it with Alamosa in 2008 and Puccini in 2015.[...]

Posted on November 30, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A bold front-running performance paved the way for tough as teak gelding The Mitigator to capture his first black type victory when he took out the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie. Few would begrudge the Peter McKay-trained five-year-old his first success in group company after finishing runner-up at stakes level at his[...]

Posted on August 4, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Evergreen sprinter Irish Excuse gave his rivals weight and a beating as he proved too tough in the closing stages of the Dyer Decorating Premier Sprint (1200m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The Ellis Winsloe-trained nine-year-old relished the testing Heavy11 track conditions as he out-finished race favourite Tabard in the final stages to score by a[...]

Queensland sojourn for New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett

Cavallo Veloce back to winning form

Marton Cup next for Grand Bouquet

Three-pronged Awapuni assault for McKay

Promising sprinter scores first stakes victory

McKay breaks collarbone in Ellerslie fall

The Mitigator chasing further Group 1 success

Only Words takes Wanganui Guineas

Sam Collett has an eye for design

McKay hungry for further Group 1 success

Special Thorndon victory for McKay family

The Mitigator leads all the way in Ellerslie feature

Veteran sprinter leaves no room for excuses at Riccarton

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