Sherwood Forest

Tutukaka continues march towards Victoria Derby

Posted on September 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kiwi raider Tutukaka will continue his march towards the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) next month when he lines-up in the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained gelding finished eighth first-up in the Listed Exford Plate (1400m) at Flemington earlier this month and Pike expects him to go close[...]

Posted on September 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will venture to Matamata on Saturday with an in-form quartet of runners. Amongst them are youngsters Pacific Dragon and Khufu, while consistent types Rapid Falls and River Run also look hard to beat. Pike hopes to get the day off to a flyer when last-start Te Rapa winner Rapid Falls contests[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike left the Te Rapa racecourse on Saturday evening a happy man after his team of four runners produced two wins, a second and a third placing on the day. While River Run and Marchioness went bold races, they were consigned to minor placings with well-bred maiden Field Of Gold and Group[...]

Posted on September 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Don’t expect Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) candidate Tutukaka to win his seasonal debut at Flemington on Saturday, but he should be making solid ground at the line. The Tavistock half-brother to Melody Belle impressed as a staying prospect last season, ending a three-race Queensland campaign by winning the Listed Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes (1800m)[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is happy to be treading water waiting for the return of racing but his mood might change if New Zealand’s COVID-19-enforced lockdown is extended for more than a couple of days on Friday. Pike has seven horses entered to race at Te Rapa and Matamata this weekend and a huge team[...]

Posted on August 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike’s confidence is growing that Saturday’s meeting on his home track will go ahead. Under the Government’s Level 4 Covid-19 protocols, Saturday’s meeting could not proceed but if the alert level is dropped to Level 3, the meeting will go ahead as planned. It looms as an important meeting, not only for[...]

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

An eye-catching trial win over new stablemate Catalyst at Cambridge last week indicated promising mare Marchioness was ready to win first-up and so it proved when she cruised home over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. The lightly raced four-year-old daughter of Iffraaj was sent out a warm favourite and didn’t disappoint her many supporters[...]

Posted on August 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will be keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of racing at Te Rapa on Saturday where Group One winner Sherwood Forest is set to kick-off his spring preparation in the Super Seth @ Waikato Stud Mile (1600m). The five-year-old gelding pleased in his 1300m trial at Cambridge earlier this[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was savouring the last few hours of a brief Queenstown getaway on Wednesday before the focus switches to overseeing his team for a busy spring. When the nominations closed for several of the features across the Tasman, the Pike-trained Sherwood Forest was amongst those in the long list of Group 1[...]

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

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike is taking advantage of the new Polytrack surface at his home-base in Cambridge as it enables him to prepare younger members of his team deeper into the winter months. Pike sent out impressive trial winner Mr Blue Sky on Tuesday on the synthetic surface, and will likely race the Zoustar[...]

Posted on April 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Tony Pike is hoping several of his team can book themselves a trip to Australia when they head to Hastings on Saturday. The Cambridge trainer will start last year’s Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Sherwood Forest in the Listed Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m), while his exciting two-year-old Rangi Toa and three-year-old[...]

Posted on April 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising filly Sacred Option may have booked a place in the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa next month after she produced a whirlwind finish to claim her second career victory at Awapuni on Saturday. The daughter of Sacred Falls looked likely to run an eye-catching second in the three-year-old 1200m contest[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is gearing up for a busy weekend of racing, where he will saddle runners at Trentham and Tauranga on Saturday, and as many as five starters at Te Aroha on Sunday. Among his leading chances is well-bred mare Puysegur, with the three-quarter sister to Hong Kong star DB Pin and eight-time[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is looking forward to autumn racing with a couple of last season’s Classic winners after their pleasing trials at Rotorua on Tuesday. Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Loire showed a good turn of foot when coming from the back of the field to take out her 1000m heat[...]

Posted on November 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will introduce punters to a colt at Ellerslie on Saturday that could one day become their darling. Pike will produce American Pharoah colt Khufu on debut in the Eagle Charters 1100, hoping the youngster can showcase the ability that has his trainer so excited about him. Pike bought the Nearco Stud-bred[...]

Posted on September 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony Pike breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday morning as he watched Group 1 New Zealand Derby winner Sherwood Forest moving freely after pulling up lame in his campaign opener at Ellerslie the previous day. The Fastnet Rock four-year-old failed to beat a runner home in the JRA Trophy (1400m) and finished nearly[...]

Posted on September 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The cream rose to the top late in the day at Ellerslie when four-year-old mare Two Illicit issued a powerful statement to her spring rivals with a commanding fresh-up victory over 1400m on Saturday. A multiple stakes winner during a three-year-old campaign that culminated in a runner-up finish in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby[...]

Tutukaka continues march towards Victoria Derby

Pike quartet on song for Matamata

Pike pleased with Te Rapa team

Derby campaign commences for Tutukaka

Pike eager to see resumption of racing

Melbourne Cup hopeful Sherwood Forest set to resume at Cambridge

Marchioness backs up trial form with Te Rapa victory

Pike on weather watch

Refreshed Pike looking forward to spring

Polytrack adds additional tool to Pike arsenal

Pike’s Australian hopefuls on show at Hastings

Pike keen on stakes assignment for Sacred Option

Pike’s Puysegur purring ahead of Lightning

Classic winners impress at Rotorua

Khufu ready to reign at Ellerslie

Sherwood Forest provides Pike with a quandary

Two Illicit makes stunning return at Ellerslie

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