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New Zealand apprentice O’Malley jumping into winter racing

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

Sam O'Malley is pretty chuffed with how his season has gone so far. The Central Districts apprentice jockey has racked up 30 wins in the saddle so far, more than double his previous best tally, and he noted his third-placing aboard Deerfield in the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) as a major highlight. He[...]

Posted on July 9, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waipukurau trainer Simon Wilson has welcomed the announcement that the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) will take place next month. Wilson trains reigning race victor Dez, who also placed in the mile feature in 2018. “It is good to see that the Winter Cup is back,” Wilson said. “I will just have to see how[...]

Posted on August 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waipukurau farmer Simon Wilson started the racing season off in perfect style at Riccarton last Saturday, recording his first stakes victory as a trainer when Dez took out the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m). “I was really happy, he tried really hard,” Wilson said. “He ran a tough race, Chris (Johnson, jockey) did a great[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday's Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) added some black-type lustre to a brief foray into thoroughbred breeding for Carole and Doug Isaacson. The time-honoured Riccarton feature was won in strong style by Dez, who was bred by the Dannevirke couple in unusual circumstances. Doug Isaacson is a respected name in show-jumping, where he competed with[...]

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

Central Districts raider Dez took out Saturday's Group 3 Winning Edge Presentations 122nd Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton courtesy of a peach of a ride from master jockey Chris Johnson. The lightly raced eight-year old, who was having just his seventeenth career start, lifted in the final 100m under the urgings of Johnson to nail[...]

Posted on May 23, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Simon Wilson has some unfinished business in Christchurch that he'd like to take care of in August. Wilson trains talented Zed seven-year-old Dez, who resumes in Saturday's Roaring Lion North Island Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham. Dez finished third in the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton last August, closing strongly late after getting[...]

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