Sistema Railway

Entriviere electrifying in Railway

Posted on January 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing, trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson have gone back-to-back in the world's first Group One race of the year, stealing the show with a scintillating performance by Entriviere in the Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day. Last year's Railway was the fifth of nine career Group One victories[...]

Posted on December 31, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

All the key indicators point to the high-class mare Levante going close to plugging the only gap in her CV on New Year's Day at Ellerslie where she will bid to add a Group One victory to her record. The daughter of Proisir is a multiple black type winner and top honours in the Sistema[...]

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

On a day where he dominated the first two black-type events on an action-packed programme, it was no surprise that trainer Jamie Richards would continue to make his mark on the feature races later on the card including providing the quinella in the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m). Following wins by Belle En Rouge in[...]

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 17, 2021
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Shaun Phelan has the NZD$1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) on his mind as he heads into weekend racing. The Cambridge trainer will produce three runners between Saturday's Te Rapa meeting and Monday's Pukekohe meeting, two of them on target for the Karaka sales series graduates race at Ellerslie on January 22. Perhaps the[...]

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

Ever consistent sprinter Packing Rockstar displayed all his fighting qualities when he downed a high-quality field of sprinters in the Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. Despite carrying the topweight of 60kgs, the six-year-old son of Fastnet Rock dictated affairs at the head of the field for rider Leith Innes and looked[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is excited about the prospects of juvenile Zaher after his gutsy win on debut in the Levin TAB & Sports Bar (1000m) at Otaki on Thursday. The Proisir gelding was positive out of the gates for jockey Matthew Cameron to sit outside Lord Cosmos, with the pair setting a solid tempo[...]

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

Class mare Levante didn't surprise anyone by winning a 1000m trial at Matamata last week, but the manner in which she won it suggests she'll be an even tougher horse to beat this season. Group Two winner Levante has won seven of her 11 career starts and is known for her get-back run-on style, often[...]

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

Speedy mare Babylon Berlin got her spring campaign off to the best possible start when she proved too slick for her rivals in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton. The Ben Foote-trained daughter of All Too Hard had shown she has a touch a class about her during a three-year-old campaign where[...]

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

New Zealand trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy were eyeing an Australian campaign with Justacanta this spring, however, a change in circumstances have altered those plans. “We were going to go over to Australia with him but he had a slight foot problem so he has ended up staying here and we will probably carry on[...]

Posted on January 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class prevailed at Trentham on Saturday when versatile mare Avantage was at her very best in taking out the Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) for the second year in succession. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old had scored fresh-up in the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day to take[...]

Posted on January 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) was the pinnacle event on a day awash with black type features at Ellerslie on Friday and it more than lived up to its billing as the heavyweights of New Zealand sprinting took their shot at Group 1 glory. When the dust settled it was the red-hot team of[...]

Posted on December 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented mare Levante will get her first chance to prove herself at elite-level at Ellerslie on New Year's Day when she contests the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m). The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained four-year-old has won all but one of her six career starts, with the only blot on her perfect record being a runner-up[...]

Posted on December 22, 2020
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Talented Team Rogerson-trained sprinter Mascarpone is set to miss the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) on New Year's Day. “He's out of the Railway, but he is running in the Telegraph (Group 1, 1200m),” Graeme Rogerson said. “He pulled a plate off in the run in the J Swap Stakes (Group 3, 1400m) last start[...]

Posted on December 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

If you watched Royal Performer in track gallops you would think he'd have been better named Pauper or Court Jester. But the ex-Hong Kong galloper is a different beast on raceday, as he showed with his 5-3/4 length demolition of his open handicap opponents in the GMD Consultants Ltd Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa on[...]

Posted on December 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting mare Levante was in action at the Te Aroha trials on Monday, winning her 1000m heat by a head from another talented four-year-old in Entriviere. Levante set tongues wagging with a stunning last to first victory in the Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) last month and has been backed into $2.80 favourite for the Group[...]

Posted on December 11, 2020
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Ken and Bev Kelso would love nothing more than for classy mare Supera to sign off her career with a win. The Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced Savabeel mare contests Saturday's Group 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa at what shapes as the second-to-last start of her career. “She's in foal and she[...]

Entriviere electrifying in Railway

Levante at top of her game for Group One challenge

Richards provides quinella in Ellerslie sprint feature

Three-pronged attack on Zabeel Classic for Ballymore

Rich Ellerslie feature the aim for Phelan pair

Rockstar packs plenty of punch at Te Rapa

Exciting juvenile scores on debut

Levante on-target for fruitful campaign

Babylon Berlin too quick in Riccarton dash

Home targets for Justacanta

Avantage goes back to back in Telegraph

Avantage all class in Railway victory

Group One test for Levante

Mascarpone to bypass Railway

Royal Performer all business come raceday

Solid hit-out for Railway favourite

Supera surging towards finishing line

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