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Levante stamps her class in Counties Bowl

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

Exciting four-year-old Levante made a stunning return to the racetrack as she produced her trademark whirlwind finish to take out the Listed Haunui Farm Counites Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe. Up against a red-hot field of top-class sprinters, the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare was having her first start since finishing a luckless second to Gold[...]

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

Talented mare Media Sensation backed up an eye-catching performance at the Ellerslie trials earlier this month with a comprehensive front-running effort to take out the feature event for the fillies and mares at Pukekohe on Saturday, the Group 2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m). Successful at the elite level as a three-year-old when[...]

Posted on November 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Alex Oliveira is expecting more of the same from Only In Jakarta when she contests the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The five-year-old mare kept her undefeated record intact when winning at Te Rapa last month and has continued to impress Oliveira. The first emergency for the race,[...]

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

A pipe opener over 500m on Friday worked the oracle for classy sprinter Dawn Patrol as he downed a quality field over 1400m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The five-year-old Dawn Approach gelding was having his second start in a new campaign after finishing well back in the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) first up at[...]

Posted on September 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Stephen Ralph knows it is a big step up from an open handicap win at Ruakaka to the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's day but he is confident he has the horse that can take that leap in versatile customer New York Jazz. The five-year-old Niagara gelding stormed home[...]

Posted on January 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The fairy-tale comeback of Cambridge galloper Julius was completed at Ellerslie on New Year's Day when the gentle giant took out the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m). Retired from the racetrack just on twelve months ago due to a serious tendon injury, the lightly-raced eight-year-old spent time roaming the expanses of a west coast sheep[...]

Posted on December 31, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Frank Ritchie will be looking for more success at Ellerslie's Christmas-New Year Carnival on Wednesday after Fiscal Fantasy's Group 1 runner-up performance in the Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day. Ritchie was delighted with the result, but said because of her petite size Fiscal Fantasy is reliant on good barrier draws. “As I[...]

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

Fresh from a treble on Boxing Day, champion Sydney-based jockey James McDonald is eager to return to Ellerslie on New Year's Day with further black type success in his sights. McDonald took his Group 1 record to 44 when successful on True Enough in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) after winning earlier in the[...]

Posted on December 29, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

On the face of it drawing barrier fourteen in a premier Group 1 sprint race would tend to put a dent in the confidence of most trainers regarding their chances to nail the thick end of the prize. Bob Vance isn't one of them as he believes his underrated sprinter Its Destinys Child has what[...]

Posted on December 26, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

In what has proved to be a tumultuous and tragic week for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the victory of two-year-old filly Taroni and then underrated mare Pretty To Sea in the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie has brought a small measure of joy to the couple. The Lindsay's had the[...]

Posted on December 24, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ken and Bev Kelso are happy with Princess Kereru, their Matamata stable's sole Group 1 candidate at the Ellerslie Christmas-New Year Carnival after a leg injury ruled out the stable star Supera. Princess Kereru has been living in the shadow of Supera leading up to the two-day carnival, with Supera the early dominant TAB Fixed[...]

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

Just 12 years after riding his first winner, James McDonald is about to become the youngest person to be inducted to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. When his induction takes place at the Hall of Fame gala dinner in Hamilton on May 3, the Sydney-based champion will join 16 other jockeys to have[...]

Posted on December 17, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Frank Ritchie is looking to plunder the rich spoils on offer at Ellerslie on New Year's Day with a pair of stable runners. Impressive last start winner Kya Khoob Lagti Ho will contest the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship (2400m), while Dawn Patrol will be vying for Group 1 glory in the Sistema Railway[...]

Posted on December 14, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Giant galloper Julius gave his rivals weight and a beating when he ground out a gutsy victory at Te Rapa on Saturday. Having just his second start after recovering from a tendon injury that saw him officially retired just over twelve months ago, the John Bell-trained eight-year-old had to call on all his undoubted talents[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Comeback sprinter Julius will take the next step towards an elite level target when he contests the Group 3 J Swap Contractors Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The eight-year-old delighted his connections when returning from a serious tendon injury to finish fourth fresh-up in the Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe last month[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day remains the primary focus for Princess Kereru this season. The daughter of Pins was beaten by a neck by Santa Monica in the opening Group 1 of the year and trainers Ken and Bev Kelso would dearly love to go[...]

Levante stamps her class in Counties Bowl

Media Sensation dominates on-speed in Group 2 feature

First stakes tilt for talented mare

Fired up Dawn Patrol gets the job done at Ellerslie

Versatile sprinter on Railway path

Comeback complete for Cambridge champ

Ritchie seeks Group 1 glory at Ellerslie

McDonald keen on Winter Bride’s chances

Wide draw no barrier for Its Destinys Child

Pretty To Sea lifts Cambridge Stud spirits

Princess Kereru now in spotlight

James McDonald set for Hall of Fame history

Ritchie seeking Ellerslie riches

Julius strikes in feature sprint

Bigger, stronger Julius ready to fire

Railway redemption for Princess Kereru

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