Sistema Stakes

Favourite delivers in Trentham two-year-old feature

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

Flashy chestnut colt Stormy repaid the faith of punters who installed him as a $1.50 favourite as he powered to victory in the Group 2 Pete’s Joinery, Precise Design & Build Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) at Trentham. The Tony Pike-trained Telperion colt was the only race winner in the nine-horse field after impressing on debut[...]

Posted on September 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

When New Zealand filly La Vernazza steps out at Randwick she will be treading the same path as champion Sunline, who at her first Australian start broke the hearts of the best of Sydney’s fillies in the 1998 Furious Stakes. A recent acquisition for trainer Jamie Richards, La Vernazza will be tackling Saturday’s 1200m feature[...]

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

Star jockey Opie Bosson has had a week to remember, riding another two Group 1 winners at Ellerslie on Saturday to go with his brace in Sydney seven days earlier. Within the space of just over a week, Bosson has won the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on Probabeel, Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m)[...]

Posted on March 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

In what is becoming a familiar sight this season it was the tangerine and blue colours of Te Akau Racing at the head of affairs once again as the Matamata operation made it consecutive Group 1 victories at Ellerslie on Saturday. Quality mare Avantage gave punters another taste of her versatility and genuine all-round class[...]

Posted on March 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Outstanding juvenile Cool Aza Beel kept the Group 1 winning roll of Te Akau Racing going as he dominated his rivals when taking out the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. A stylish winner of the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at the venue in late January, the Savabeel colt didn’t have the best dress[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards has fond memories of the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), and he will head to Ellerslie on Saturday with high hopes of adding more. Richards has won the Sistema Stakes in three of the last four years with star two-year-olds Heroic Valour,[...]

Posted on March 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The pressure goes on Vernazza this weekend to maintain the big-race run of success being enjoyed by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay with their fillies. Vernazza played her part in the couple’s black type winning streak over the last month when taking the Group 2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) last Saturday week and[...]

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

Talented juvenile filly Play That Song will be looking for redemption when she tackles the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Nigel Tiley-trained runner suffered her first defeat last start at the hands of Cool Aza Beel in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in January, but trainer Nigel Tiley[...]

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

Promising galloper Need I Say More showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the autumn juvenile classics when he dashed away with the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. The Jamie Richards-trained runner was having just his second start after an impressive debut performance on the same track earlier[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Letzbeglam could this weekend kick off a successful four-week Group 1 attack by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay. On Saturday when Vernazza, another Lindsay-owned filly, will spearhead the homefront team with a tilt at the Group 2 J. Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders Stakes (1200m), the Lindsays will be in Melbourne cheering on Letzbeglam[...]

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

Exciting juvenile Play That Song gave trainer Nigel Tiley the clear message that she is ready to tackle her next assignment when he went to see her in her paddock on Monday morning. The Showcasing two-year-old filly tried her heart out when finishing second to quality colt Cool Aza Beel in Saturday’s Karaka Million 2YO[...]

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

Group 1 performed juvenile Aalaalune has given Matamata trainer Jacob McKay plenty of excitement this season and he believes she can go on to better things in her Classic year. The two-year-old daughter of Reliable Man contested six races this season, all at stakes- level, placing in three of them, including a short-margin runner-up performance[...]

Favourite delivers in Trentham two-year-old feature

Kiwi Filly Follows In Footsteps Of Sunline

Bosson bags back-to-back Group 1 doubles

Avantage all class in Ellerslie feature

Group 1 glory for Cool Aza Beel

Richards shoots for further Group 1 spoils at Ellerslie

Lindsays hoping to extend winning run with Vernazza

Filly at concert pitch for Sistema

Need I Say More leaves no room for excuses

Lindsays ready to glam it up in Melbourne

Play That Song set for Ellerslie Group 1

Classic season spoils beckon Aalaalune

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