Sleeping Beauty

Broodmare’s unretirement works wonders for Pencarrow

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

Pencarrow Stud's decision to bring a broodmare out of retirement has been spectacularly rewarded by the dual black-type winner Sleeping Beauty. The Rip Van Winkle six-year-old mastered the gruelling conditions for a dominant victory in Saturday's Listed Ultimate Ford and Mazda Tauranga Classic (1400m), having also taken out the Group 3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) at[...]

Posted on June 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class performer Sleeping Beauty underlined her credentials on the deep winter tracks when she out- toughed her female rivals to take out the Listed Ultimate Ford and Mazda Tauranga Classic (1400m) under weight-for-age conditions at Tauranga on Saturday. The six-year-old Rip Van Winkle mare has fashioned an impeccable record on wet tracks having now won[...]

Posted on June 12, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Lance O'Sullivan has a small winter team in work but is hoping classy mare Sleeping Beauty can add to her black-type portfolio over the coming months, with the potential to target a Group 1 early in the new season. The six-year-old daughter of Rip Van Winkle has won nine of her 22 starts,[...]

Posted on May 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent mare Sleeping Beauty finally got the major race win she deserved when she took out the Group 3 ISCL Rotorua Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained six-year-old has proven a model of consistency throughout her career, having finished inside the top three in two-thirds of her 21 career starts before[...]

Posted on May 8, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Wexford stables have a strong chance of taking home the silverware at Arawa Park on Saturday where Giovanno Canaletto and Sleeping Beauty will represent the Matamata barn in the two feature races. Group 1 performer Giovanni Canaletto will contest the Group 3 Rotorua Cup (2200m) and his connections are hoping the regally-bred son of Galileo[...]

Broodmare’s unretirement works wonders for Pencarrow

Sleeping Beauty takes out Tauranga Classic

No winter hibernation for Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty claims deserved stakes victory

Wexford Stables target Rotorua features

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