South Island Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes

Ears Back heading to Riccarton Group 3 task

Posted on March 20, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ears Back will head to Riccarton on Saturday in search of black-type in the Group 3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m). The five-year-old daughter of Jakkalberry came close when fourth in the Group 3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) at Wingatui last month before she won the Southland Stakes (1400m) at Ascot Park a[...]

Posted on March 24, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Otago mare Burgie returns to the scene of her biggest win on Saturday seeking an even bigger prize. Buoyed by the Ghibellines four-year-old's last-start win in the Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui, trainers Brian and Shane Anderton have sent Burgie north to Riccarton to tackle the Group 3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m).[...]

Posted on March 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Kenny Rae says the blame would rest squarely with his daughter and co-trainer Krystal Williams-Tuhoro if their mare Irish Girl was to be beaten in Saturday's Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. Rae had hoped to boost his stellar record accompanying the El Roca mare in[...]

Posted on March 11, 2022
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Trainer Robert Dennis has only one concern with The Gift ahead of the MLT/Three Rivers Hotel/Pioneer Tavern Fireside Cup (1335m) at Gore on Friday – weight. The four-year-old mare has been lumbered with 60kg in her final lead-up race to the Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton later this[...]

Posted on February 23, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand South Island trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the lookout for black type success for Asathought after the well-related mare won the Baillie & Lewis Pharmacy Invercargill Gold Cup (2600m) on Saturday. Asathought benefited from settling closer than usual to the speed at Ascot Park, trailing and then sitting one off the fence for[...]

Posted on March 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge conditioner Stephen Marsh enjoyed a successful day at Riccarton on Saturday when honest mare Belle Fascino provided him with the second leg of a race to race double in the feature event on the card, the Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m). The Marsh-trained Atishu had registered a phenomenal performance[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainers Michael & Matthew Pitman are pleased with the condition of stakes winning mare All About Magic as she looks to land the spoils for the home team in the Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. While conceding rival Belle Fascino will be hard to topple, Michael[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading trainer Stephen Marsh is getting the best of both worlds with talented mare Belle Fascino. Marsh will produce last month's Group 3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) winner and her stablemate Bronte Beach in Saturday's Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. Marsh not only trains the seven-year-old Per[...]

Posted on June 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Southland trainer Robert Dennis is bullish on the prospects of his growing team of horses despite the relocation of his best performer to Australia. The 28-year-old confirmed Out Of The Park, the winner of the Group 3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) for good friends Mike Rennie and Jack Stewart in March, had transferred[...]

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

Underrated mare Out Of The Park upset the applecart when she produced a dogged late run to take out Saturday's Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) in a blanket finish at Riccarton. Handled confidently by Krishna Mudhoo, Out Of The Park burst to the lead over the concluding stages and held[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
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Andrew Carston has his two mares in peak condition for what he has revealed is their target race – Saturday's Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. The Christchurch trainer will produce Ticket To Ride and Monrecour in the set-weights and penalties fillies and mares feature, confident he has both[...]

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

Central Districts jockey Robert Hannam hasn't let a delay to his New Zealand racing season hinder him from setting a record tally of stakes wins this term. The likeable hoop spent the early part of this season in India, where he was finishing off a four-month contract, which was halted in 2017 after he sustained[...]

Ears Back heading to Riccarton Group 3 task

Burgie poised to add to Andertons’ record in Breeders’ Stakes

Irish Girl primed for Riccarton feature

Weight the query for The Gift

Asathought tastes Ascot gold

Belle Fascino headlines Riccarton double for Marsh

Pitman Magic on show at Riccarton

Belle Fascino in the spotlight as part of Marsh’s big Saturday

Southern Legacy continues as Dennis stable builds

Bargain buy provides Dennis with first stakes winner

Carston happy with Breeders Stakes duo

Hannam hails standout season

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