Supera

Unbeaten filly on trial for bigger things

Posted on January 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso will look to raise the bar for exciting filly Levante after taking her to Te Aroha for Friday's ParkMate.co.nz 1400. The three-year-old daughter of Proisir has had two starts for two highly impressive wins, producing scintillating finishes from the back of the field to win at Matamata on December[...]

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 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion jockey James McDonald will be on a working holiday when he takes a break from his busy Sydney schedule to return home to Cambridge for Christmas. Despite being in contention for the New South Wales Jockeys Premiership, McDonald is keen to have Christmas in New Zealand with his family, but the trip has been[...]

Posted on December 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Supera ran her race before the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. That's the summation of Ken Kelso, who trains the daughter of Savabeel with wife Bev. The five-year-old mare was heading into the race off a last-start victory in the Group 2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m) and was duly installed an[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

High-class mare Supera is likely to start a short-priced favourite to win her maiden Group One when she contests the Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained five-year-old has compiled an impressive CV, with seven wins and four minor placings from just 15 starts. The patiently handled[...]

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

Progressive mare Supera overcame a wide run in transit throughout to dominate her rivals in the closing stages of the Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained five-year-old had looked a Group 1 winner in waiting last season as her mentors adopted a patient approach with her as she[...]

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

Supera will use Saturday's Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) as a dress rehearsal for a return to Group 1 racing. The Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced Savabeel mare tackled Group 1 company twice last preparation, finishing seventh in the Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki on a slow track before her second placing[...]

Unbeaten filly on trial for bigger things

Princess Kereru now in spotlight

Busier Christmas-New Year than McDonald planned

Temperament gets the better of Supera

Supera set to peak in Captain Cook

Supera dominant in Tauranga feature

Supera favoured for Tauranga feature

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