Tauranga Classic

Flower Of Wanaka claims Tauranga Classic

Posted on July 3, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Chrissy Bambry celebrated her recent engagement with a huge result at Hastings on Saturday when Flower Of Wanaka downed a solid line-up of fillies and mares in the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m). The four-year-old daughter made light of her support on the tote, which saw her start at odds of better than $45, as[...]

Posted on June 30, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive mare Cork is forward to resume at Hastings on Saturday, although co-trainer Pam Gerard would have preferred to have seen her back in action a week earlier. The lightly raced five-year-old was to have made her return in take one of the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m), but following the abandonment of the meeting has[...]

Posted on June 30, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau has long been a dominant force in New Zealand flat racing with a vast list of achievements and at Hastings on Saturday they will bid to break new ground. The Matamata stable has its biggest ever team of jumpers in work this winter and in-form The Mighty Spar will chase a likely first[...]

Posted on June 28, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A home track opportunity too good to pass up will present the capable mare One Dream One Soul with an ideal chance to end her campaign in perfect fashion. Trainer Lee Somervell could hardly believe his luck when the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m) was relocated to Hastings on Saturday after heavy rain forced the abandonment[...]

Posted on June 21, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality filly Wessex will again take on older opposition on Saturday in a bid to add to her black-type record and she is in prime order for youth to again triumph over experience. The free-going three-year-old is at the top of her game and promises to give her rivals another serious run for their money[...]

Posted on June 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Underrated New Zealand mare Sanibel upset the applecart when she took out the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m) at Tauranga on Saturday. The Shane Brown-trained Woodville visitor went into the fillies and mares feature as a last start winner at Trentham over the same distance and produced a similar effort to secure her first[...]

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

A gun front-running ride by Jonathan Riddell and the pugnacious nature of Popstar Princess combined to provide the pair with a memorable victory in the feature race at Tauranga, New Zealand, on Saturday, the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m). The Fred and Lindsay Cornege-trained Makfi mare was back to her brilliant best as she[...]

Posted on June 23, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent New Zealand mare Pop Star Princess will venture to Tauranga on Saturday to contest the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m) as she looks to add further black-type to her record before her likely retirement in spring. The Fred and Lindsay Cornege-trained six-year-old has won nine of her 38 starts, with a further 11[...]

Posted on June 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Peter Didham has revealed lofty ambitions for Trentham winners Floral Art and Far Site, after the pair provided him with a winning double on Saturday. Winter track specialist Floral Art revelled in the Heavy11 surface presented on the day as she stormed home out wide to record her first victory since October[...]

Posted on June 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Nick Bishara took two horses to Te Rapa on Saturday and returned home a happy man after securing a winning double. Bishara started his winning run when maiden three-year-old Rubyshowoff secured her first victory when defeating her age-group rivals over 1400m while two races later progressive mare Cherry Lane backed up a[...]

Posted on June 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Nick Bishara didn't want to race his in-form mare Cherry Lane this weekend, but she's doing so well that he feels he has to. The South Auckland horseman had hoped Cherry Lane's last-start victory at Ellerslie on May 29 would be enough of a lead-in to her next winter target, the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m)[...]

Flower Of Wanaka claims Tauranga Classic

Cork poised for Tauranga Classic assignment

Te Akau looking to break new ground at Hastings

One Dream One Soul looking to end campaign in style

Wessex primed for Tauranga Classic task

Sanibel upsets in Tauranga feature

Popstar Princess too tough for her rivals in Tauranga Classic

Princess sure to be Tauranga hit

Stakes targets for Didham pair

Bishara doubles up at Te Rapa

Te Rapa test for in-form mare

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