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Two Illicit makes pleasing return

Posted on April 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James couldn’t have been happier with the return to racing of high-quality mare Two Illicit at Te Rapa last Saturday. The issue now is to see if there are any autumn targets for her to chase. One of the best three-year-olds last season, Two Illicit won on her return to racing as a four-year-old[...]

Posted on April 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent filly Babylon Berlin will be looking for her first stakes victory at Te Rapa on Saturday-week when she contests the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). The daughter of All Too Hard has been stakes-placed on three occasions this season, including the Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings last[...]

Posted on April 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The abandonment of Te Aroha’s Group One meeting last Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay. The Taranaki mare was set to contest the Group 1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), but will now repeat the float trip a week later to race in the postponed feature now being run[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

What initially proved to be a massive headache for Robbie Patterson has proven to be one of the highlights of his training career. Exciting mare Coventina Bay came into the Taranaki conditioner’s care with a few quirky traits, but she has matured with time and is now giving him the ride of his life. Not[...]

Posted on March 22, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Mike Breslin believes honest mare Jessiegee is more than deserving of a slice of big race luck after the plucky seven-year-old went within a neck of causing an upset in Saturday’s Group 3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. It was the fifth time that the daughter of Alamosa has finished in the[...]

Posted on February 9, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive mare Tabata collected her first stakes success when she prevailed in a desperate finish to the Listed Property Brokers Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Tauherenikau on Monday. Owned by former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum ONZM, who these days is sought after in both coaching and commentary roles around the globe, the four-year-old[...]

Posted on January 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Well-related and talented staying mare Our Hail Mary scored a strong win in Saturday’s Group 3 Dixon & Dunlop Trentham Stakes that counted for much more than its $70,000 stake. Previously placed at Listed level as a three-year-old, the lightly raced mare took the next step and claimed big black type for the first time[...]

Two Illicit makes pleasing return

Babylon Berlin searching for stakes victory

Venue change ideal for Coventina Bay

Potential wet conditions a concern for exciting mare

Jessiegee due elusive stakes success

Tabata takes Breeders’ Stakes for Cricket legend

Valuable Trentham Stakes victory for Our Hail Mary

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