Travis Stakes

Two Illicit signs off in style at Te Rapa

Posted on May 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

If Saturday’s Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa is to be the last race for class New Zealand mare Two Illicit then she has signed off a stellar career in the best possible fashion with a dominant victory. Trainer Roger James, who prepares the five-year-old daughter of Jimmy Choux with Robert Wellwood, had[...]

Posted on April 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Charms Star has quickly returned to winning form to lay a disappointing spring to rest and she will front up at Te Rapa on Saturday in first class order. The daughter of Per Incanto will take aim at the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) with Wiremu Pinn to continue his association with[...]

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

Top quality New Zealand performer Two Illicit will be chasing the perfect end to a stellar racing career when she steps out in Saturday’s Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Jimmy Choux has carried the colours of breeder Trelawney Stud with distinction and, as such,[...]

Posted on April 14, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Janelle Millar was aiming Zola Express towards the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa later this month, however, a lack of entrants for the Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) on Saturday convinced her to change tack. “I was bypassing the Breeders’ and heading to the[...]

Posted on April 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A slashing run for second in an open trial held before the first race at Rotorua on Saturday has class mare Levante primed and ready for the Group 1 Fibre Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa next weekend. After a slightly tardy beginning, the five-year-old daughter of Proisir worked her way[...]

Posted on April 10, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Lisa Latta was confident of a good showing from Group One performer Charms Star in Friday’s Group 3 JAPAC Homes Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) at Awapuni and under a positive Wiremu Pinn ride the four-year-old mare narrowly saluted from the fast-finishing favourite Sinarahma, with Samiam Seussie back in third. Latta and Pinn[...]

Posted on April 5, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A stakes target is in the offing for Tavattack after he made it back-to-back wins in the Resonant Premier (1600m) at Awapuni on Saturday. New Zealand trainer Allan Sharrock was pleased with the run and said he is now contemplating a return to the Palmerston North track for the Listed Manawatu ITM ANZAC Mile (1550m)[...]

Posted on May 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand galloper Pierina caused a major upset when she dashed clear in the final stages to score an emphatic victory in the feature event at Te Rapa, the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m). The underrated Savabeel six-year-old had been knocking on the door of another win with some eye-catching efforts of late, including producing[...]

Posted on May 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Danielle Johnson set a single season stakes record for a New Zealand jockey last weekend and is looking to add to it on Saturday with some solid chances at Te Rapa. Johnson rides Savy Yong Blonk, the favourite for the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, along with several other good[...]

Posted on April 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer, Murray Baker, won’t be coerced into tipping one of his three two-year-olds over the others in Saturday’s Maara Grange 1200 at Te Rapa on New Zealand’s North island, but he has undoubted sentiment around the debut of Turn The Ace. A winner of both his trials, Turn The Ace is a son[...]

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

It’s taken patience and hard work, but Ben Foote believes he’s got Travelling Light back to her best. The four-year-old mare will be among the leading fancies for the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday after pushing Avantage to a neck in the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m)[...]

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[...]

Two Illicit signs off in style at Te Rapa

Charms Star set to shine in Travis

Te Rapa swansong for Two Illicit

Change of plans for Zola Express

Levante on target for Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes

Charms Star lands important Group victory

Stakes target in the offing for Tavattack

New Zealand mare Pierina devastating in Travis Stakes upset

New Zealand jockey Johnson hoping to toast Travis Stakes success

Turn The Ace a sentimental favourite for NZ trainer Murray Baker

Travis mission for Travelling Light

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

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