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Outovstock shows Group 1 potential in Trentham Group 3 win

Posted on April 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waikato horseman Chad Ormsby is making a habit of landing major prizes at Trentham with three-year-olds that he was unable to sell at the Ready to Run Sale. Ormsby scored an upset victory in Saturday's Group 3 Manawatu Classic (2100m) with Outovstock, who he bought for $50,000 as a yearling at Karaka before passing him[...]

Posted on April 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fresh from an incredible interstate double in Australia last weekend with Orchestral and Mark Twain, the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable picked up another black-type feature in New Zealand this time when race favourite Apostrophe () claimed victory in the Group 3 Manawatu Breeders' Stakes (2100m) at Trentham. The lightly raced six-year-old mare enjoys[...]

Posted on April 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray continued an outstanding season with their stayers when up-and-coming star Nereus powered home to win the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m). The Cambridge-based training partnership completed a rare double in March with two-mile specialist Mahrajaan victorious in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) and Group 2 Auckland Cup[...]

Posted on April 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

e Akau Racing produced the goods once again in a major two-year-old event when the highly touted Move To Strike came with a powerful late burst to capture the Group 1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham. The son of I Am Invincible, who was purchased by Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis for[...]

Posted on March 18, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stakes targets are beckoning exciting gelding Nereus following his win over a mile at Trentham on Saturday. He was freshened following his runner-up effort in the inaugural $350,000 Remutaka Classic (2100m) at the Upper Hutt track in January, and trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray were confident of a good showing on Saturday, and their[...]

Posted on March 16, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday's Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham delivered multiple milestones for the connections of Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb. The underrated five-year-old became the first stakes winner for her New Plymouth trainer Kim Reid, who also co-bred and part-owns the daughter of Complacent. Hi Yo Sass Bomb was ridden to her Cuddle Stakes[...]

Posted on March 16, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Australian hoop Kyle Wilson-Taylor has made his first visit to New Zealand a memorable one by guiding promising filly Grail Seeker to a hollow victory in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham. The Queensland-based rider struck up a friendship with trainers Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott when he rode trackwork for the pair[...]

Posted on March 16, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Almost two decades after riding Creil to victory in the Group 1 Avondale Cup (2200m) as an apprentice jockey, multi-talented horseman Chad Ormsby climbed the same mountain in a different way when Pulchritudinous won the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. Ormsby now trains a small team at Cambridge, saddling eight[...]

Posted on March 14, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stephen Autridge has triumphed in many of New Zealand's most iconic races, and the Matamata horseman would rate a victory in Saturday's Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) among the headliners. Autridge, a former Group 1-winning jockey, has accumulated 98 domestic stakes victories as trainer, with periods at the helm of Te Akau Racing, a[...]

Posted on March 10, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to the scene of his greatest win has worked wonders for He's A Doozy, who burst back into form with victory in Saturday's Autumn Cup (1600m) at Trentham. The Wellington track has always brought the very best out of the Zacinto gelding, whose 10 previous visits to Trentham had produced five wins including[...]

Posted on January 26, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Proven stayer Mahrajaan will open his quest for another major distance title when he returns to action at Trentham on Saturday. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained import will make his first appearance since he claimed top honours in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton. While first-up fireworks aren't expected from Mahrajaan,[...]

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

Trainer Robbie Patterson has had his New Plymouth stable firing on all cylinders of late but even he couldn't believe he would pick up the two feature events at Trentham on Saturday. Rider Craig Grylls, a close friend of Patterson, shared in the top drawer double as he guided statuesque gelding Puntura to victory in[...]

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

A first-time winner at Group Three and Group Two level in his previous two starts, Puntura took his career-best campaign to even greater heights in Saturday's Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham. Even before the start of this breakthtaking breakthrough season, the Taranaki gelding had been a grand performer for his owner-breeders Carole and[...]

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

Roger James and Robert Wellwood turned their Wellington Cup Carnival fortunes around with an impressive victory by Sudbina in the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Sudbina's Desert Gold heroics came seven days after a frustrating afternoon of near-misses for the Cambridge trainers on the opening day of the carnival last[...]

Posted on January 19, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

While all eyes were on Molly Bloom on Boxing Day at Pukekohe, stablemate Grail Seeker put on a performance worthy of near-favouritism in Saturday's Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. Grail Seeker has established a solid record in her brief career to date, with five top-four finishes in as many starts, including a[...]

Posted on January 19, 2024
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Fashion Icon will be looking to turn the tables on Sudbina when the pair meet in the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Sudbina just got the better of Fashion Icon in the closing stages of their 1400m contest at Hastings earlier this month to win by a half-length, and the[...]

Posted on January 19, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Howie Mathews dared to dream of competing in this year's $300,000 Group 3 Wellington Cup (3200m) with Weneedashock, and while that plan didn't come to fruition, the talented gelding has ended up qualifying for a race on the undercard worth $50,000 more in prizemoney. The $350,000 Remutaka Classic (1600m), a race eligible for horses that[...]

Outovstock shows Group 1 potential in Trentham Group 3 win

Apostrophe skips clear with Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes

Nereus outstays rivals in Awapuni Gold Cup

Move To Strike claims Trentham Group 1 glory

Nereus targeting Stakes success after Trentham win

Joe Doyle rides 100th NZ winner as Hi Yo Sass Bomb claims Cuddle Stakes

Kyle Wilson-Taylor steers Grail Seeker to Guineas victory

Pulchritudinous outstays rivals in New Zealand Oaks

Autridge fillies ready for Oaks assignment

He’s A Doozy claims Autumn Cup at Trentham

Mahrajaan chasing further Cups success

Patterson lands further Trentham feature success

Puntura wins Group 1 Thorndon Mile

Sudbina arrives in time to claim Trentham Group 3

Grail Seeker hunts Desert Gold Stakes victory

Didham confident ahead of Desert Gold Stakes

Mathews hoping ‘Plan B’ pays off

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