Trentham

Still Bangon narrowly wins Eulogy Stakes

Posted on December 17, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Under-rated filly Still Bangon stepped up to stakes class and prevailed in a nail-biting finish to the Group 3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Trained by Stephen Autridge for owner-breeders Paul and Maureen Guise, the daughter of Satono Aladdin came into Saturday's black-type debut with a win, three placings and a fourth to[...]

Posted on October 22, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta celebrated her fifth win in the Group 3 Thompson Handicap (1600m) when Diss Is Dramatic scored an emphatic victory in Saturday's $100,000 feature at Trentham. Latta had previously won the race with Resonare (2000), Fercertain (2008), Jonbalena (2009) and last year's winner He's A Doozy, who went on to add the[...]

Posted on July 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Royden Bergerson will put the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) aspirations of stable runners Bradman and Queen Of Spades to the test at Trentham on Saturday. Bradman will tackle the open 1100m event while Queen Of Spades will line-up in the last race of the day, the rating 75 1400m contest. The pair have[...]

Posted on July 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

JJ Rayner will head to Trentham with two strong chances and events on Saturday will determine whether she ventures further afield with the pair next month. The Wanganui trainer will be represented by pre-post favourite Hacksaw Ridge and Lord Spencer, who also heads the early market for the Maiden Hurdle (2500m). The sparingly raced Hacksaw[...]

Posted on July 12, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

One of the most anticipated match-ups in New Zealand racing will occur at Trentham on Saturday when top jumpers The Cossack and West Coast clash in the Wellington Steeplechase (5500m). The Cossack has carried the mantle of Champion New Zealand Jumper over the last couple of seasons, however, West Coast has quickly risen through the[...]

Posted on July 11, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was a proud moment for Kylan Wiles on Saturday as he rode his first winner at Te Rapa in front of his family. The 17-year-old jockey was having his 11th raceday ride aboard the Stephen Ralph-trained Tahuroa Height. The pair took the lead shortly after the first jump and never looked back, eventually running[...]

Posted on May 26, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There aren't too many jumps jockeys as chill as Shaun Fannin but even he can't hide his excitement for the first feature jumps meeting of the year. The three-time jumps jockey of the year heads to Trentham on Saturday with five leading chances in the jumps races, headed by Grand National Hurdles (4200m) winner Happy[...]

Posted on March 20, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Post-race protocols are being addressed in the wake of the serious injury suffered by trainer Darryn Weatherley in the Trentham birdcage on Saturday. In dramatic scenes following the Listed New Zealand St Leger (2600m), Ess Vee Are kicked his co-trainer while Weatherley was adjusting the winner's dress rug. Ess Vee Are struck Weatherley on the[...]

Posted on March 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented mare Pearl Of Alsace extended her unbeaten run to five when she stepped up to stakes company with a narrow victory in the Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained four-year-old went into the Group Three feature off the back of four straight victories to open her career[...]

Posted on March 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Members of the Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate threatened to tear down the Trentham grandstand after they witnessed their pride and joy Pennyweka stride clear in the final stages of the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). More than 70 people associated with the three-year-old daughter of Satono Aladdin let out a united roar as rider[...]

Posted on March 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The decision to move the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) to March has worked wonders for Te Akau Racing, who dominated the race for the second year in a row at Trentham on Saturday – headed by an off-the-canvas victory by Romancing The Moon. Staged in November until 2012, the Levin Classic then spent a[...]

Posted on March 17, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Tegan Abel, one of the lesser lights of northern apprentice jockey ranks, is a mixture of excited and nervous ahead of her Group One debut on Dusty Road in Saturday's Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The North Waikato-based 27-year-old began her career with the Rogerson stable and is now indentured to Pukekohe trainer Michael Rogers.[...]

Posted on March 17, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Few runners in Saturday's Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham will have a support crew like Pennyweka's. The Jim Wallace-trained Satono Aladdin filly goes into the Classic as a bona fide contender after fast-finishing placings in the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham and the Group 2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at[...]

Posted on March 16, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sakura Girl will chase the first leg of a major trans-Tasman double for Cambridge trainer Ben Foote at Trentham on Saturday. The in-form daughter of Iffraaj is the pre-post favourite for the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) while stablemate Babylon Berlin is in Melbourne to prepare for Friday week's Group 1 William Reid Stakes[...]

Posted on March 15, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Wiremu Pinn will be hunting more Group One success when he heads to Trentham this weekend. The Waikato hoop recorded his maiden Group One success aboard Marscapone in last year's Group 1 WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki and he believes he is a good chance of doubling his elite-level tally aboard The Intimidator in the[...]

Posted on March 12, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jockey Lee Magorrian will make a return to New Zealand next weekend to partner emerging three-year-old Master Brutus in the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The Irish native hasn't ridden in New Zealand since relocating to Sydney in 2016 but has answered the call of long-time friend Derek Nolan, whose partner Sophia Orting[...]

Posted on February 1, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

After two near-misses, Kozzi Asano is delighted to have broken through for his first victory at racing's highest level. Asano guided He's A Doozy to a fighting victory in the Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, taking control at the top of the straight and holding off a renewed challenge from outstanding[...]

Still Bangon narrowly wins Eulogy Stakes

Diss Is Dramatic wins Thompson Handicap

Bradman leads Bergerson pair at Trentham

Rayner hoping for successful Trentham outing

West Coast primed for The Cossack clash

Kylan Wiles celebrates first winner

Fannin “pumped” for first big jumps day of the year

Weatherley recovering after life-threatening birdcage incident

Unbeaten Pearl Of Alsace lands Cuddle Stakes

Jubilant scenes after special Oaks victory

Te Akau dominates Levin Classic again

Abel looking forward to her Group One debut

Huge groundswell of support for Pennyweka

Sakura Girl set to bloom in Oaks

Pinn seeking further Group One success

Magorrian to link with former mentor in Group One

Asano breaks through at Group One level

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