Trudy Thornton

Our Absolute a popular winner at Te Aroha

Posted on January 3, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Our Absolute scored a popular win at Te Aroha on Wednesday. Bred by trainers Robyn and Russell Rogers under their Kendayla Park banner, the Waikato couple race the filly with jockeys Trudy Thornton and Lynsey Satherley, with the latter doing the steering on Wednesday. She gave the daughter of Niagara an economical trip in the[...]

Posted on March 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Veteran stayer Roger That is shaping as the forgotten horse in Saturday's Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The Antony Fuller-trained eight-year-old won last year's Auckland Cup at odds of and the hardy stayer will again go around at decent odds ( fixed) on Saturday, on the back of trailing the field home[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Underrated stayer Soleseifei completed a fairytale result for the Lupton family when she carried the colours worn by the legendary Kiwi to victory in the Group 3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, thirty-seven years after the Snow Lupton-trained Waverley wonder scored in the event. Prepared at Waverley by Snow[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trudy Thornton will cut an imposing figure to her rival jockeys as she walks out to ride at Pukekohe on Saturday. Thornton stood herself down from her final ride at Te Rapa last weekend after her mount Mister Gerinomo clipped heels in an incident that led to Anna Jones copping a four-week suspension. However, Thornton[...]

Posted on July 21, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Free-going seven-year-old Admiral bounced back to winning form with an all-the-way victory in open company at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Stephen Ralph-trained gelding thrives on winter tracks and found the Heavy10 surface just to his liking as he set his race rivals a merry chase in the 1600m contest. Rider Trudy Thornton had Admiral[...]

Posted on June 29, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Local trainers Kenny Rae and his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro made the best possible start to their day when they produced a winning double to open proceedings at Ruakaka on Saturday. Just thirty minutes after two-year-old Zelenski upset the applecart when downing hot favourite Jager Bombed over 1000m in the first race on the day, lightly[...]

Posted on June 15, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Central Districts raider Lucyinrio produced a gritty effort at Ruakaka on Saturday to take out the main race of the day, the Trigg Construction sponsored open 1200m. The stakes placed seven-year-old mare produced her usual trademark gutsy effort as she raced away in the closing stages of the contest after sitting outside the pace in[...]

Our Absolute a popular winner at Te Aroha

Fuller looking for Cup history to repeat

Soleseifei completes dream result in Wellington Cup

Strong Pukekohe book for battered-and-bruised Thornton

Admiral proves hard to catch at Te Rapa

Special double highlights opening salvo at Ruakaka

Long trek north pays off for Little and Lucyinrio

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