Tweedledee

Matthews revels in Te Rapa triumph

Posted on May 7, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jumps jockey Portia Matthews enjoyed a home cooked meal and a few celebratory drinks with family on Saturday night after taking out the first race on the card at Te Rapa aboard versatile performer Tweedledee. The personable 25-year-old is one of the key figures in trainer Mark Oulaghan's Awapuni stable after making the move to[...]

Posted on November 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 performer Spring Heat will step out for the first time since winning the Group 3 Haunui Farm King's Plate (1200m) in February when she lines-up in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The daughter of More Than Ready has had two unplaced trials this preparation and her connections[...]

Posted on August 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality gallopers Charles Road and Dragon Leap are making good progress ahead of their spring campaigns. Lucrative Sydney targets are high on the agenda for the duo should COVID-19 immigration challenges to enable staff to travel from New Zealand to Australia be overcome. “Charles Road and Dragon Leap are both in the same boat, we're[...]

Posted on August 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lance O'Sullivan, who trains in partnership with Andrew Scott, has little expectation of his talented stayer Charles Road as he lights a fuse on another Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign in Sydney on Saturday. The Matamata trainer is delighted with Charles Road's progress ahead of the Spring Preview Handicap (1400m) at Randwick's Kensington track[...]

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