Val Di Zoldo

Val Di Zoldo with New Zealand Cup Carnival on radar

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

A trip to the New Zealand Cup carnival may be on the cards for Group winner Val Di Zoldo. The Tony Pike-trained daughter of War Decree advanced to a good level last season and showed she was making good progress toward a return to competition with a 1000m open trial win in trying conditions at[...]

Posted on March 2, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Val Di Zoldo headlined a stellar day for Tony Pike at Awapuni where she added serious momentum to her preparation for the country's premier staying feature for fillies. A first stakes winner for her Inglewood Stud-based stallion War Decree, she was one of three success stories at the Central Districts fixture for the Cambridge trainer[...]

Posted on February 28, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising filly Val Di Zoldo will kick-start a big period of feature race participation for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike when she tackles Wednesday's Group 2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Awapuni. Last-start Taupo winner Val Di Zoldo will showcase her credentials for the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on March 18 in the[...]

Posted on October 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Impendabelle delivered exactly what was expected of her at Trentham where the highly regarded New Zealand filly was untested to open her career in perfect style. The Tony Pike-trained two-year-old had won her lead-up trial at Te Awamutu and carried that form over to race day with a 4.5 length victory over 900m on Sunday[...]

Posted on February 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

U S Navy Flag remains a firm favourite at Valachi Downs despite the multiple Group One winner no longer featuring on the Matamata nursery's stallion roster. The high-class son of War Front stood his first two seasons at Kevin and Jo Hickman's operation before a change of business model in 2021 saw him relocate to[...]

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