Verry Elleegant

Verry Flash upsets in Rangitikei Gold Cup

Posted on May 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A powerful late surge that carried him to victory in the Listed James Bull Holdings Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday may have put a hold on an immediate jumping career for handy winter galloper Verry Flash. The seven-year-old older brother of champion mare Verry Elleegant claimed his ninth victory for owners Nick[...]

Posted on April 27, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller and connections of champion mare Verry Elleegant have confirmed her spring carnival plans, with a trip to France for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe off the table.

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

Despite feeling completely drained of energy after his day at the races at Pukekohe on Saturday, Nick Bishara had a broad smile on his face as he reclined on his couch at home that evening. Bishara has just completed a stint in isolation after testing positive for COVID 19 after returning to New Zealand from[...]

Posted on April 14, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top Sydney trainer Chris Waller is set to sit down with the owners of champion mare Verry Elleegant and make a call on whether she will run in Europe’s most prestigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, which will take place in October.

Posted on April 8, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Like the true champion trainer he is, Chris Waller has quickly moved on from an uncommon Verry Elleegant defeat. That was when she finished second to Montefilia in the $700,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on March 19, with the chance for redemption in the 2022 Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Posted on April 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

After Hitotsu completed a rare Derby double at the weekend, connections are now considering the possibility of heading overseas for a tilt at the Japan Cup at the end of November.

Posted on February 26, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Horse of the Year Verry Elleegant has claimed her 11th Group 1 victory in winning back-to-back Chipping Norton Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Given a 10 out of 10 steer by James McDonald, Verry Elleegant dug deep as She’s Ideel stormed home late out wide on the track to run second by a[...]

Posted on February 15, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The 2022 All Star Mile is just 32 days away (March 19), and the voting process to get into the race was bought to a close at midnight on Sunday evening.

Posted on February 12, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Think It Over kept his impressive winning streak alive, as he recorded a dominant victory in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Kerry Parker-trained gelding won three consecutive races during the Sydney Spring Carnival, which took his career prizemoney beyond $4 million. The six-year-old was quite easy in betting,[...]

Posted on February 12, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand’s Melbourne Cup heroine Verry Elleegant will make her first appearance since winning the great race when she lines-up in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Waller said the 10-time Group One winner has returned in good order and she has some exciting plans ahead of her this autumn. “It[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

A number of Australian stars stepped out at this morning’s trials at Rosehill Gardens, with the likes of Nature Strip, Zaaki and Verry Elleegant all stretching their legs.

Posted on January 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Verry Elleegant has been rated the world’s best racemare according to the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR) released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on Tuesday. The New Zealand-bred mare was given a rating of 123 for her win in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November, putting her[...]

Posted on November 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fifty years after adding his name to the honour roll of Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys, Bruce Marsh has paid the ultimate compliment to the latest New Zealander to join the elite list. As a 21-year-old in 1971 and one of the most respected jockeys of a star-studded era, Marsh rode the Eric Temperton-trained Silver Knight to[...]

Posted on November 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The NZ suffix has featured prominently in Australia this spring, so it’s no surprise a couple of Kiwi stallions are featuring prominently on the Australian Leading Sires table this season. The Kiwi brigade is being led by Grangewilliam Stud stallion Zed, who sits fourth on the list with AUD$5.8 million in earnings, while Rich Hill[...]

Posted on November 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Zed may well have had two runners in this year’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) had it not been for the current complications of trans-Tasman travel. His daughter Verry Elleegant confirmed her champion status with a resounding victory on Tuesday, while the Flemington feature had also been on the radar of Grangewilliam Stud stallion’s promising[...]

Posted on November 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just two races after Verry Elleegant’s dominant Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) victory, fellow New Zealand-bred Spirit of Gaylard continued the Kiwi flavour at Flemington when taking out the Listed TAB Trophy (1800m). The three-year-old son of Puissance De Lune failed to gain a place in last Saturday’s Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m), but a[...]

Posted on November 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve months on from having his first runner in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), Nick Bishara is just as excited as he was last year before the running of the race that stops a nation. Bishara, who prepared nine-time Group One winner Verry Elleegant for her first three starts in New Zealand and retained[...]

Verry Flash upsets in Rangitikei Gold Cup

No Arc assault for Verry Elleegant

Rising Storm provides tonic for Bishara

Waller yet to decide if Verry Elleegant runs in Arc de Triomphe

Can Verry Elleegant bounce back in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes?

Big spring could put Hitotsu into Japan Cup consideration

Verry Elleegant claims consecutive Chipping Norton Stakes wins

2022 All Star Mile betting suspended as voting closes

Think It Over triumphs in Group 2 Apollo Stakes

Apollo first-up for Verry Elleegant

Zaaki, Verry Elleegant feature in Rosehill trials

Verry Elleegant on top of the world

Glowing praise for McDonald from fellow Melbourne Cup-winning jockey

New Zealand sires to the fore in Australia

Travel restraints prevented Zed’s Cup double up

Spirit of Gaylard adds to Kiwi dominance

Bishara verry excited as Melbourne Cup looms

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