Verry Elleegant

Think It Over triumphs in Group 2 Apollo Stakes

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[...]

Posted on October 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The final field for this Saturday’s running of the 101st W.S. Cox Plate was announced on Tuesday morning, and it is not without some controversy.

Posted on October 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

For the sixth year in a row, Chris Waller has trained the Australian Racehorse of the Year, with his champion mare Verry Elleegant receiving the honour on Monday night for her efforts in the 2020/21 racing season.

Posted on October 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Both the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate fields got one step closer to being finalised on Tuesday, and there were some notable absentees as the third round of acceptances were taken.

Posted on September 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Auckland's extended lockdown is wearing thin with trainer Nick Bishara but the anticipation of another big weekend of racing is giving him some respite. Bishara will have to be content watching the action from home as his star mare Verry Elleegant looks to add to her tally of eight Group One wins in Saturday's AUD$1[...]

Posted on September 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nominations for the Australian Racehorse of the Year awards were announced by Racing NSW on Friday, with the champion horses set to be revealed on October 11.

Posted on September 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Nicholas Bishara is brimming with enthusiasm after Bold Bourbon's debut win at Matamata on Wednesday. The South Auckland horseman hasn't been as excited about a three-year-old since multiple Group One winner Verry Elleegant, and while he doesn't believe the gelding is in the same tier as his stable predecessor, he said Bold Bourbon has spades[...]

Posted on August 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner, Verry Elleegant, will be reunited with Mark Zahra when she heads to Melbourne later on this Spring Carnival.

Posted on August 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Australian jockey James McDonald has a tricky decision to make heading into the Spring Racing Carnival, with champion mare Verry Elleegant likely to clash with up-and-coming superstar Zaaki in the George Main Stakes on September 18.

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

‘Elite 10’ Cox Plate confirmed, no spot for Keiai Nautique

Verry Elleegant named Australian Racehorse of the Year

Verry Elleegant to bypass Caulfield Cup in favour of Cox Plate

Champion mare helps alleviate Bishara’s lockdown blues

Australian Racehorse of the Year nominations confirmed

Bishara toasting Bold Bourbon’s success

Zahra back on Verry Elleegant for Melbourne Spring Carnival

Verry Elleegant or Zaaki? Tough decision for McDonald

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