Verry Elleegant

Thompson Hoping For Dream Start In Apollo

Posted on February 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve months after Dreamforce was narrowly beaten in the Apollo Stakes, the frontrunner will return to Randwick for another bite at the cherry.

Posted on February 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller is looking forward to seeing what multiple Group One winner Verry Elleegant can achieve now she has finally matured.

Posted on January 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Master trainer Chris Waller has identified next month's Black Caviar Lightning as the return to racing for two sprint stars Nature Strip and September Run.

Posted on January 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Victoria is thrilled with the quality of nominations for The All-Star Mile which include the late entries stars of Verry Elleegant and Sir Dragonet.

Posted on November 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rich Hill Stud's John Thompson knows what it takes to breed a Melbourne Cup winner. In 2015, the Walton nursery, near Matamata, was represented by outsider Prince Of Penzance, who famously combined with Michelle Payne to triumph in the great race. On Tuesday, the stud will be represented by another feel-good Cup runner in Surprise[...]

Posted on November 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien and Winx's jockey Hugh Bowman will team up with Anthony Van Dyck in a bid to win their first Melbourne Cup.

Posted on November 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

As Verry Elleegant prepares to fly the New Zealand flag in Tuesday's Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), the star mare's Kiwi co-owners are on the ride of their lives. Among the owners, albeit now unofficially, is 16-year-old Connor Harrison, a stablehand smitten with the daughter of Zed from the moment she entered the Ardmore[...]

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

It's the race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup is almost upon us. As always, the first Tuesday in November means one thing to racing fans in Australia; it's the race like no other, $8m in prize money to be won, 24 horses from across the globe racing over 3200m in the 160th iteration[...]

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has attracted a bounty of stars among 162 nominated horses, with 61 Group 1 winners from 10 countries/regions eyeing the four-race HK$95 million event on 13 December. While the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty around many international racing events, the strength of this year's entries for the LONGINES[...]

Posted on October 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand jockey James McDonald may have failed to regain his ride aboard star Kiwi mare Verry Elleegant for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) but he is looking forward to riding her compatriot in another Group 1 feature this weekend. The leading Sydney hoop will partner the Chris Waller-trained Kolding in the Group[...]

Posted on October 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has confirmed Mark Zahra as the rider for star mare Verry Elleegant in the Melbourne Cup, a race the premier trainer is yet to win.

Posted on October 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The performance of dainty New Zealand-bred mare Verry Elleegant fending off Epsom Derby-winning blueblood Anthony Van Dyck in Saturday's Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) is a triumph for all who dare to dream in the sport of thoroughbred racing and breeding. From humble beginnings, the daughter of unheralded Grangewilliam Stud sire Zed has amassed the[...]

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has finally landed his first Caulfield Cup with star staying mare Verry Elleegant defying English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.

Posted on October 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller will saddle up three horses in his bid for a first Caulfield Cup with the Turnbull Stakes trifecta of Verry Elleegant, Toffee Tongue and Finche.

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

In what Mark Zahra described as a ding dong finish, his mount Verry Elleegant took out the Turnbull Stakes, a race in which Chris Waller trained the trifecta.

Posted on October 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stakes success at Riccarton on Saturday would continue a run of success that Indian-born Sydneysider Manoj Wanzare can scarcely believe he's been part of. Wanzare, 44, will look to continue his winning streak as a part-owner of talented Makfi filly Matchmaker, who contests the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. Wanzare,[...]

Posted on September 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Premier trainer Chris Waller has made some key decisions about which races his star runners will contest at Randwick and Flemington.

Thompson Hoping For Dream Start In Apollo

Elleegant Heads Up Waller’s Apollo Mission

Sprint Stars To Return In Black Caviar

An Array Of Stars Nominate For All-Star

Second Cup win for breeder would be nice surprise

Bowman Cool And Calm Ahead Of Cup Bid

Teenager on life-changing Melbourne Cup ride

Overseas Raiders Hold Strong Hand In 2020 Melbourne Cup

Hong Kong International Races attracts strong nominations

McDonald amped for Cox Plate ride

Waller Confirms Melbourne Cup Jockeys

Zed’s Verry Elleegant a testament to breeder’s faith

Waller Wins First Caulfield Cup In Style

Waller Worried About Elleegant Cup Weight

Waller Wins His Fifth Group 1 Turnbull Stakes

Wanzare finds a match with Kiwi fillies

Verry Elleegant Confirmed For Melbourne

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