Wellesley Stakes

McNab all Smiles in Wellesley Stakes

Posted on January 13, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Victory in the Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m) is becoming a force of habit for Michael McNab as the northern hoop claimed a third-straight win in the two-year-old feature at Trentham with impressive filly Archaic Smile. McNab guided two classy juveniles to Wellesley glory in 2021 and 2022 with Hanalei and Codigo respectively, and on this[...]

Posted on January 18, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising filly Hanalei provided co-owner and breeder Paul Richards with one of the biggest thrills of a more than forty-year career in the thoroughbred racing game when she took out the Listed IRT Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday under the training of son Jamie. Richards who bred and races the Darci Brahma filly[...]

Posted on January 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising filly Hanalei showed she had taken plenty from her runner-up performance on debut at Te Aroha at the start of the month, when she dominated her two-year-old rivals in the Listed IRT Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham. The Jamie Richards trained daughter of Darci Brahma had been heavily backed for her first-up performance but[...]

Posted on January 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Two-year-old gelding Zaher may only be having his second start at Trentham on Saturday but he is already becoming a seasoned traveller. The Cambridge juvenile made the long trek down to Otaki in November to score on debut and he will add on another couple of hours to that journey on Saturday when he contests[...]

Posted on January 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Awapuni trainer Peter Didham could line-up three stakes contenders at Trentham on Saturday, the first day of the Wellington Cup Carnival. Juvenile filly Kana has already qualified for next week's DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) but Didham has elected to test her talents closer to home before deciding whether he will head north[...]

Posted on January 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The runaway leader of the National jockeys' premiership, Danielle Johnson, notched her 100th winner for the season when she guided Te Akau Racing two-year-old Quattro Quinta to victory in the Listed IRT No.1 Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham on Saturday. Installed a warm $2 Fixed Odds favourite, the Darci Brahma gelding certainly didn't have things[...]

Posted on January 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Otaki stable of Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard boasts the best strike-rate in New Zealand this season, and a quality quartet of runners at Trentham on Saturday could further embellish their impressive record. Benner and Wynyard have won 15 races so far this season, which puts them in 16th place on the national trainers'[...]

Posted on October 27, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Pukekohe visitor Play That Song backed up an impressive debut win at Ruakaka earlier in the month with another dominant performance to take out the Listed Hanley Formula Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Nigel Tiley-trained filly had looked a complete professional as she went about her work at Ruakaka and gave that[...]

Posted on September 26, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Lisa Latta-trained filly Platinum Dubai showed professionalism to take out the Otaki Mail (800m) for two-year-olds on Thursday, leading throughout to land the prize while race-favourite Piaggio was slow into stride and bucked off rider Jason Waddell shortly after. A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, the filly is Karaka Million eligible and that will[...]

McNab all Smiles in Wellesley Stakes

Hanalei a highlight for Richards family

Hanalei too strong in Wellesley Stakes

Zaher putting in the miles ahead of Wellesley

Trentham triple threat for Didham

Johnson brings up a century of wins at Trentham

Strike-rate standouts set for big day at Trentham

Northern filly plays winning tune at Trentham

Platinum Dubai wins eventful 2YO race

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