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Five for Fawcett at Riccarton

Posted on January 29, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Visiting northern rider Jasmine Fawcett capped a red-letter day when she guided the Mark Jones-trained runner Phelan The Power to victory in the Listed Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Fawcett has been making regular trips to ride in the south with good success of late and made every post a winner as she notched up[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was mission accomplished for underrated galloper Monza Circuito when she led all the way to take out the Listed Speight's Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. The seven-year-old Showcasing mare did her early racing for local trainer Mike McCann but shifted into the care of Stephen Marsh's Riccarton base back in June last year, with[...]

Posted on January 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand South Island trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman hold a strong hand in the main event on their home track program at Riccarton on Saturday with proven stakes performer Miss Tycoon Rose and the genuine My World to represent the stable. Both runners appeal as leading contenders in the Listed Speight's Timaru Stakes (1400m)[...]

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

Meg Cunneen has developed a taste for black-type racing less than a month since the first stakes win of her fledgling training career. The Riccarton trainer produced William Wallace to win last month's Listed Timaru Cup (1600m), her first black-type win bringing up just her third training success. On Saturday, Cunneen will produce Group 2[...]

Posted on December 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Michael Pitman won't be bringing his classy mare Miss Tycoon Rose north for the rescheduled Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa, deciding to chase some features closer to home instead. Pitman, who trains at Riccarton with his son Matthew, wasn't upset at the decision to cancel the Trentham meeting last[...]

Five for Fawcett at Riccarton

Monza Circuito claims deserved stakes success at Riccarton

Stakes hopes look rosy for Team Pitman

Cunneen has her sights set on feature race spoils

Pitman elects for home features with classy mare

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