Windsor Park Plate

Callsign Mav out to prove he’s top gun

Posted on October 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary is hoping to upset the applecart once again on Saturday when Callsign Mav contests the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on his home track at Hastings. The Atlante four-year-old was a surprise $81 winner of the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) a fortnight ago but despite the impressive victory,[...]

Posted on September 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality mare Jennifer Eccles has pleased her trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The popular galloper has never finished worse than fourth in her 12 career starts and caught the eye when finishing into that placing in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) when[...]

Posted on September 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge conditioner Roger James got what he was looking for at Ellerslie on Saturday when progressive stayers Concert Hall and London Banker performed with distinction in their first-up assignments. Group 3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) winner Concert Hall stormed home late to push eventual winner Dawn Patrol close in an open 1400m event while lightly raced[...]

Posted on September 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Pam Gerard was delighted with the return of Tokarangi and Pinmedown at Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Three-year-old filly Tokorangi was one of the runs of the day when finishing fourth in the Group 3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m), while Pinmedown was beaten only four lengths in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) when tenth[...]

Posted on September 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings in a fortnight is shaping as another standout contest based on the comments from connections of the horses who finished in behind Saturday’s upset winner of the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Callsign Mav. Form analysts will be casting their eyes over video replays of the[...]

Posted on September 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Danica Guy couldn’t be happier with her talented galloper Germanicus as the five-year-old begins a Group 1 programme of assignments this season at Hastings on Saturday. The Matamata trainer has Germanicus set to resume in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), in which he will be ridden by Chad Ormsby, his rider in each of[...]

Posted on September 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The cream rose to the top late in the day at Ellerslie when four-year-old mare Two Illicit issued a powerful statement to her spring rivals with a commanding fresh-up victory over 1400m on Saturday. A multiple stakes winner during a three-year-old campaign that culminated in a runner-up finish in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby[...]

Posted on September 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A trip to Taupo to bring on the fitness of talented mares Two Illicit and Concert Hall has received a hearty tick of approval from Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood. The Kingsclere training partnership couldn’t have been happier with the gallop, or the hospitality, with the pair provided with “delicious” scones, topped with[...]

Posted on August 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Prolific Group One winner Melody Belle will return to New Zealand and take no further part in the Australian spring following two unplaced runs in Sydney. John Galvin, director of her ownership group Fortuna Syndications, confirmed the mare had been booked on a flight home. While her owners have been satisfied with Melody Belle’s performances,[...]

Posted on August 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1-winning mare Glory Days returned from retirement at the Foxton trials on Tuesday where she finished fourth in her 1000m heat. The Bill Thurlow-trained eight-year-old failed to fire after returning from her spring campaign in Melbourne last spring and was subsequently retired after her fourth-placing in the Listed New Zealand St Leger (2600m) at[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Outstanding three-year-old Travelling Light will head to Ruakaka next week as she continues her preparation for a raceday return in early September. Trainer Ben Foote is delighted with the El Roca filly, who won five of her seven starts in her first campaign including the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) and will use the trip[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Awamatu trainer Clayton Chipperfield is thanking his lucky stars that he has his 60 acre property to keep him busy over the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown period. “I don’t know how these people are getting on in town,” Chipperfield said. “We have got 60 acres, so there is still plenty of work to[...]

Posted on February 26, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Triple Group 1 winner Gingernuts will once again return to the scene of his Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) triumph when he leads out the field for the Vodafone-sponsored blue riband event at Ellerslie on Saturday. The 2017 Derby hero confirmed his status as one of the best staying three-year-olds in Australasia by winning[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The New Zealand TAB has paid out on champion Melody Belle to win the Hastings Group One triple crown before the final leg has been run. Melody Belle is the short-priced favourite to add Saturday’s Livamol Classic (2040m) to her wins in the Tarzino Trophy and Windsor Park Plate. If she is successful, she will[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Recently crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year, Melody Belle made it Group 1 victory number eight in emphatic fashion when she dominated her rivals in the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old repeated her deeds of last season when she took out Saturday’s feature event after capturing the[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand champion Melody Belle has won her eighth Group One race to keep the Cox Plate in the mix. First the mare will try to win the triple crown at home having taken the first two legs, the Tarzino Trophy and Saturday’s Windsor Park Plate at Hastings. The recently crowned NZ Horse of the[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 performer Vernanme has been lapping up the beach life at trainer Stephen Marsh’s satellite stable at Ruakaka during his spring preparation, but it has been back to reality this week for the talented galloper. The son of O’Reilly is preparing for his first stakes test of the spring at Counties on Sunday, the[...]

Callsign Mav out to prove he’s top gun

Jennifer on trial for Melbourne at Hawke’s Bay

James pair ready for summer staying assignments

Hawke’s Bay runners provide plenty of optimism for Gerard

Beaten brigade set their sights on Windsor Park Plate

Group 1 assignments in store for Germanicus

Two Illicit makes stunning return at Ellerslie

Star Kingsclere mares kick-off spring campaigns

Melody Belle Set To Return To New Zealand

Glory Days returns

Travelling Light on target for Te Rapa feature

Trainer staying chipper over lockdown

Retired star Gingernuts adds extra crunch to Derby Day

NZ Tab Pays Out On Melody’s Triple Crown

Melody Belle keeps Triple Crown dream alive with Windsor Park Plate win

Cox Plate Still In Mix For Melody Belle

Beach life agrees with Vernanme

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