Winter Cup

Rae reaping rewards from Southern sojourn

Posted on October 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae has always been partial to a trip to the South Island. The northern horseman, who trains in partnership with his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro, has been venturing south for more than a dozen years, principally with runners around New Zealand Cup week and in support of summer racing on the West Coast.[...]

Posted on August 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Happy Star will be vying to keep his undefeated record intact this preparation when he contests the Group 3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton Park on Saturday. The Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained five-year-old has won both of his starts this time in and they are hoping he can continue his picket[...]

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

Taranaki owner-trainer Marilyn Paewai would love nothing more than to see her star winter performer Rosewood claim a deserved stakes win at Riccarton this weekend. Rosewood will tackle Saturday’s Group 3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m), a race she was only narrowly beaten in last year. That was one of four stakes placings the[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lisa Allpress has ruled herself out of the race to add a fifth premiership title to her record next season. The Whanganui jockey goes into Friday’s meeting at Awapuni with 95 wins to her credit for the season, 17 clear of nearest rival, apprentice Kozzi Asano. That will give her a fourth national jockeys’ premiership[...]

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

Versatile galloper Major Tom cemented his bid for the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton next month when he charged home out wide to score handsomely over 1400m at Avondale on Saturday. Co-trainer Kenny Rae, who prepares the six-year-old in partnership with daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro, was looking to confirm the southern sojourn for his[...]

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

A tilt at the Group 3 Winter Cup (1400m) at Riccarton next month is the likely assignment for impressive Awapuni winner Happy Star. The Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained four-year-old made it two wins from two starts in his current campaign with a gritty performance on a testing Heavy11 surface to take out a rating[...]

Posted on July 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The last few weeks have put a spring in the step of the team at Riccarton Park. Earlier in the year, the Covid-19 pandemic had threatened to deal a cruel blow to the South Island’s flagship racetrack and its two premier carnivals. August’s Grand National Festival was impossible in a calendar with no South Island[...]

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

Gore trainer Ellis Winsloe thought he would have a couple of nice chances in the Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) this year, however, its absence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced him to change tack. Irish Excuse, Nomen Ludi, and Tai Ho, were all earmarked for the South Island feature, but now Winsloe[...]

Posted on July 9, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waipukurau trainer Simon Wilson has welcomed the announcement that the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) will take place next month. Wilson trains reigning race victor Dez, who also placed in the mile feature in 2018. “It is good to see that the Winter Cup is back,” Wilson said. “I will just have to see how[...]

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

Pukekohe is somewhat of a poor substitute for Italy at this time of year, but Byerley Park trainer Danny Walker was just happy to be back racing on Saturday. The South Auckland horseman was meant to be in the middle of a five-week holiday in the European tourist hotspot, but as a result of the[...]

Posted on June 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller continues to dominate Sydney’s off-season staying races with the premier trainer again providing the trifecta in a local feature at Rosehill. Two weeks after producing the first three across the line in the Lord Mayors Cup, Waller was again to the fore in the Listed Winter Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Wet-track specialist Wu[...]

Posted on June 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Invictus Prince was on the verge of becoming a lost cause before Matthew Smith channelled his inner horse whisper to revive the seven-year-old’s career. In the past 18 months, the gelding has been to the barrier trials more often than the races and Smith has been forced to go back to basics to get the[...]

Posted on June 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

For the first time in three months, Australian Turf Club members will be allowed on course at a Sydney metropolitan race meeting. The ATC has announced its members will be permitted to attend Saturday’s Winter Cup program at Rosehill, provided they pre-register and pre-book seating in line with government protocols. It comes a week after[...]

Posted on June 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has again put himself in pole position for a landslide domination of feature staying races in two states, loading the bases in the Winter Cup in Sydney and Tattersall’s Cup in Brisbane. The champion horseman has five of the eight acceptors for the Listed Winter Cup (2400m) at his home track of Rosehill[...]

Posted on May 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Toowoomba stayer Fighting Teo could head to Sydney next month if he races well in the Aquis Hcp (2400m) at the Gold Coast on Friday. The Gold Coast has hosted metropolitan standard meetings each Friday for the past two months after racing in Queensland was divided into regions. Next month it reverts to provincial standard[...]

Posted on August 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Waipukurau farmer Simon Wilson started the racing season off in perfect style at Riccarton last Saturday, recording his first stakes victory as a trainer when Dez took out the Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m). “I was really happy, he tried really hard,” Wilson said. “He ran a tough race, Chris (Johnson, jockey) did a great[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday’s Group 3 Winter Cup (1600m) added some black-type lustre to a brief foray into thoroughbred breeding for Carole and Doug Isaacson. The time-honoured Riccarton feature was won in strong style by Dez, who was bred by the Dannevirke couple in unusual circumstances. Doug Isaacson is a respected name in show-jumping, where he competed with[...]

Rae reaping rewards from Southern sojourn

Happy Star primed for Winter Cup

Rosewood chases elusive stakes win

Allpress delighted with latest premiership title

Major Tom on target for Winter Cup

South Island mission on the cards for impressive Awapuni winner

Return of Winter Cup continues Riccarton’s rebound

Winsloe changes tack with stable trio

Dez out to defend crown

Ciao Italy, Kia Ora Pukekohe

Wu Gok Heads Waller’s Winter Cup Windfall

Practice Makes Perfect For Roguish Prince

ATC To Allow Members On Course At Rosehill

Smith Chases Sweet Win Over Waller Quintet

Sydney Winter Cup Appeals For Fighting Teo

Dez set to defend title in Winter Classic

Show-jumping prize paves way to Winter Cup breeding success

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