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Lickety Split does just that with impressive debut
21 JUNE, 2022 RACENEWS
Turn Me Loose 2YO Lickety Split looked a smart prospect for the future when successful on debut at Ellerslie at the weekend. Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman the scopey filly showed the d...
Turn Me Loose filly impresses with debut victory
20 JUNE, 2022 NZ RACING DESK
A gritty victory by two-year-old filly Lickety Split at her first raceday start at Ellerslie has given her sire Turn Me Loose a timely boost ahead of the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Ye...
Rising star to join Australian stable
FEB 16, NZ RACING DESK
Exciting four-year-old Bankers Choice (Mongolian Khan) will do his future racing from the Melbourne stable of Michael Moroney after clients have secured a majority interest in the talented galloper...
First G1 Win for Shamexpress mare Coventina Bay
12 FEBRUARY 2022, BREEDNET
An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa. Patterson prepares talented mar...
PROGRESSIVE TURN ME LOOSE FILLY ANCIENT GIRL WINNING AT SANDOWN ON WEDNESDAY
The Clinton McDonald-trained Ancient Girl was victorious over 1200m in the hands of jockey Mark Zahra to provide the three-year-old daughter of Turn Me Loose with her second win from four starts. ...
LEVIN CLASSIC TOP TARGET FOR SHAMUS
3 FEB 22 | NZ Racing Desk
The Group One focus for talented Taranaki three-year-old Shamus has shifted to a shorter challenge in the wake of his first defeat at Te Rapa. The son of Shamexpress had won four on the bounce, inc...
Fantastic Dynastic – Windsor Park-bred wins Karaka Million
FEB 3, 2022 NZ RACING DESK
A purchase made while on a stint working overseas over twenty-five years ago paid off in spades for Windsor Park Stud’s Rodney Schick, when stylish colt Dynastic took out the $1 million Doubletree ...
Mustang Valley on Oaks path
3 FEB, 2022 NZ RACING DESK
After making her presence felt in almost every 3YO fillies’ feature so far this season, Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh) now has next month’s Gr. 1 New Zealand Oaks looming large on her horizon. The daugh...
SURPRISE PACKET NOW CHASING BLACK TYPE HONOURS
2 FEB 22 | NZ Racing Desk
Gingerbread’s emergence against the older horses this preparation may cause a rethink of future plans for the promising daughter of Vanbrugh. Trainer Vicki Prendergast has been pleasantly surprised...
SPIRIT OF BAZ REKINDLES FOND MEMORIES AT ELLERSLIE
31 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk
The win of progressive stayer Spirit Of Baz at Ellerslie on Sunday brought back some fond memories for those associated with the four-year-old mare, who is the daughter of 2005 Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3...
Gr.2 WINNER FOR SHAMEXPRESS
15 JANUARY | NZ RACING DESK
Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham was a sink-or-swim moment for unbeaten three-year-old Shamus, and he rose to the challenge in superb style. Trained by Allan Sharr...
Back to back Group success for Windsor Park-bred Zebrowski
30th JANUARY, 2022 BREEDNET
Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has hit his best form in Hong Kong winning the Group III Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to fo...
Fantastic Dynastic – Windsor Park-bred wins Karaka Million
22 JANUARY, 2022 NZ RACING DESK
The more things change, the more they stay the same was the feeling after the running of the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. On a night that generates enor...
DWYER HOPING TO PARTY FROM AFAR
21 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk
A past visit to the Karaka Million evening at Ellerslie won Henry Dwyer over and convinced the Victorian trainer he had to become more involved in the $1 million two-year-old feature. His wish has ...
GROUP 2 WINNER FOR SHAMEXPRESS
15 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk
Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham was a sink-or-swim moment for unbeaten three-year-old Shamus, and he rose to the challenge in superb style. Trained by Allan Sharr...
BANKERS CHOICE MAKES LIGHT OF TOUGH TRENTHAM TRACK
15 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk
Exciting galloper Bankers Choice showed he is well on his way to becoming a star of New Zealand racing with a last to first performance to take out the Gr.3 Dixon & Dunlop Anniversary Handicap ...
ZEBROWSKI LANDS JANUARY CUP
6 JAN 22 | Racing Copy
New Zealand-bred five-year-old Zebrowski ran out a strong winner of the Gr.3 January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for trainer Caspar Fownes. The son of Savabeel relished the str...
DERBY START FOR SHAMUS IN THE BALANCE
5 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk
Shamus is well exposed in the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) market and a decision whether he will give trainer Allan Sharrock the chance of a second success in the staying classic will be...
BANKERS CHOICE COMPLETES MASSIVE DAY FOR OWNERS
Bankers Choice completes massive day for owners A brilliant performance by emerging star Bankers Choice completed a dream Boxing Day for Okaharau Station owner-breeders Ross and Corrine Kearney. Wi...
Saturday double for in-form Shamexpress
With a pair of powerful victories by Coventina Bay (NZ) and Shamus (NZ) at Awapuni on Saturday, the strong start to the season for Windsor Park stallion Shamexpress (NZ) has rolled on into December...
COVENTINA BAY BRILLIANT IN FRESH UP GR.2 VICTORY
20 DEC 2021 | NZ Racing Desk
Taranaki mare Coventina Bay reminded racegoers of her undoubted class when she came from last at the turn to down a small but quality field in the Gr.2 Carters Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at ...
STAKES MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FOR CHARMMEBABY
11 DEC 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Five-year-old mare Charmmebaby came from last to land the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1640m) at Doomben on Friday evening to become the 12th individual stakes winner for her sire Charm Spirit. Ridd...
TRANS-TASMAN DOUBLE FOR MONGOLIAN KHAN
9 DEC 21 | Racing News
Promising 4YO racemare Black Queen (Mongolian Khan) looked an exciting staying prospect for the future when recording her third win from her last four starts at Warwick Farm in Sydney yesterday. B...
ShamExpress’ daughter Zola Express wins the Wanganui Cup
27 NOVEMBER 2021, NZ RACING DESK
Underrated New Plymouth mare Zola Express (ShamExpress) captured the biggest win of her burgeoning career when she claimed the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) at the weekend. Th...
ZOLA EXPRESS WINS WANGANUI CUP
27 NOV 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Underrated New Plymouth mare Zola Express captured the biggest win of her burgeoning career when she claimed the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m). The Janelle Millar-trained five...
MUSTANG VALLEY ON SONG FOR GUINEAS
10 NOV 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Mustang Valley is at the top of her game for her Group One test at Riccarton on Saturday with connections hoping for a final piece of the puzzle to make the Classic a snug fit for the daughter of ...
TURN ME LOOSE FILLY WOWS ON DEBUT
30 OCT 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Trainer Rudy Liefting had been expecting a forward showing on debut from his three-year-old filly Stars ‘N’ Cream (Turn Me Loose), but even he wasn’t prepared for what unfolded in the first race at...
COX PLATE CALLING MAV AFTER WINDSOR PARK VICTORY
3 OCT 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Hometown hero Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) booked his ticket for a shot at the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later this month when he took out the second leg of the Hawke’s Bay triple cro...
SAMARKAND SHOWCASES STAYING TALENT
27 SEP 21 | NZ Racing Desk
Murray Baker knows he’s got a good three-year-old staying prospect in Samarkand, an outstanding winner at Tauranga on Sunday. What he doesn’t know is what to do with him next. Baker, who trains...
