News Archive
Section
Month
Feature Double for Shockings sire Street Cry, sees him Australia's leading sire...
Posted On: Monday, 29 February 2016
The late, great stallion
Street Cry (IRE) had a memorable day on Saturday with
Tally winning a Group II for Godolphin at Caulfield while it was even more fruitful at Randwick with the unstoppabl......
Pentires smart son strikes again
Posted On: Sunday, 28 February 2016
Progressive stayer
Lord Disick struck another winning blow in spectacular circumstances at Randwick this afternoon.
The son of Pentire prevailed over 2400 metres in a keen contest that featur......
Stakes targets for Pentire mare
Posted On: Sunday, 28 February 2016
An overdue change of fortune for the Pentire mare
Chenille has confirmed plans to aim for higher honours.
The Tony Pike-trained four-year-old was a deserved and commanding winner in Rating 75......
Jimmy Chouxs daughter furthers stakes record in Matamata Breeders Stakes
Posted On: Saturday, 27 February 2016
Brave filly
What Choux Want added to Jimmy Choux's first season haul of black type credits this afternoon.
The Riccarton-prepared youngster continued her excellent season with a solid third (......
Shocking filly En Suite follows proven path to Derby
Posted On: Thursday, 25 February 2016
Kevin Myers has already used the St Leger Trial at Otaki as a successful lead-in to the Gr. 1 BMW New Zealand Derby.
The Wanganui trainer produced C'Est La Guerre to finish runner-up in the Dominio......
Royal Ascot Plans For Xtravagant
Posted On: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The connections of New Zealand superstar Xtravagant are set to pass up the Sydney autumn carnival in favour of an historic assault on Royal Ascot in June. Sydney's loss will be a huge gain for UK raci......
Cup hero's sister steps out
Posted On: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The full sister to Melbourne Cup hero
Prince of Penzance is on the verge of her racetrack debut.
Penthouse Princess (by Pentire out of Royal Successor) took another important step forward on ......
Carston up for Breeders' Stakes challenge with Jimmy Choux filly What Choux Want
Posted On: Monday, 22 February 2016
Racing at Launceston on Saturday saw the running of the
Listed Tasmanian Oaks (2100m), with the Nigel Blackiston-trained
Electric Aura (Shocking) finishing the race third-placed j......
Shocking filly Electric Aura stakes placed in Tasmanian Oaks, and The Hassler confirms himself a live Derby hope
Posted On: Monday, 22 February 2016
Racing at Launceston on Saturday saw the running of the
Listed Tasmanian Oaks (2100m), with the Nigel Blackiston-trained
Electric Aura (Shocking) finishing the race third-placed j......
Smart Jimmy Choux filly What Choux Want for Breeders Stakes
Posted On: Thursday, 18 February 2016
Jimmy Choux’s talented daughter What Choux Want has had her North Island campaign extended.
The Riccarton filly finished an unlucky third in her Ellerslie debut last m......
The Hassler to back up in Avondale Guineas
Posted On: Thursday, 18 February 2016
Last-start Te Rapa winner
The Hassler (Shocking) will back up in the Avondale Guineas. After pushing his New Zealand Derby case with a victory at Te Rapa last Saturday, The Hassler has a chanc......
Cameron retains the ride on Xtravagant, labelling him a once in every 10-year horse
Posted On: Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Matt Cameron has been confirmed as the rider of the Rich Hill Stud graduate
Xtravagant when the star three-year-old travels across the Tasman for a tilt at the Gr.1 Australian Guineas on March......
Xtravagant bounces through Te Rapa triumph
Posted On: Monday, 15 February 2016
Stephen Autridge, who in partnership with Jamie Richards prepares high-class three-year-old Xtravagant, is delighted with the way the valuable colt has come through Saturday's Gr. 1 NRM Sprint s......
Pentathlon progresses well
Posted On: Monday, 15 February 2016
Pentathlon (Pentire) will have a race-day look around Ellerslie a week before his major northern mission.
"He'll run in the Nathans Memorial and then the Auckland Cup," trainer John Wheeler sa......
First Australian Winner for Jimmy Choux
Posted On: Monday, 15 February 2016
click to watch race finish Jimmy Choux sired his first winner in Australia when Echappe scored a convincing win at Bathurst yesterday.Ridden by Winona Costin and trained by John Sargent, Echappe......
Shockings Derby hope steps up
Posted On: Saturday, 13 February 2016
Promising staying prospect
The Hassler has added further momentum to his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby campaign.
The son of Rich Hill Stud's Shocking doubled his winning tally when he comprehensivel......
Boom Pentire colt doubles Group One haul with commanding win
Posted On: Saturday, 13 February 2016
Rich Hill Stud's superstar colt
Xtravagant tuned up for an Australian campaign with another peerless performance at Te Rapa this afternoon.
The home-bred son of Pentire showed his previous fo......
Xtravagant takes on speed machines in Group I Te Rapa sprint
Posted On: Friday, 12 February 2016
Take them or leave them, like them or loathe them, speed maps do have a place when reading form for black-type races.
How accurate they become when reality strikes and 14 top class sprinters ta......
Three Shocking fillies set to contest Sir Tristram Fillies Classic
Posted On: Friday, 12 February 2016
Tomorrow's Te Rapa meeting features the
Gr.2 Sir Tristram Fillies Classic (2000m), an important stepping stone for many heading to March's
Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks. Among those using the race as......
Onstage readies to take stage for Baker Racing
Posted On: Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Jimmy Choux two-year-old filly
Onstage made her winning trial debut today at Matamata.
An easy 3¼ length win, it came over 800 metres in a sharp time of 46.56 seconds, and confirms her as b......
Secret Weapon makes it 71 stakes winners for CHOISIR
Posted On: Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The global nature of racing was highlighted at Sha Tin on Saturday when a British born son of Choisir in
Secret Weapon claimed his first Black Type win in the Centenary Vase HK Gr 3.
The six ......
Xtravagant confirmed for NRM Sprint
Posted On: Saturday, 6 February 2016
Xtravagant booked his place in next Saturday's Gr. 1 NRM Sprint with an impressive gallop at Matamata this morning.
Freshened since his fourth place in the Gr. 1 Levin Classic on January 16, he g......
A strong Karaka yearling sale for the Rich Hill sires
Posted On: Friday, 5 February 2016
JIMMY CHOUX continues to make an impression in the New Zealand sire ranks, his second-crop yearlings in BIG DEMAND at Karaka last week...
With
Jimmy Choux's two Premier filly's selling for
$......
Dual-purpose outing for Pentire's Derby contender
Posted On: Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards hope to cash in on a "two for the price of one" deal with
Zambezi Warrior when the three-year-old steps out at the Auckland meeting tomorrow.
The Matamata ......
McKee Fan of Jimmy Choux
Posted On: Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Fresh from victory in the rich Listed Karaka Million at Ellerslie with 2015 Karaka sale graduate Xiong Feng, trainer Stephen McKee is already eying up a second million dollar prize in 2018.
M......
