Frodo too fast in Group 2 feature
Pocket rocket Tavi Mac, who affectionately carries the moniker Frodo due to his diminutive stature and ungainly build, captured the biggest victory of his burgeoning...
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Proud-as-punch Parsons would love to provide record-breaker
There aren’t many prouder of Chris Johnson then North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons. As Johnson guided the Ellis Winsloe-trained Point Score to success...
Parsons mare ideally placed
Six-year-old mare Kiwi Ida will start favourite in Wednesday’s Group 3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) on the back of an eye-catching performance when...
Patient approach with unlucky Moana
Chad Ormsby knows he was unlucky not to return from Hastings with a Guineas win on the board as a trainer, but he was thrilled...
Kiwi Ida thriving ahead of Tarzino
Six-year-old mare Kiwi Ida is in fine fettle heading into Saturday’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) with the John and Karen Parsons-trained mare staying in...
Kiwi Ida on target for Foxbridge
Group 1 performer Kiwi Ida is set to fly the South Island flag in the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa...
Refreshed Parsons ready for racing return
Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons were in a more fortunate position than most throughout New Zealand’s month-long lockdown, with the husband and wife training...
Parsons shoot for Group 1 double at Te Rapa
Dreams are free! That’s Karen Parson’s response to any suggestion she could land a Group 1 double with Kiwi Ida and Camino Rocoso at Te...
Group 1 Te Rapa missions for in-form stablemates
Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons are hoping their North Island luck holds two-fold at the Te Rapa premier meeting on Saturday week. The North...
Southern mare takes the spoils in Westbury Classic
Outstanding southern mare Kiwi Ida showed northern racegoers a glimpse of her undoubted class when she dashed home to take out the Group 2 Westbury...
Southern raiders set to plunder more northern spoils
John and Karen Parsons are becoming accustomed to plundering northern spoils of late and the Balcairn trainers will attempt to do the same at Ellerslie...
Southern mare springs upset in Awapuni feature
Underrated southern mare Kiwi Ida scored her biggest career victory when she upset the favourites in Saturday’s Group 2 Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m)...
Parsons’ hold strong hand at Wingatui
Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons are taking a team of ten horses to Friday’s Wingatui meeting, headed by Shezatoucha and Kiwi Ida, who will...
Kiwi Ida takes out Breeders’ Stakes
The John And Karen Parsons-owned and trained galloper Kiwi Ida added a second stakes win to her tally when she took out the Group 3...