Tag: 'Lisa Allpress'

Dazzling Miss

In-form partnership chase Breeders’ crown with Dazzling Miss

Dazzling Miss will contest Saturday's Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeder’s Stakes, and owners Joe and Max Smithies are hoping the winning form continues.
Whangaehu

Whangaehu poised for Auckland Cup tilt

Whangaehu has taken a significantly different route to the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) than Bill Thurlow’s last contender Glory Days.

Awapuni mare chasing Grand target at Te Rapa

Progressive Awapuni mare La Bella Grande will make the journey north to Te Rapa on Wednesday with a potentially lucrative goal in mind.

Sagunto thrashes rivals in Manawatu Cup

Sagunto returned to defend his Group 3 Manawatu Cup crown with an even more spectacular front-running performance at Trentham on Saturday.

Kelly Coe claims Wanganui Cup

The Listed feature at Wanganui on Saturday, the Wanganui Cup could have had no more fitting and popular winner than Kelly Coe.

Faraglioni produces impressive Group Two audition

A stylish come-from-behind win on Saturday at Trentham has put talented mare Faraglioni firmly on track for a black-type mission in the north later this...
Times Ticking

Hastings a happy hunting ground for MacGregor

The final day of the Hawke’s Bay Carnival has been a happy hunting ground for Alby MacGregor and Times Ticking, and they hope it can...

Times Ticking primed for Group 1 assignment

Times Ticking has overcome a setback for a belated crack at a top-flight title at the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival in the Group 1 Arrowfield...

Phelan looking to strike in opening juvenile contest

Take The Crown has done everything asked of him by Shaun Phelan ahead of his debut at Wanganui on Saturday in the opening juvenile contest...

Itza Charmdeel primed for Wanganui Guineas

Itza Charmdeel will bid to complete a hat-trick of wins and a brace at stakes level when he returns to the Central Districts on Saturday.

Times Ticking on track for Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival

Times Ticking showed he is on target for the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival following his pleasing hit-out at Awapuni’s synthetic trials on Tuesday.
Lisa Allpress

Lisa Allpress as motivated as ever

Lisa Allpress has recently taken an enforced injury layoff, but returned to riding at Otaki last Friday, with her motivation for winning as strong as...

Surgery-bound Allpress determined to reach 2000-win milestone

Leading jockey Lisa Allpress remains committed to reaching 2000 career wins, despite having to miss at least half a year due to shoulder surgery. Allpress...

Press Charges upsets in Southland Guineas

An aggressive display of front running riding by Lisa Allpress paved the way for lightly raced three-year-old Press Charges to upset the applecart when taking...

No catching Sagunto in Manawatu Cup

A day that started in perfect fashion for trainer Peter McKay when Purrfect Puss saluted in the second race got even better for the Matamata...

Road trip a winner on two fronts

A lengthy round trip to Woodville this week successfully served a dual purpose in Janelle Millar’s countdown to a top-flight target with her talented mare...

New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton abandoned

One of the biggest days on the New Zealand domestic racing calendar, New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton, was abandoned after race three on Saturday...
Opie Bosson

Bosson to cop suspension on chin

Champion jockey Opie Bosson has no plans to appeal the lengthy suspension he incurred on the closing day of the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival. While...

Darci La Bella adds stakes victory to burgeoning record

Progressive mare Darci La Bella added a valuable black-type victory to an already outstanding race record when she strode clear to win the Group 3...
Defibrillate

Group One homecoming for Defibrillate

Graham Richardson is hoping for the perfect homecoming for Defibrillate when he contests the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday. After...

Dark Destroyer all business in Group One victory

Dark Destroyer, one of last season’s top three-year-olds showed he has come back as a spring four-year-old in fine fettle as he produced a resolute...

Fillies have Wanganui distance bases covered

The respective distances of the feature age group events at Wanganui on Saturday made it an easy call for trainer Allan Sharrock to split his...

Australia beckons runaway debut winner

Miss Take’s time in New Zealand is limited following the sale of a majority share in the exciting filly on the eve of her effortless...

Sophmaze heads Sharrock’s classy Ryder duo

New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will have a two-pronged attack on Saturday’s Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) headed by last-start stakes winner Sophmaze and...
Swords Drawn

Caloundra Cup tilt for Swords Drawn

Swords Drawn will likely have his last start for trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray when he lines-up in the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) on...