Tag: 'Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes'

Town Cryer gets better of Prowess in Breeder’s Stakes

Town Cryer held out the late charge of multiple Group One winner Prowess as she took out the Group 3 Taranaki Breeder’s Stakes (1400m).

Sharrock trio impress in heavy Awapuni condtions

It’s onwards and upwards for a trio of Allan Sharrock’s gallopers following their placings at Awapuni under torrential rain on Saturday.

No secret it’s all about black type breakthrough

Secret Amour has fashioned a tidy record with five wins from limited opportunities and trainer Robbie Patterson is on a mission to guide the black-type...
Magic Incanto

Magic result for Pratt and Hudson at Hawera

Underrated veteran mare Magic Incanto provided both trainer Fred Pratt and rider Mereana Hudson with a major career milestone when she upset the applecart to...
Vernanme

Vernanme back to his best in Matamata Cup

Topweight Vernanme proved too tough for his rivals when he produced a gritty effort to take out Saturday’s Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m). The...
Crowning Star

Otaki mare in search of crowning glory

The Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained Crowning Star will be in search of her first stakes scalp when she heads to Hawera on Saturday for...
Bellacontte

Bellacontte out to defy recent history

Trainer Chrissy Bambry will attempt a rare feat on Saturday when high-class three-year-old Bellacontte takes on the older mares in the Group 3 Wyndspelle @...
Supreme Heights

Matamata mare reigns supreme at Hawera

Matamata mare Supreme Heights added a second stakes victory to her burgeoning record when she took out Saturday’s Group 3 Wyndspelle Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders...
Yearn

Fursdon Yearning for Hawera victory

Matamata trainer Karen Fursdon is hoping her stable star Yearn will cop a bit more luck in this year’s running of the Group 3 Wyndspelle...
Chad Ormsby

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

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...
My Callisto

Collett bullish with weekend prospects

Pukekohe trainer Richard Collett will saddle two solid chances at Ellerslie on Saturday, with My Callisto to contest the Dunstan Feeds 2100, while four-year-old mare...
Wekaforce

Northern mission for Wekaforce

Riccarton trainer Terri Rae is planning a trip to the North Island for her smart sprinter Wekaforce. Rae has won three races with the mare...