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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 27 November 2022
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Promising stayer the Belle of the Ball at Wanganui
Progressive staying mare La Flora Belle set the scene for further success over the summer months with a determined effort to take out the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday. The Mark Walker-trained five-year-old had picked up her first career victory back in February
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Double delight for Zackey at Te Rapa
Fresh off winning the first feature race on the card at Te Rapa on Saturday aboard Waitak in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial (1500m), South African jockey Craig Zackey added the main event of the day when he guided Prise De Fer to a narrow victory in the
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Impressive Waitak swoops on Eagle Memorial
A storming late run by powerfully built three-year-old Waitak continued the latest run of success for his sire Proisir as he captured the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial (1500m) at Te Rapa. Placed at Group One level as a two-year-old when prepared by Peter and
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Camino Rocoso shoots for third Cromwell Cup win
North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons would get no greater satisfaction than seeing veteran stayer Camino Rocoso win the Positive Signs And Print Cromwell Cup (2030m) for a third time on Sunday. The husband and wife trainers produced the nine-year-old gelding for Cromwell Cup wins in 2019
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Fresh is best for Paisley Park
Paisley Park will have two major factors in his favour when he fronts trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall’s black type challenge at Te Rapa on Saturday. The versatile son of Azamour is in tip-top order for the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) while younger stablemate Channel
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Railway dream resonates with Frye
Danny Frye describes Our Echo's entry for January's Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa as "pie-in-the-sky" optimism but the North Canterbury trainer is keen to give the emerging sprinter his shot at elite-level glory. Our Echo begins a
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Devastate snares Wellington Stakes
Devastate (NZ) (Vadamos) continued his rapid progression with a successful return to Otaki on Thursday to add the Gr.3 Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) to his record and continue a dream run for trainer Andrew Forsman. The son of Rich Hill Stud stallion Vadamos completed a double for the
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Hold The Press upsets in Levin Stakes
Butler (NZ) (Showcasing) was all the rage ahead of the Listed Levin Stakes (1400m) at Otaki on Thursday, but it was local hope Hold The Press (Press Statement) who upset the apple cart. Trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard thought the Press Statement mare was a good place chance heading
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Forsman’s rich run continues
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman’s golden run continued at Avondale on Wednesday when he picked up a winning double from just the two starters. Full Of Sincerity (NZ) (Puccini) added a win to his two previous placings when taking out the Unlock Avondale Development (1600m), while stakes targets now await
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Forsman calls up younger troops
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman will be relying on younger members of his team to keep the stable in the black-type limelight this week. Forsman has three-year-old features in his sights with Devastate sent south to Otaki for Thursday’s Gr.3 Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) while
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Butler looking to clean-up at Otaki
Promising gelding Butler (NZ) (Showcasing) will be after his first stakes scalp when he heads to Otaki on Thursday to contest the Listed Courtesy Ford Levin Stakes (1200m). The Allan Sharrock-trained five-year-old impressed when runner-up to Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate