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Emotional Guineas win for Christchurch filly

An emotional Kevin Hughes was pleasantly surprised to get the judges call in his favour when his bonny filly Emily Margaret prevailed in a tight finish to the Gr.2 Norwood Family Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Riccarton horseman, who trains in partnership with his wife Pam, fought back tears as his thoughts turned to the victims of the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, an atrocity committed in his home patch.   “It’s unbelievable, I thought we were second,�...

Trelawney bred stars in Sydney

Star of the Seas continued his run of good form winning the opener at Rosehill on Saturday. The four-year-old son of Ocean Park has been runner-up at his last two starts and was backing up from a run on the same track at the same distance on February 23. The progressive Chris Waller-trained gelding has proven previously his ability to handle rain-affected going and looked more than comfortable finishing strongly to the line to claim the Catanach's Handicap (1350m) on a Heavy10. "It was a good ef...

Winkelmann a winner

Winkelmann made a perfect return to racing on Friday night scoring at Moonee Valley in the Powerflo Solutions Kate O’Sullivan Cup (1600m). The five-year-old daughter of Rip Van Winkle was resuming off a spell having not been seen on raceday since July last year. Jockey Craig Williams made use of her good barrier and pushed the mare up to settle behind the leader. As the leader moved off the rail rounding the home turn Williams allowed Winkelmann to sneak up the rail and urged her to the front ...

Super Saturday of racing ahead

Trelawney Stud is set for another super Saturday of racing this weekend with runners bred, sold or raced by the farm contesting feature races on both sides of the Tasman. The long-awaited inaugural running of the A$5m All Star Mile takes place at Flemington with Grunt, who will be ridden by champion jockey Damien Oliver, drawing barrier 15. The Mick Price-trained son of O'Reilly, who was bred by Trelawney and purchased out of their 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock yearling draft, is proven on the cou...

Price expects bold mile showing from Grunt

Trainer Mick Price insists Grunt is on target to perform strongly in the A$5 million All-Star Mile despite a midfield finish in a Group Three handicap in his only lead-up race. Grunt finished sixth in the Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) at Flemington eight days ago when he lumped 61.5kg in the race won by Violate. Price was using the race as Grunt's springboard to this Saturday's inaugural All-Star Mile over the Flemington 1600m. Grunt has excelled over the course and distance with Group One...

Sandrine proves too tough in Ellerslie slog

A mud-spattered Cameron Lammas completed an early raceday double in the worst of the conditions at Ellerslie on Saturday when he guided promising mare Sandrine home in the second race of the day. Having taken the opening event on Spindle, Lammas produced a gem of an effort on the Team Rogerson-trained Sandrine as he navigated a path through the water-logged track in the 1600m contest that was run in the middle of a heavy downpour. Lammas had the Savabeel four-year-old trucking along nicely under...

Scholarship Blog- Ryan Stacey

Keith & Faith Taylor scholarship winner Ryan Stacey provides his first update from the Irish National Stud- As I arrived in Dublin after a surprisingly straightforward 24-hour trip, I was welcomed by Jerry who works at the Irish National Stud. He was there to pick up myself and 2 other students, Jock Ferguson (AUS) and Fabian Puchta (GER). A lovely overcast day and a crisp southerly met us as we walked out of the airport. Lucky I had prepared for it. After a 45-minute drive were at the Irish Nat...

Gundown presents Auckland Cup credentials with Ellerslie win

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman trained Gundown emerged as a genuine lightweight prospect for next Saturday’s Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) after winning handsomely at Ellerslie on the weekend. The lightly-raced four-year-old who was purchased out of Trelawney Stud's 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock yearling draft, produced a powerful home straight surge to defeat stablemate Zacada in the traditional Cup lead-up, the Headquarters Viaduct Nathans Memorial (2200m), and thrust his n...

Emily heads winning Saturday

Emily Margaret headed  a Trelawney graduate double on Saturday, with Special Light, who runs in the Trelawney silks, adding a further victory to the tally. A trip north to contest the Gr.2 Norwood Family Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham beckons for multiple stakes-winning filly Emily Margaret after a dominant on-speed victory at Wingatui in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m). Ridden by Robert Hannam, the Central Districts rider took luck out of the equation, venturing straight to...

Super stakes Saturday

Saturday is shaping up to be a super day of stakes racing for Trelawney Stud graduates. Dual Group One winner Grunt, who was bred by Trelawney and sold through their 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock draft,  will tackle the Gr.3 The TAB Shaftsbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) at Flemington in the lead-up to the inaugural A$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) in a fortnight’s time. Trainer Mick Price is happy with the son of O’Reilly heading into Saturday’s contest and is hoping he will be able to ge...

Cosgrave to partner Noby in Derby

Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Pat Cosgrave will make a flying visit to Auckland this weekend to partner the Chris Waller-trained Nobu (Reliable Man x Royal Prize) in the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m).  The 36-year-old Northern Irishman shot to prominence in this part of the world after partnering Benbatl to win the Gr.1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) last October before adding the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Best Solution a week later.  Cosgrave, who is currently based in Dubai, w...

Saturday to decide Guineas tilt for Emily Margaret

A trip north to contest the Gr.2 Norwood Family Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham beckons for stakes-winning filly Emily Margaret (Pins x Seven Schillings) if she performs well at Wingatui on Saturday. The Kevin and Pam Hughes-trained galloper will line-up in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) on Saturday and her connections are pleased with her in the lead-up to the race. “She seems fine, she’s freshened-up a wee bit,” Kevin Hughes said.  “We have good paddocks here (Ricc...

Grunt to resume for new owners

All-Star Mile contender Grunt will have his first run for new managing owners in Saturday’s Gr.3 Shaftesbury Avenue Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Expanding racing and breeding operation Yulong Investments has bought 51 percent of Grunt from an ownership group that includes Chautauqua’s owner Rupert Legh. Yulong Racing’s Australian chief operating officer Sam Fairgray said Grunt would carry the operation’s green and white silks for the first time on Saturday before the four-year-old’s p...

Grunt "perfect" in trial

Trelawney Stud graduate and dual Group One winner Grunt is on track for a tilt at the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) after finishing third in a 990 metre Cranbourne barrier trial on Monday. Trainer Mick Price described the performance as “perfect” after the four-year-old entire finished one and a quarter lengths in third behind Group One-winning sprinter Malaguerra and Travimyfriend. “He did everything I wanted to see,’’ Price told Racing.com. “ Another 100 yards he probably sti...

Mare puts in special performance at Ellerslie

A step up to weekend racing at Ellerslie proved no problem for Special Light who put in a strong performance to win the Auckland Co-op Taxis (2100m). The four-year-old mare, who races in the Trelawney Silks for Brent, Cherry and Faith Taylor, was coming off a mid-week win at Hastings on January 30. The Tony-Pike trained Special Light jumped well and travelled behind pacemaker Remarx for the majority of the trip before Samantha Collett launched a beautifully timed challenge on the home straight, ...

2YO set for debut at the Valley

A dashing colt by the name of Untie The Knot (Ocean Park x The Iffraaj Dame) will make his raceday debut at Moonee Valley on Friday evening. He will be the first of many upcoming two year-old runners for Eden Racing this season. Purchased in conjunction with Bluegrass Bloodstock at the 2018 New Zealand Karaka Sale from the draft of Trelawney Stud, Untie The Knot hails from the family of Group One winner and multiple Group Two and Three winner La Bella Dama. He is a full brother to Ocean Knight w...

Grunt on track for All-Star Mile campaign

Four-year-old Grunt is prominent in All-Star Mile voting and trainer Mick Price is convinced the dual Group One winner is on track to be a force in the inaugural A$5 million race. Grunt's Group One wins have both been over the All-Star Mile course and distance of 1600m at Flemington in last year's Australian Guineas and Makybe Diva Stakes. His spring campaign was cut short after he put in below-par runs in the Underwood Stakes and Turnbull Stakes after winning the Makybe Diva, but Price is happy...

Jimmy Choux colt tops Trelawney's Book 2 draft

It didn’t take long for the action in the Karaka auction ring to match the heated temperatures outside on day six of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. The second youngster offered on the day had barely completed his third lap of the auditorium when a bidding war erupted that was finally settled in favour of young bloodstock agent Robin Tai. He outlaid $190,000 under his RT Racing brand for Lot 902, the Jimmy Choux colt from handy sprinting mare Seven Schillings, who was consig...

Sebring colt headed for Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Jockey Club made a late play to secure its second yearling at Karaka this week, taking home a Sebring colt for $375,000 from the Trelawney Stud draft on Wednesday. Catalogued as Lot 573, the colt is the second foal out of the stakes-performed winner Are There Any (Exceed And Excel), who has produced the Jamie Richards-trained stakes-placed juvenile Challa (Dissident). Trelawney Stud’s Cherry Taylor revealed they bought Are There Any for A$170,000 via agent Bruce Perry at the 20...

Special Light gets maiden win

The Trelawney silks were in the winner's circle again this week when Special Light (Redoute's Choice) broke her maiden at Hawke's Bay on Wednesday. The four-year-old mare had put in two runner-up performances leading up to her win in the Macalea 2200. Jockey Donavan Mansour guided the daughter of Redoute's Choice to the early lead and she travelled relatively untroubled till coming out of the turn where she was challenged by Trumpet.   Special Light looked like she was going to have to sett...

Stilton a success at Te Teko

A well-timed ride by jockey Lynsey Satherley got Stilton over the line in front of her rivals at Te Teko on Monday. It was the first career win for the three-year-old filly who races in the Trelawney silks for the training partnership of Graham Richardson and Gavin Parker. Stilton settled at the rear of the field after the barriers opened before making her move at the 800m.  She then made her way around the field and let down strongly on the straight to go on to win by 0.4L. It was the fift...

Excellent day at Ellerslie for Trelawney grads

High-class galloper Sword of Osman (Savabeel x Bunyah) resumed with a convincing victory in the Auckland Co-op Taxis 3YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. Despite carrying 60.5kgs, Sword of Osman was strongly supported at the tote and went forward from barrier five to race quite keenly outside the leader before he took over comfortably once balanced in the straight and never appeared in danger. “He needed the run but it was pretty much like a track gallop for him,” said rider Opie Bosson. “I...

Te Akau tackle Ellerslie with Trelawney grads

Te Akau Racing will line up two Trelawney Stud graduate’s at Ellerslie on Sunday with both aiming at bigger targets on the same track a fortnight later. The stakes-placed Challa will contest Sunday's NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m) ahead of a tilt at the Karaka Million (1200m). Michael Coleman is booked to ride Challa who was a last start runner up to race rival Miss Federer in the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton in November. Challa was purchased by David Ellis out of Trelaw...

WATCH- Kiwibred Episode 7

During episode 7 of Kiwibred the team travel to Trelawney Stud to look into the story behind dual Group One winner Grunt who was bred by Trelawney and sold through their 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock draft....

Trelawney grad back on warpath

Former champion galloper War Affair (O’Reilly x Kristique) is back in Singapore and if all goes well, will be making his racing comeback at Kranji at the age of eight this year. The 2014 Singapore Horse of the Year is returning after spending more than one year in New Zealand, spelling at Trelawney Stud where he was born before joining the Stephen Marsh stable. The multiple-Group One winner last raced in Singapore on September 10, 2017, finishing a lacklustre sixth to Countofmontecristo in th...