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Beauden best on favourite track

Tuhikaramea visitor Beauden made light work of his 59kg topweight as he took out the Listed Japac Homes FastTrack $5k Marton Cup (2200m) on his favourite Awapuni track. The Team Rogerson-trained galloper had won five times from just seven outings at the Palmerston North circuit before Saturday and added a sixth victory and his first at stakes level with a comprehensive performance in the hands of regular rider Ryan Elliot. Send out a $2 favourite off the back of a gritty placing in the Gr.1 Zabe...

Trelawney focus moves offshore

Trelawney Stud has landed some heavy hits on the domestic scene with its quality racing team and their immediate attention is now turning to Australia with a band of well-related fillies set to step out in the coming weeks.Brent and Cherry Taylor’s Cambridge farm has a focus on developing race fillies to join its broodmare band and G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas winner Loire (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice) and G2 Royal S. winner Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux {NZ}) have significantly...

Favourite takes out Rich Hill Mile

Visiting rider Mick Dee wasn’t going to let fellow ex-pat kiwi James McDonald take all the glory at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when he struck gold on race favourite Prise De Fer in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). Dee overcame a tricky barrier draw on the Jamie Richards-trained four-year-old who is really starting to hit his straps now with four wins in succession. After showing promise in a three-year-old campaign that saw him finish close up in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m), Gr.2...

Crowning glory for Two Illicit

Two Illicit’s perceived lack of commercial appeal put a stop to her being offered through the sales ring as a yearling, but her victory in the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Wednesday has certainly changed that fate for her future progeny. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained filly took her tally to three wins and two placings from just five starts, including victory in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) and a last start runner-up effort behind Jennif...

Two Illicit back to Ellerlise for Boxing Day test

Robert Wellwood is excited about the prospects of three-year-old filly Two Illicit who will be aiming for back-to-back stakes victories when she contests the Gr.2 SkyCity Eight Carat Classic (1600m) on Thursday. The daughter of Jimmy Choux who races in the Trelawney Stud silks boasts a near impeccable formline after two victories and a placing from just three starts, including a last start victory in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m). “She’s a lovely filly and she’s in grand ord...

Concert Hall on song in Manawatu Cup

Visiting Cambridge mare Concert Hall was back to her brilliant best when she demolished her opposition in Saturday’s Gr.3 Aberdeen On Broadway Manawatu Cup (2300m). The Joan Egan-bred and owned five-year-old had been slowly building to her peak form in recent starts which included an eye-catching run for fourth in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) last month. Steady rain during the week saw the Awapuni track rated a Slow8 for the meeting which had some doubting the Savabeel mare’s credentials on...

Stallion Ocean's Fourteen back on track

It takes a special type of horse to be serving mares while still racing and Trelawney Stud graduate Ocean's Fourteen fits that bill. The five-year-old runs at Flemington on Saturday in the #Lovethehorse Trophy (1600m), his second start back after a knee injury his owners thought would force him into premature retirement. Ballarat trainer Simon Morrish says you would never know Ocean's Fourteen was a stallion serving mares given his demeanour around the stable. After beginning his career with Cia...

Starting gate stumble no barrier to Beauden

After narrowly avoiding disaster as he left the starting gates, promising galloper Beauden showed just what a talent he could become over a staying journey when he demolished his rivals in Saturday’s open 2000m event at Awapuni. The Team Rogerson-trained five-year-old stumbled badly as the field emerged from the barrier with rider Ryan Elliot somehow maintaining his balance as his mount scrambled back to his feet. Unable to take up his normal forward position, Beauden settled back before charg...

Heir of Tavistock back with bang

Trelawney Stud graduate Heir of Tavistock has started his summer campaign in hot fashion and looks just the type to continue his progression.Trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra produced him for a bold first-up victory at Echuca on Thursday.It was a tidy performance from the four-year-old who was bred by Trelawney Stud in partnership with Whakanui Stud, and he went on to win with authority under 58.5kg over 1400m.The son of Tavistock’s two previous successes had been over a mile so more gr...

Telegraph possible for Emily Margaret

Emily Margaret’s runner-up performance over 1200m at Riccarton on Saturday has got her connections thinking. The Group Two-winning daughter of Pins put in a disappointing effort when tailing the field home in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) last month, but her performance on Saturday has co-trainer Kevin Hughes weighing up a tilt at the Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham next month. “I was very pleased with her on Saturday because there was a bit of a muck-up in...

Prise De Fer brings up hat trick

Prise De Fer (Savabeel x Foiled) scored his third consecutive win on Saturday when successful in the  Dunstan Feeds Championship Qualifier (1500m) at Ellerslie. After winning in October at Te Teko and November at Pukekohe, trainer Jamie Richards elected to give the horse time between runs, with a view that victory could steer a path towards the $100,000 Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) on January 1 at Ellerslie. Patience has proved a virtue and been rewarded with terrific winning performances an...

Professional display nets stakes victory for Two Illicit

Promising three-year-old Two Illicit continued the winning roll of Trelawney Stud couple, Brent and Cherry Taylor when she produced a professional display to take out the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie. Carrying the familiar red and green Trelawney colours that were sported by recent Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Loire, Two Illicit was tackling stakes company for the first time off the back of her maiden victory at the same venue last month. With regular rid...

Blueblood filly salutes for Trelawney Stud

Impeccably bred filly Zayydani (Savabeel x Ruqqaya) maintained her unbeaten record when she scored over 1600m at Seymour on Sunday.Owned by her breeders, Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud, the three-year-old Savabeel filly is a half sister to multiple Group One winner Grunt (O’Reilly) who now stands at stud in Australia. She is from the Van Nistelrooy mare Ruqqaya, the older half-sister of four-time Group One winner Ocean Park who stands successfully at Waikato Stud and has enjoye...

Waller’s star set to shine in The Gong

The lure of a one million purse has been too attractive for leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller. The expat Kiwi horseman will line-up three runners in the A$1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday, including the Trelawney Stud-bred gelding Star Of The Seas. Waller opted for the race over a trip to Perth with two of his runners, citing the reduced risks involved with racing closer to home. “The beauty with million dollar races is you can see them coming a fair way out and two of our hor...

Trelawney enjoying real success with early purchase

Real Success (NZ) (Success Express {USA}) has been a mare that has lived up to her name for Trelawney Stud with the Cambridge nursery continuing to be rewarded for its initial investment back in the early 1990s. She was a smart mare on the track and won the G2 Dulcie S. and at Group 3 level in the Royal S. and Centaine S. from the stable of Frank Ritchie before Brent and Cherry Taylor added her to their broodmare band. “Real Success was one of the first high quality mares we purchased off the ...

AUDIO: Tony Pike

Trackside Radio’s Des Coppins speaks with trainer Tony Pike about Loire’s win in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). https://soundcloud.com/trackside-radio/tony-pike-8...

2YOs Ready To Run

Trelawney Stud are making a return to the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale and will offer four lots for sale this week. The Cambridge-based farm are quick to get proceedings underway with Lot 1 heading their consignment. He is the first foal out of Listed Welcome Stakes winner Jacquetta, and from the first crop of dual Group One winner Kermadec. Lot 4 is a colt by Ocean Park out of Listed Bonecrusher Stakes winner Jungle Juice. The progeny of Ocean Park are running red hot at the moment ...

Cambridge couple make correct call with class filly

The decision to withdraw a nomination for their royally bred Redoute’s Choice filly from the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale paid off in spades for Cambridge couple Brent and Cherry Taylor on Saturday when she took out the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Subsequently named Loire, the now three-year-old, who is a half-sister to Group One winner A Touch Of Ruby, also provided close friend Kate Plaw with her biggest moment in racing after the ...

Group One Guineas win for Loire

Despite displaying some wayward tendencies over the closing stages Cambridge filly Loire stamped her class in emphatic style as she took out the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained three-year-old had been to the forefront of discussions in the weeks leading up to the Riccarton feature before a below par effort in the Gr.3 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie last month. A vet inspection revealed the Redoute’s Choice filly had suffered a hea...

Savaheat spot on at Flemington

Savaheat (Savabeel x Heat Storm) continued a winning trend from Trelawney Stud graduates this week when successful at Flemington on Thursday.Savaheat was backing up off a last-start win at Moe over a mile and looked to appreciate the step up in distance of the Twitter Trophy (1800m).Under a patient ride from jockey Michael Dee, Savaheat jumped well and settled at the rear of the field with all bar one runner ahead of him. Travelling three wide on the turn, Savaheat made his move and before long ...

Te Akau success for Trelawney graduates

Trelawney Stud graduates running in the renowned Te Akau racing silks scored two wins in as many days this week. Challa (Dissident x Are There Any) started off proceedings winning at New Plymouth on Friday evening. The stakes’ placed Challa made a welcome return to racing with a dominant victory in the Denis Wheeler Earthmoving Maiden 3YO (1100m). Challa managed the lead comfortably, with jockey Michael McNab steadying the pace, and came clear when he let the brakes go at the 300m.  ...

Zayydani delivers on debut

The Trelawney Stud bred and owned Zayydani (Savabeel x Ruqqaya) made the best possible start to her racing career with an impressive win at Seymour on Thursday. Ridden by Luke Nolen for the Lindsay Park Racing, Zayydani settled at the back of the field before Nolen made his move just before the home turn. The response was immediate and the daughter of Savabeel put the race to bed in a matter of strides, hitting the line three and a quarter lengths ahead of Sacred Kiwi.Despite winning a trial at ...

Trelawney filly too good at Ellerslie

Two Illicit (Jimmy Choux x Gemini) was one of three winners bred by Trelawney Stud on Saturday.The Roger James and Rob Wellwood-trained three-year-old travelled mid-field on the rail in the Auckland Co-Op Taxis 1400 and looked like her run to the post would be hampered by traffic.However jockey Donavan Mansour moved her out wide once they were on the straight and given clear running ahead of her, Two Illicit showed a good turn of foot to sprint past her rivals with 50m to go to score by 1.3L. â€...

Perfect Manikato build-up for The Bostonian

Everything has fallen into place for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike in the build-up to Friday’s Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley, where his star sprinter The Bostonian will chase a third elite Australian victory in the last six months. The son of Jimmy Choux, who carries the Trelawney Stud brand after being born and raised on the farm for owner-breeder David Archer, won the Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) and Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) during Queensland’s winter carnival, earning...

Trelawney graduates land Moe double

Two graduates of Trelawney Stud's 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale draft were in the winner's circle at Moe on Thursday.Gundown (High Chaparral x Lady of The House) came from the rear of the field to land the Moe Cup (2050m) in style, relishing the rain-softened conditions. The five-year-old son of High Chaparral made the most of the worsening track conditions to power over the top of his rivals to score by a length and a quarter from Annarbor, with $26 chance Mr Clarify a half-neck ba...