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Back riding RACEDAY!! Unfortunately for now it's only on the simulator horse and a bit tough that it was a 2000m race first up!! Very puffed that will... By Nicci_2025 01 23_16 41 47_1_980.mp4 -
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By TAB For Ever · Posted
Michael Mein a good Canterbury jockey...I see rode 252 winners and ranks 250 th on NZ most-wins list. His father Graham [GW] had a longer career riding 713 winners and 68th on NZ list...which can be googled ! He was a good solid experienced jockey , winning a NZ Derby when it at Riccarton around 1960 and rode Sailing Home early in her career. Ali [AK] Robinson was a top Otago rider during his time . and rode many top horses including The Twinkle and other Dennis Bros horses. And rode many winners for the Andertons incl Princess Mellay and Brown Satin [NZ Oaks] plus a 2000 guineas on Clansman and a Stewards on Grey Way.He rode Grey Way a few times only and Show Gate just once ,unplaced.He rode at a competitive time in the South with Bob Skelton, JR Dowling ,JCollet among others. He was in top 5 NZ jockeys for the 1970's and with 828 wins is # 56 on most-wins list. He rode jumpers as well for a while being top NZ jumps jockey one year ,and 3rd for 70's decade ! He also branched out into training .He had stables on corner of Factory rd and Wingatui rd ,directly opposite to AE Didham, very close to Gordon Thomson and just down the road from the Andertons. In recent times I think he worked for GRogerson and when I spoke to him during Cup week 2024 he said he lived down the end of Riccarton straight ! -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Brigette Solomon The wins keep coming for Junior driver Harrison Orange and Canterbury based trainer Michael House with the pair combining to clinch the Wellington – Otaki Cup double after Gotta Elect Bill took out the Grant Plumbing Ltd Otaki Cup Mobile Pace yesterday. “It was pretty cool to get back to back wins on him in these country cups” said Orange “I thought we’d possibly get a similar run to what we did on Sunday given the field and draws were pretty much the same but he was really tough and deserved the wins both days.” Starting from a wide draw of eight, Orange sent Gotta Elect Bill forward and after briefly sitting three wide early, settled in the parked position outside the leader Lord Delmar. The leader set only a moderate pace and Orange began to apply pressure from the 800 metre mark, moving forward to eyeball Lord Delmar until the top of the home straight. Gotta Elect Bill got his head in front with around 300 metres to run and showed his toughness when battling on to the line to win by a length over stable mate The Next Best Thing (2nd) and Lord Delmar (3rd). It was the six year old gelding’s eighth career win from 44 starts and brought his earning’s to just over $78,000. Orange also scored a winning driving double yesterday when Kourtney Kardash won the Raynor Holdings Ltd Mobile Pace for Pukekohe trainer Shane Butcher. It was a dominant win by Bettor’s Delight mare, who after sitting parked cleared out to win by a 4.5 length margin and gave the mare back to back wins over the two day meeting. Also of note at Otaki were two significant milestone events with Canterbury trainer Bernard Lomas scoring his first training win, and Dylan Ferguson scoring his 200th driving win on the Murray Logan trained Captain Zenzi. Lomas’ win came when The Gardener’s Pride took out the Kapiti Members and Supporters Handicap Trot and it was also the 11 year old mare’s maiden win. “I’m originally from Levin and have plenty of family up here who were all here today” said Lomas “As kids we went to the Levin and Otaki races, and it was one of my bucket list things to race a horse at Otaki, so it was pretty special to get my first win here.” “It’s really a great feeling of satisfaction as I’ve done everything with the mare from breeding and foaling her, to breaking her in and training her.” Driven by junior driver Stephanie Burley, the mare stepped quickly to head the field over the first half of the race. At the 1000 metre mark, the trailing Henrik Lundqvist peeled out and took over the lead, providing The Gardener’s Pride with cover through to the passing lane. Upon seeing open ground, the mare ran on well levelling the leader and running on by to win by 2.5 lengths after a foot perfect race. “She’d only been worked quietly leading into day one of Otaki as she’d had a minor issue, so she really needed that run on Sunday which brought her on nicely for today’s win and Stephanie drove her beautifully.” Uniquely, The Gardener’s Pride also had a daughter competing in the same event, Senior Constable Liz, who finished in sixth place. “Senior Constable Liz is named after my sister who was a police officer and unfortunately passed away a couple of years ago” said Lomas “She went well enough today and I’ll probably be back again with her next year as we have had such a wonderful time racing here. Buddy Lammas who hosted the horse, and all the locals have just been great and were full of congratulations after the win.” View the full article -
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By Jonny Turner Jovial Jay notched a first for one of Otago racing’s most well-known sets of silks with his win at Oamaru on Wednesday. The pacer prevailed in a hectic affair with driver Jonny Cox wearing the colours of champion thoroughbred trainer Brian Anderton. The white, red and green silks have won hundreds of races in the thoroughbred code and been carried by many of Anderton’s outstanding gallopers. “I thought I would get them registered and that was only the third time they have been out there in a trotting race,” Anderton said. “I have had them since I started out, so they have been around a fair while.” Appropriately, the colours had their first outing at Anderton’s home track at Wingatui, at its December harness racing meeting. Anderton has been racing standardbreds since the early 1970s, and his journey began with his good friend the late Bryan ‘Mouse’ Kennedy. Though there has been plenty of success along the way, things didn’t get off to an ideal start. “Mouse and I were friends for many years, he came and worked for my father when he was 13-year-old,” Anderton said. “We borrowed a mare off Mouse’s father and we bred her to Lordship.” “We got her going and she was having her first start at Timaru for Barry Nyhan.” “Barry thought she would win and she loomed up to them and then just stopped in a hole.” “It turned out she had a wind problem, so we decided to breed from her.” “We have kept breeding from that line right the way through and Jovial Jay is the latest one we have had racing.” “We have tried to go to the best stallions along the way and we have had a bit of luck.” “But we have had a lot of fun along the way too.” Anderton has raced Jovial Jay with the estate of Mouse Kennedy following his passing. Kennedy’s wife Sandra takes a keen interest in the breed and watched Jovial Jay’s victory with Anderton on Wednesday. Jovial Jay is by Sweet Lou from Anderton’s smart former race mare New Year’s Jay. Now a 19-year-old broodmare, the pacer was prepared by Amber Hoffman and Jonny Cox, who teamed up to produce Jovial Jay to win at Oamaru. New Year’s Jay produced a full sister to Jovial Jay in the spring. The mare’s two-year-old by Art Major is in work with Hoffman and is showing promise. View the full article
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