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Easter Handicap
The Easter Handicap or Easter Stakes is a major horse race held at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand. It is raced over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) by three-year-old and upwards thoroughbreds. Race history Although previously a Group 1 race, from 2017 it was reclassified to Group 2 and from 2022 to Group 3 level. In 2016, the conditions of the race changed from a handicap to set weight and penalties, but reverted back to handicap conditions in 2018. The race has been won by many of New Zealand's greatest milers, including Kindergarten (twice), Sleepy Fox (four times) and Grey Way. The Easter Handicap is now raced in late April on the same date as the Championship Stakes. Winners Since 1965 Previous winners *1964 - Tasman Sea *1963 - Final Command *1962 - Otematata *1961 - Waipari *1960 - Waipari *1959 - Marie Brizard *1958 - Japonica *1957 - Solepic *1956 - Coleridge *1955 - Fair Chance *1954 - Tesla *1953 - Misprint *1952 - Peter Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellerslie Racecourse
Ellerslie Racecourse is the main racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand, for thoroughbred racehorses. It is an undulating, grass circuit in the suburb of Ellerslie, with a circumference of just under 1,900 metres. Racing is conducted in a clockwise (right-handed) direction. History Horses have raced at Ellerslie since 1857 when Robert Graham hosted a race meeting on his property, on the site which is now Ellerslie Racecourse. The Auckland Racing club then purchased thirty-six hectares of land from Graham in 1872 on which the course is situated. The first race meeting of the Auckland Racing Club was held at Ellerslie on 25 May 1874. At this time the racecourse was a considerable distance outside the city and it took Aucklanders up to several hours to get to the course by carriage. A "platform" station, Ellerslie Racecourse Platform was opened in January 1874. Many went by train, although with the demand created by the event, as late as in 1910 they often had to travel in ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postponed
Postponed (foaled 4 April 2011) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won one minor race as a two-year-old before establishing himself as a useful middle-distance performer in the following year with wins in the Glasgow Stakes and the Great Voltigeur Stakes. In July 2015, he recorded his biggest victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse and followed up with a success in the Prix Foy. After a change of trainer he returned in 2016 to win the Dubai City of Gold, Dubai Sheema Classic, Coronation Cup and International Stakes. He was retired from racing in May 2017 having won 9 of his 20 races and earned nearly £5,000,000 in win and place prize money. Background Postponed is a bay colt with no white markings bred in Ireland by St Albans Bloodstock. He was sired by Dubawi, a top-class son of Dubai Millennium, whose wins included the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois. At stud, Dubawi has been a highly successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance (horse)
Advance was one of the great Thoroughbred colts of the New Zealand turf. Crowd-pleasing, front-running colt won good races up to 1-1/2 miles, but "The Black Demon" was best known as a superior weight-carrier, one of the best, if not the best, of all time in New Zealand—in his 19 wins he carried more than 9 st. in 13 of them—and some rank him as a better horse than Carbine. This black colt was foaled in 1896, Bred at Parawanui in the Rangitikei district of the North Island (NZ) by Donald Fraser, he was leased to J.W. Abbott and J.D. Duncan, who raced under the name "Douglas Gordon and J. Monk," and trained by Joe Prosser and ridden by Charlie Jenkins. He won his only two races as a juvenile, and at age three won ten races, seven of them in a row Breeding His dam, Laurel, a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, won twenty races for Fraser in a long career, interrupted when she was nine to produce her first foal, and then put back into racing. Her daughter Lorelei (1891, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleepy Fox
Sleepy means feeling a need for sleep, also known as somnolence. It may also refer to: People * Sleepy (rapper) (born 1984), a South Korean rapper part of the hip hop duo Untouchable * Sleepy Bill Burns (1880–1953), American baseball player * Sleepy Brown (born 1970), African American musician * Sleepy John Estes (1899–1977), African American musician * Sleepy Floyd (born 1960), retired American professional basketball player * Sleepy LaBeef (1935–2019), American rockabilly musician * Sleepy Tripp (born 1953), American racecar driver * Nikola "Sleepy" Andrews (born 1998), American Twitch streamer and former professional Overwatch player Arts and entertainment * Sleepy (character), one of the dwarfs in the film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' * ''Sleepy'' (novel), by Kate Orman based on the TV series ''Doctor Who'' * "Sleepy" (short story), an 1888 story by Anton Chekhov See also * Sleep disorder, a medical disorder of the sleep patterns * Rheum, the thin mucus dischar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Skelton (jockey)
William David Skelton (4 September 1931 – 25 November 2016) was a top jockey in New Zealand Thoroughbred horse racing who competed from the 1940s for four decades. He also rode in Australia, South Africa, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Early life and family Born in the Greymouth suburb of Cobden on 4 September 1931, Skelton was the son of William George Skelton and Gwendoline Emma Skelton (née Baker). In 1955 he married Italian-born Emanuela Valeria Macchi, and they went on to have three children, including David, who was a jockey in both Australia and New Zealand. Bill Skelton's brother, Bob, was also a successful jockey as were his other brothers, Frank, Max, and Errol, although the latter was more noted as a top trainer for many years. Racing career Skelton started as an apprentice jockey aged 13, and rode his first winner (a dead heat) aged 15 at Wingatui. He was the leading apprentice in New Zealand for four consecutive years, and champion jockey seven t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Even Stevens (horse)
Even Stevens (1957–1975) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won both the Caulfield and Melbourne cups in Australia in 1962. He was ridden in both cups by his regular rider Les Coles. Career Even Stevens won 8 races in total, including the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Werribee Cup, and £43,895 in prize money. He was leased to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but prior to sailing for England, suffered an accident in training which necessitated his retirement from racing. He was retired to stud in New Zealand in 1963 where he sired two Group 1 winners, Master John and Evenstead. He died in 1975. Namesake Australian rail operator CFCL Australia named locomotive CF4403 after the horse.Motive Power Roundup ''Motive Power ''Motive Power'' is a bi-monthly railway related magazine that focuses on diesel locomotives in Australia. The first issue was published on 23 August 1998. Its headquarters is in Sydney. The content includes photographs of locomotiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Skelton (jockey)
Robert James Skelton (28 December 1934 – 19 August 2016) was a New Zealand jockey who competed from the 1950s through the 1980s. Among his many major race wins, Skelton rode Great Sensation to three victories in the Wellington Cup in 1961-63 and won the Auckland Cup on Rose Mellay in 1974 and again in 1977 on Royal Cadenza. In 1976, he rode Van der Hum to victory in Australia's most prestigious race, the Melbourne Cup, and ten years later rode Rising Fear into second place in the 1986 Cup. He was also successful in completing a double in the Perth Cup on Magistrate in 1980 and 1981. Overall winning 20 3200m and two mile races. In the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours, Skelton was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to horse racing as a jockey. Overall he won 9 New Zealand Riding Premierships. Including the Melbourne & Perth Cups he also won numerous major races in Australia such as the Toorak Handicap, The George Adams, Feehan Stakes, Turnbull St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul O'Sullivan (horseman)
Paul O'Sullivan (born 6 Dec 1959) is a New Zealand born thoroughbred racehorse trainer. O'Sullivan trained in partnership with his father, Dave O’Sullivan, for 17 years in New Zealand. He was the champion trainer in New Zealand on 11 occasions. O'Sullivan moved to Hong Kong to train in 2004. In 2010/11, O'Sullivan brought up his double century of winners in Hong Kong. In 2022 he finished there with 516 wins and total earnings of HK$525,837,109. Paul is the brother of New Zealand premiership winning jockey Lance O'Sullivan. Significant horses * Aerovelocity (Naisoso Warrior), winner of the 2014 and 2016 Hong Kong Sprint, 2015 KrisFlyer International Sprint and Takamatsunomiya Kinen, 2016 Centenary Sprint Cup * Coogee Walk, winner of the 1998 Railway Stakes * Ensign Ewart, winner of the 1994 Railway Stakes * Fellowship, winner of the 2010 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup * High Regards, winner of the 1985 Telegraph Handicap * Horlicks, winner of the 1989 Japan Cup * Miltak, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waverley Star
Waverley Star (foaled 1982) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who is best remembered for finishing second to Bonecrusher in the 1986 Cox Plate – widely referred to as the 'race of the century'. Waverley Star, who was known as Our Waverley Star in Australia to distinguish him from a 1976 foaling of the same name, won his maiden race as a three-year-old on 30 November 1985 at Pukekohe. Prior to his first visit to Australia, for the Cox Plate, he had 13 starts for 10 wins and 2 placings in New Zealand. This included: * 2nd in the Castlemaine XXXX Easter Stakes (Group One 1600m) behind Cosmetique, with Infinite Secret third. * 1st in the Television New Zealand Stakes (Group Two 2000m WFA) beating Solveig and Santanea * 1st in the Admiralty Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on 23 August 1986 when he beat Matthew Ryan with Bonecrusher third. In the Cox Plate, he was installed 3/1 second-favourite behind fellow New Zealander Bonecrusher, who was 6/4-on. With 800 metres to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger James (horse Trainer)
Roger James is a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is notable for having trained five New Zealand Derby winners, which is more than any other trainer in New Zealand and for having won many Group One races in New Zealand and Australia. He has trained in excess of 1,200 winners. Roger James has trained on his own account but also in partnership with: * Jim Gibbs * Lance Noble * Paul Mirabelli * Ron Taylor * Robert Wellwood Notable horses and victories Roger James has trained or co-trained a large number of high-class horses, including: * Concert Hall, winner of the 2020 Zabeel Classic. * Foxwood, winner of the 1998 Captain Cook Stakes. * Hades, winner of the 1999 New Zealand Derby. * He's Remarkable, first past the post in the 2011 Railway Stakes at Ascot but demoted on protest by Perth stewards. * Pinarello, winner of the 2022 Championship Stakes and Queensland Derby. * Prowess, winner of the 2023 Karaka Million 3YO Classic * Roysyn, winner of the 1995 New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Moroney (horseman)
Michael Moroney is a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is notable for having trained Brew to win the 2000 Melbourne Cup and many other Group One races in New Zealand and Australia. Michael's father, Denny, was also involved in the racing industry and he continued to assist Michael. Michael Moroney has trained since the early 1980s on his own account but also in partnership with: * Dave O'Sullivan * Paul O'Sullivan * Graham Richardson * Andrew Scott * Paul Moroney * Chad Ormsby * Pam Gerard While based at Matamata, New Zealand, he twice won the New Zealand training premiership. He moved to Morphetville, Adelaide, Australia in 1999 and then three years later he transferred to Flemington, Victoria. Michael's brother, Paul, who he co-trained with at one stage is a bloodstock consultant and agent. Michael's sister, Sue Moroney was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the New Zealand Labour Party from 2005 until 2017. Notable horses and victories Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Allan (jockey)
Tony Allan (born in Pukekohe, Auckland Region) is a New Zealand jockey He started his apprenticeship at age 16 to Grant Searle in Levin. He said he was inspired to become a jockey by his late father who would frequently take him to the Levin racecourse. He is best known for riding Empire Rose to victory in the 1988 Melbourne Cup. Over the course of his racing career Tony accomplished 12 Group 1 wins. Notable wins The following are some of the major races Tony has won in his career. Career In 2003, Allan admitted to using methamphetamine. However, he has subsequently worked hard to change his lifestyle and become clean. Tony retired in 2005 and moved to Japan for a break, riding trackwork for around 10 years in Hokkaido before a job with Sydney trainers Peter and Paul Snowden. On 27 May 2017 Tony made a comeback to race day riding in New Zealand. His first winner back in New Zealand was on Thursday 28 June 2017 at Waverley on My Cool Boy. On Friday 16 March 2018 Tony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
