Pencarrow Racing have taken a number of horses across the Tasman for the spring racing and registered its first success yesterday with Dolmabache winning the Sportsbet.com.au Handicap (1600m) at Ballarat.
The unbeaten blue-blood colt Burgundy has raced his way to favouritism in the Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas after an easy win in the Listed Ekraar at Linwood Park Canterbury Stakes (1600m) on Sunday.
With top Australian spring racing well under way, Pencarrow Racing is looking to contest some of the black-type races on offer with a team of three heading to Melbourne.
Pencarrow Stud’s heroine, the four-time Group 1 winner Ethereal, is being honoured at the Melbourne Racing Club’s premier meeting on Saturday with the new Listed Ethereal Stakes set to be run at Caulfield.
The Pencarrow bred Yours has taken his first win of the season on Saturday when beating a good field in the $20,000 Open Handicap Linepower Egmont Cup (2000m) at Hawera.
Racing at Taupo yesterday has for the second time this season seen Pencarrow Stud and Pencarrow Racing take the spotlight with Banchee and Burgundy both winning their respective races.
The Frank Ritchie trained Brela Belle broke her maiden status in fine fashion today when winning the Christmas At The Races - 12 Nov & 9 Dec TGA 3YO in the first at Tauranga.
The Laurie Laxon trained Martial Art brought up his fourth victory in Singapore over the weekend with an impressive win in the $125,000 STC Open Handicap (2200m).
New Zealand’s 2009/10 Champion Two-Year-Old Banchee has shown that she is on track to make her spring return with a good trial win at Cambridge today for trainer John Sargent.
It was a big day for Pencarrow Racing and Pencarrow Stud at the Taupo meeting today with Burgundy headlining a host of impressive performances.
It’s been the meeting of champions with one of Australasia’s darlings of the turf producing a stunning colt by one of Australia’s champion sires.
With the warmer weather drawing a host of promising three-year-olds to the tracks for their spring campaigns, Burgundy is one that that’s attracting plenty of interest as he prepares for his race debut.
It was a good weekend for Laurie Laxon, Joao Moreira and Pencarrow Racing in Singapore last night, with Quinta de Lago and Gordon Roberts both taking strong wins over middle distances at Kranji.
New Zealand’s 2010 Champion Two-Year-Old Banchee has made a promising start to her four-year-old season with a strong win in an 800 metre jump out this morning.
The running of the $20,000 Open Handicap www.pencarrowstud.co.nz 2100 at Te Rapa on Saturday saw a grand return from the talented stayer and New Zealand Cup winner My Scotsgrey.
Saturday’s feature race meeting at Te Rapa will see the running of the $20,000 Open Handicap www.pencarrowstud.co.nz 2100 with eight horses set to contest the event.
After a successful 2010/11 season on the track, Pencarrow Stud principals Peter & Philip Vela are among the three finalists for the award of Owner of the Year at New Zealand’s Thoroughbred Racing Awards later this month.
The Laurie Laxon trained Gordon Roberts notched up Singapore win number two over the weekend with a brave performance in the Brisbane Racing Club Trophy (2200m) on Chairman’s Trophy night.
The Pencarrow bred blue-blood mare Papilio has made a promising start to her spring build up with a solid trial win at Te Teko yesterday, with New Zealand’s 2010/11 Champion Jockey James McDonald aboard.
The Pencarrow bred blue-blood entire Prince Conti has been secured to stand at Henk and Nienke Smit's Paxton Park in Cambridge for 2011.
Singapore trainer Laurie Laxon has continued his winning affiliation with Pencarrow Stud horses with Pencarrow part-owned Gordon Roberts winning the STC Class 4 Handicap (2200m) by six lengths.
The Pencarrow Stud bred and Kevin Myers trained Micken has proven too good for his more seasoned competition on debut in the Race Images Juvenile (1200m) at Timaru yesterday.
Pencarrow sold Martial Art has brought up his fifth career win in style over the weekend in the Singapore TC Revolte Stakes (2000m) at Kranji on Sunday.
Singapore tracks continue to be a happy hunting ground for Steel Cut, with the gelding taking his seventh win on the weekend in the Polytrack Class 5 1200m event.