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.
The promising young filly Vandenne notched up her first career win for the stable yesterday with a tough performance in the $5,000 Hetta Maiden (1400m) at Foxton.
Pencarrow Stud will be offering a quality draft of broodmares at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2011 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale, with 13 entries set to go under the hammer.
Jockey James McDonald and the favourite Viva Roma produced a fine performance to win the Happy Birthday Suzi 1230 from the wide barrier of 11 at Rotorua on Friday.
The Pencarrow Stud bred, raised and sold Darci Brahma took a big step in his new career as a stallion on Saturday, with his son Darci Be Good becoming the first stakes winner for his young sire.
The Pencarrow Stud bred High Chaparral gelding Big Masterplan notched up a strong win in Singapore on Sunday night in the $35,000 Rocket Man Handicap Maiden (1600m).
Trainers Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie and jockey James McDonald have continued their winning combination today with Santangelo racing away to bring up her fifth career win in style.
Pencarrow Racing had another strong weekend, this time at New Zealand’s feature meeting at Awapuni, with Guiseppina and Ebullient providing the stud with a winning double.
Three-year-old filly Banchee showed she is right on track for her next Group 1 assignment as she secured a commanding win in her trial at Cambridge yesterday.
Those watching the Harveys Real Estate Tokoroa 1400 yesterday would be quick to agree that Guiseppina is a horse that is going places after she demolished a good field by five lengths at Matamata.
Saxon, a son of the Pencarrow Stud owned mare Jeanetta Cochrane is off to a brilliant start to his stud career, already the sire of four individual two-year-old winners from his first ten runners.
Pencarrow Racing’s winning streak continued on Saturday with Amaryllis securing deserved black-type success when she romped home in the $100,000 Group 3 Darley Plate (1200m).