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Century of wins in the saddle for Mitchell
“She is a very special mare to me, she gives me a lot of confidence and has taught me how to ride these staying races."
Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | February 24, 2025
Tayla Mitchell pictured with trainer Shelley Hale following Blue Sky At Night's Gr.3 Avondale Cup (2400m) victory at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Upset Cup double for Blue Sky At Night
Blue Sky At Night has defied double-digit odds to win both of New Zealand’s biggest 2400m handicaps this season, adding Saturday’s Gr.3 Eagle Technology Avondale Cup at Ellerslie to her victory in the Gr.3 Waikato Cup in December.
Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | February 22, 2025
Blue Sky At Night finishes over the top of About Time to win the Eagle Technology Avondale Cup. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Blue Sky At Night continues family legacy
“Shelley (Hale, trainer) said last year that she thought she was up to black-type over a staying trip, and she has been dead right."
Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | December 17, 2024
Isabel Barker with Blue Sky At Night after winning last Saturday's Gr.3 Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Blue Sky dreams come true at Te Rapa
"It’s a great thrill when you come to a race like this on your home track and just lovely."
Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | December 14, 2024
Blue Sky At Night winning Saturday’s Gr.3 SKYCITY Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Hale seeking to plunder northern winter spoils
“I think she is going well enough at the moment to look at something like the Counties Cup (Gr.3, 2100m) and see how we go from there.”
Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | July 10, 2024
Blue Sky At Night will contest the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup Stayers’ Final (2100m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Blue Sky At Night goes back-to-back
“Tayla showed some great initiative and gave her a fantastic ride, and the horse did the job well down the straight. She’s a very good, genuine mare.”
Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | May 19, 2024
Blue Sky At Night (inside) fends off the challenge of Rua Rocks to win at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Denby Road on the comeback trail
Last season’s Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) winner Denby Road has returned to work with an eye towards the spring.
Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk | May 07, 2024
Denby Road pictured with trainer Shelley Hale (left) and owner-breeders George and Maryanne Simon following his Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes win. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
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Lucky Sweynesse reigns supreme in Hong Kong Sprint
Any questions about Lucky Sweynesse loosening his grip on the world’s best sprinter mantle were swept aside when Manfred Man’s speedster surged to victory in the HK$26 million Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
HKJC | December 11, 2023
Lucky Sweynesse wins the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m).
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Lucky Sweynesse joins illustrious company
Lucky Sweynesse might be given the chance to extend a phenomenal season in search of a ninth victory after matching Beauty Generation’s record for the most wins in a single Hong Kong campaign.
NZ Racing Desk | June 05, 2023
Photo: HJKC
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Denby Road delivers in Breeders’ Stakes
George Simon didn’t cover himself in glory in the final stages of his call on the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes, but he had good reason as Denby Road, the horse that he and wife Maryanne bred and race, saluted in the Gr.3
NZ Racing Desk | April 29, 2023
Photo: Trish Dunell
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