Blake Shinn Back for Matamata Trials

13 January, 2025

Blake Shinn Back for Matamata Trials


Continuing his association with Te Akau Racing, Australian jockey Blake Shinn is booked to ride at the trials on Tuesday 14 January at Matamata.

Having ridden for trainers Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson on Boxing Day at Ellerslie, Shinn will partner a range of horses which he could then be engaged to ride on race days in the near future. 

Having ridden winners for Te Akau in Singapore and Victoria, where he again leads the Jockey Premiership, Shinn took the opportunity when suspended in November to visit the stables in Matamata, riding horses in track work, and also spending time at Te Akau Stud.

Included among those he is scheduled to ride at the trials is Group 1 NZ 1000 Guineas winner Captured By Love (Written Tycoon) who is preparing for the $700,000 Group 1 Sistema Railway on Karaka Millions' night (25 Jan.) at Ellerslie. He will also partner with Damask Rose (Savabeel), who won impressively fresh-up in December at Te Rapa. She will trial in blinkers ahead of the $1.4 million TAB Karaka Millions' 3YO (Restricted Listed, 1600m) - he was aboard this filly when she was runner-up in last season's Karaka 2YO Millions.

He will also partner two-year-old colt Return To Conquer (Snitzel), who won the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes on debut; Group 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes' winner Move To Strike (I Am Invincible); Age Of Discovery (Savabeel), the winner of two from two and early Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas favourite before sidelined with injury, and exciting young two-year-old filly Avantaggia (Wootton Bassett) is having her first trial.

The first foal of former stable star and nine-time Group One winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock), Avantaggia topped the Magic Millions Yearling Sale last January at the Gold Coast, when purchased by David Ellis CNZM for $2.1 million out of the Coolmore draft.

Ellis and his buying team comprising Mark Walker, racing manager Reece Trumper, and bloodstock agent Marcus Corban, returned to the Gold Coast Sale a fortnight ago and purchased 20 striking yearlings, share are available now - check them out here ....

https://www.teakauracing.com/yearlings-shares


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