HOTY Nominees Looking Good
3 Sep 2022
NZTR Horse Of The Year Awards ceremony for the 2021/22 season is tomorrow!
Te Akau is super proud of our hard-working team – we have 11 horses nominated for the ‘NZTR Horse Of The Year’ Award title won by Probabeel last season and Melody Belle the previous two years prior!
We take a look back at a few performances from the 11 nominated:
- Belle En Rouge
- Dynastic
- Entriviere
- Imperatriz
- Maven Belle
- Noverre
- Probabeel – 2020/21 Horse Of The Year Winner
- Savy Yong Blonk
- Self Obsession
- Sword Of State
- The Perfect Pink
We also want a huge shout out to Te Akau’s winners and finalists as below :
- Jamie Richards – Champion Trainer of the Year – only nomination and winner
- Trainers’ Premiership winner – Jamie Richards
- Joe Kamaruddin – Champion Apprentice of the Year
- Opie Bosson – Te Akau Stable Jockey – Champion Jockey of the Year finalist
- Two-Year-Olds: Dynastic and Maven Belle
- Three-Year-Olds: Belle En Rouge, Imperatriz, Noverre, Self Obsession, Sword Of State and The Perfect Pink
- Sprinter-Milers (up to 1600m): Entriviere
- Middle distance (1601-2200m): Probabeel and Savy Yong Blonk
- Stablehand of the Year: Representing the Northern area – Te Akau’s Nicole Shailer
Good luck for Sunday to all our connections! 
