WELCOME TO
WELCOME TO
Champagne Racing Stables are a professional thoroughbred training operation led by Anna Furlong, maintaining safe, modern facilities out of Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch.
At Champagne Racing, we pride ourselves upon the results we achieve, the conditioning and training of our horses, and the friendliness and interest of our staff.
Syndication of horses can be arranged and friendships forged through the fun and success of racing with Champagne.
Recent News
March/Easter Wrap
Just like that, another month down as we get right into the thick of autumn racing over Easter. Plenty of pleasing performances came throughout March, kicking off at Riccarton on the 4th where Mi Bella and Canasta produced equally impressive victories over 1000m and 1400m respectively, while Incredible went down by the barest of margins…
February Wrap – Champagne Racing
February sure went by in a flash, with racing up and down the South Island keeping Anna, our staff and horses very busy! We started off on the front foot with QUINTABELLE and IFFIDIDIT taking the quinella in the open mile at Riccarton on the 4th of February, these two have 11 wins and countless…
January Wrap – Champagne Racing
A new year brings a new look for our owner updates, we are implementing a monthly wrap up of all things Champagne Racing! As anyone in the racing industry knows, we certainly don’t slow down over the new year period and are grateful for our incredible staff for cracking on through early mornings, weekends and…
Thursday 23 October
We had a brilliant day out at Ashburton on Sunday, with a hotly-anticipated Champagne Diblu winning the 3YO 1300! He put the talent we know he has on display for a professional win under Billy Jacobson. Queen of Sheba was very game finishing a close second on debut, while the ever-consistent The Entertainer added another top-three finish to her…
Thursday 16 October
Social Racing’s mare Mi Bella produced a stunning run to win the Rating 65 1200 at Timaru last Thursday, leading all the way in the hands of Billy Jacobson. Congratulations to the Social Racing Mi Bella Syndicate – we are grateful to have this speedy girl in the stable! We’ve had a busy time lately…
Wednesday 8 October
A wild weekend of weather saw Sunday’s Timaru races postponed until tomorrow, so we get set again with the same six runners for the card. We look forward to lining up on a soft surface with some sun shining! We have two starters for Saturday’s meeting in Ashburton, with Lord Weyburn first up in the South Island…
Thursday 2 October
A good run from The Entertainer on Saturday at Riccarton for 3rd in the Rating 75 1600m. She was tucked away on the rail and held up rounding the bend unable to get going when she needed to, but will keep and we are pleased to see her put two nice runs together early in the season. Betty…
Thursday 25 September
A mixed bag at the Phar Lap on Wednesday on a Heavy8 track, but all honours went the way of Sweetheart who impressively took out the LOVERACING.NZ 1200m! She was slow away from the gate & still at the back of the field on the home turn, then showed a lovely turn of foot to power through…
Thursday 18 September
We have had some lovely results over the past fortnight, particularly with the winning debut of Saxon Legend at Phar Lap Raceway. This son of Saxon Warrior has been a late maturer, but he put all the pieces together at his first start, kicking strongly to score under Billy Jacobson. Congratulations to his owners Noel…
