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Trials Winner for Van Nistelrooy 22 Aug 2006
Van Nistelrooy (USA) (Storm Cat) is among the first season sires to have two-year-olds hitting the track this season and he couldn’t have got off to a better start with his first trialist coming up trumps at Taupo earlier today.

Trained by the dynamic duo of Graeme Rogerson and Stephen Autridge, a Van Nistelrooy filly, named Bella Renza, claimed the second of the 750m two-year-old heats winning well within herself according to co-trainer Stephen Autridge.

“She did everything perfectly and Opie Bosson was very impressed with her,” said Stephen Autridge after the trial. “Throughout her whole preparation she has done everything right and today she went out there like she had done it all before so we have any number of options open to us,” he said.

Bella Renza’s connections to the Rogerson stable run deep with long time Office Manager Denise Howell the owner of the filly after purchasing her privately as a weanling. “We arranged the purchase of the filly for Denise,” said Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. “Its early days but its great to see she has done everything right so far and with the types that Van Nistelrooy has left, we’re hoping to see more of his two-year-olds hitting the tracks in the months ahead,” said Brent.

Another Van Nistelrooy filly from the Rogerson/Autridge stable who will be stepping out to the trials in the not too distant future has already been named Shooting Star. Purchased at the Karaka Premier Sale for $95,000 from the draft of Wellfield Lodge, Autridge has already established a high opinion of the filly.

“She has been well liked since the day we bought her and she is as nice a filly as Bella Renza,” said Stephen. “She is about three weeks behind Bella Renza in her preparation,” he said.

The phrase “Opportunity is Everything” has been used by Trelawney Stud to promote Van Nistelrooy this season and Brent Taylor is confident these words will ring true in the very near future.

“After a great start in the sales ring, Van Nistelrooy has now had his first trials winner which is another step in the right direction and we are confident that the combination of the mares he has covered, the buyers who have purchased his first crop, and the stables that these horses are now in, will all come together to produce the results where it counts most – on the racetrack,” he said.

Van Nistelrooy stands at Trelawney Stud in 2006 for a fee of NZ$10,000 + GST. For more information please contact Brent Taylor 021 949 644 or Shannon Taylor 0212 855 513. He will be paraded at Haunui Farm on Sunday 27th August at 4pm and will also be paraded at his home base, Trelawney Stud on Sunday 3rd September as part of the Waikato Stallion Tour at 11.45am.