Press Coverage
Canberra Times: Big end of town test for Olive's breakaway
Canberra's Nick Olive has only had his trainer's licence for a couple of months but the daunting prospect of taking on Australia's headline trainers on the country's premier race day this Saturday doesn't faze him.
Olive will start his improving filly Zenarta in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes, a race in which the galloper will face opposition from the leading Gai Waterhouse, Lee Freedman, David Hayes and Bart Cummings' stables.
Olive, however, couldn't care less.
The continuation of the article is at the Canberra Times website
Date published: 27/10/05
Canberra Times: Zenarta's bold step into the black
The following story was run in the Canberra Times on Wed 19 October 2005.
"Canberra's latest rising star Zenarta will chase black type riches for the first time when she contests the Group 2 Wakeful Stks at Flemington next weekend.
Trained by Nick Olive at Thoroughbred Park, Zenarta has risen to prominence in the last month with three consecutive victories.
The most recent - at Randwick last Saturday - convinced Olive his three-year-old mare deserved a chance at the next level."
The continuation of the article is available at the Canberra Times website
Date published: 25/10/05
Press: Olive's hopeful in Wakeful
Canberra trainer Nick Olive is out to snare the biggest payday
of his career at Flemington this Saturday when Zenarta starts in
the Wakeful Stakes. Olive, who spent many years as foreman for
trainer Barbara Joseph, branched out as a full-time trainer around
two months ago and Zenarta has burst onto the scene at the same
time. "She's improving all the time and is racing in peak form so
we might as well have a go at the Wakeful," Olive said at Rosehill
on Saturday. "After she won at Goulburn and Warwick Farm I stepped
her up in distance at Randwick and she won well … The Wakeful
is going to be a step up for her but we've booked Jay Ford to ride
her and she should perform well." Olive said the Wakeful, where she
will clash with the Gai Waterhouse-trained Astronomia, was likely
to round out Zenarta's campaign.
- John Schell SMH Racing Focus
Date published: 24/10/05
Press Coverage: Olive Hopeful For The Wakeful
Young Canberra trainer Nick
Olive will get a taste of the big time in Melbourne on Saturday when he
tackles the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes at Flemington with his promising
filly Zenarta
Olive, a protégé of leading Canberra trainer
Barbara Joseph, has decided Zenarta desrves a crack at the top fillies
after rising quickly thorugh the classes with three successive wins.
The continuation of the article is available at the AAPRacing website.
Date published: 23/10/05
Press Coverage: Zenarta lands BOBS treble
Promising filly Zenarta raised the stakes at Royal Randwick
last weekend with her third successive BOBS bonus win for connections.
The daughter of Orpen (USA) has now collected $40,000 in bonuses and the promise of more to come.Previously
Zenarta had won at Warwick Farm ($10,000 bonus) and Goulburn ($5,000
bonus).
The three-year-old now has the impressive record of four wins
and two thirds from her only six starts.
The continuation of the article is available at the Racing NSW website.
Date published: 18/10/05
