Te Awatea Stables - Katie Cox

29/05/2023

Thanks to Bruce Stewart for his article giving some background to our stable

Thirty three year old Leeston harness racing trainer Katie Cox is a horsewoman on the move. Earlier this month she

16/05/2023

Thanks very much to everyone for the messages, Calls and congratulations after a successful night at Addington raceway. A great thill to train and drive Its Tough to win the AVON CITY FORD NEW ZEALAND WELCOME STAKES (MOBILE PACE) (Gr2) at his first race day start. This topped off the night after a Driving win on Time Up The Hill in The HARAS des TROTTEURS HEATHER WILLIAMS MEMORIAL (MOB TROT) (Gr3) for the Ward family.
A big thanks must go out to our great staff at the stables and all our helpers as well as the race sponsors and our wonderful owners who have made this all possible. Also a big thanks to Ray Reekie for breeding this lovely horse and giving us all the opportunity to be part of his future

28/01/2023

Lot 297: Rocknroll Hanover / Katgotstyle (filly)

28/01/2023

We are proud to present the following draft for the NZB 2023 yearling sales.
Inspections welcome and please note we are part of the canterbury yearling sales tour.
(Photos taken first week of January)

17/02/2022

Pleased to have had a successful yearling sales with a 100% clearance rate from our draft. We would like to thank our clients for trusting us with their precious yearlings and NZB for putting on a well run sale. Also a big thank you to our staff and helpers for their wonderful work. We wish the purchasers the best of luck and look forward to following the progress of their yearlings to the race track.

Highlights from the sale include:

Art Major/Miss Elsie c**t $61,000
Lazarus/ That’s Hunting Pink filly $60,000 (pictured below)

13/02/2022

All of our sales horses will be available for viewing at the sales grounds from Tuesday morning. Feel free to contact me with any further questions regarding our lots and best wishes to all of our sellers.

01/02/2022

Thanks very much to everyone who attended our property as part the the NZB sales tour.
You are welcome to contact us to make any additional viewing times
021 0449074

25/01/2022

02/01/2022

We are situated in Doyleston, Canterbury. A five minute drive from Leeston and 30 minutes from Christchurch City.

Our stables are based on our 30 acre training establishment.
Facilities have been designed to be as comfortable and safe for the horses as possible.

They include:
Well-conditioned all weather training track
10 horse barn complex including c**t boxes and open yards
5 Additional large open boxes - separate area from the main barn (ideal for c**ts)
Covered 10 Magnum horse walker with rubber matting base
Breaking in yards and round yard
Truck and trailer loading ramps
Equi-wire day paddocks
Large turnout paddocks
Double horse float
7 horse truck

We provide a range of services including weaning, yearling sales preparation, breaking in, pre-training as well as training our small team of racehorses.

Our focus is to provide all horses with a solid foundation of education which will enable them to fulfil their potential.

02/01/2022

Time for an update with some recent photos from around the property