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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 28 January 2024
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Akrotiri shows stamina credentials
Up-and-comer Akrotiri passed his first staying test with flying colours at The Valley on Saturday, heading a New Zealand-bred trifecta in the A$130,000 Chandler Macleod Handicap (2040m). Akrotiri jumped well from the starting gates and jockey Celine Gaudray allowed the Tarzino gelding to stride forward, taking the lead
Australia
Miss Take makes a big impression
Imported New Zealand mare Miss Take took her promising career to a new level in Saturday’s A$80,000 Happy 50th Jeff Waters Handicap (1200m) at The Valley. The daughter of Inglewood Stud stallion War Decree has now had six starts for three wins and a placing, earning more
Australia
Piaggio turns Valley fortunes around
A few short weeks after throwing everything away in a similar race, talented Kiwi-bred gelding Piaggio returned to The Valley on Saturday and turned things around in emphatic style. The six-year-old son of Vespa went into the A$130,000 Simpson Construction Handicap (1600m) after being unplaced in all of
Australia
Ceerseven strikes at The Valley
Mitchell Freedman had already crossed the Tasman in search of new recruits for his Ballarat stable, and a win with Ceerseven at The Valley on the eve of the Karaka 2024 yearling sale added to his affinity with New Zealand-breds. Ceerseven recorded the third win of an eight-start career in
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Bold Soul Brilliant in Launceston Guineas
On the eve of the blockbuster Karaka Millions twilight race meeting and the Karaka 2024 National Yearling Sales, an exciting three-year-old sourced from the New Zealand Bloodstock sale ring made a bold black-type statement on the other side of the Tasman. Friday night’s $125,000 Listed Kevin Sharkie Launceston
Australia
Caulfield specialist Ayrton strikes again in John Dillon
Ayrton added even more shine to his outstanding record at Caulfield with a thrilling win in a photo finish to Friday’s A$175,000 Listed Evergreen Turf John Dillon Stakes (1400m). The highly talented New Zealand-bred has now had seven starts at Caulfield for six wins, including black-type successes
Australia
Black type beckons Eternal Flame
New Zealand-bred mare Eternal Flame (NZ) (Sacred Falls) passed a crucial test at Caulfield on Friday and is now on a path towards bigger and better things. The four-year-old daughter of Sacred Falls scored a runaway victory in Friday’s Catanach’s Jewellers The Mary Bell (1400m), which was the
New Zealand
Favourites Draw Side by Side in TAB Karaka Millions 2YO
Favoured fillies Velocious (Written Tycoon) and Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) have strengthened their status as headline acts for Saturday’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) after drawing neighbouring midfield gates for the 17th running of the lucrative juvenile feature. In a spectacular barrier draw beamed on to Auckland’s
New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 22 January 2024
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Ellerslie’s million-dollar occasion has the ‘sold out’ signs up
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) confirmed today, Monday 22 January, that the TAB Karaka Millions on Saturday 27 January is officially sold out. The event is Ellerslie’s first premier raceday since the installation of a world-class StrathAyr track and is the Club’s first unrestricted raceday in four years as
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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 21 January 2024
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