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Levante has established herself as New Zealand’s pre-eminent sprinter this season and will now be given the opportunity to star in one of Australia’s premier short course events. The multiple Group One winner’s next appearance has been confirmed as the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington
New Zealand
It was a case of third time’s a charm for Miss Ella when she was a convincing winner of the Listed Grangewilliam Stud “Derryn” Oaks Prelude (1600m) at Pukekohe on Wednesday. The race was initially set to be held at New Plymouth on February 5 over 1800m, but the
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is looking forward to dodging top sprinting mares Levante and Entriviere as she attacks the Gr.1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki on Saturday with Packing Rockstar and Vigor Winner. For Brennan, who has a boutique stable of racehorses, it is
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Mark Jones is fast becoming a galloping convert. The highly regarded harness racing trainer and 2003 world champion reinsman racked up the third winner of his career as a gallops trainer when Phelan The Power triumphed on a heavy track at Riccarton earlier this month. With 666 training wins in
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Sword Of State put in a pleasing final hit-out at Pukekohe on Wednesday ahead of his next assignment, the Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday-week. The Group One-winning son of Snitzel led home a field of Te Akau runners in the 1000m trial, beating
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Improved track conditions on Saturday will greatly enhance the prospects of talented mare Showoroses at Matamata where she will bid to bounce back from a last-start failure to set her back on a Group One path. The daughter of Showcasing will step out in the Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m) and,
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Andrew Carston believes Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel) deserves a crack at elite level and he will get his chance when he heads to Otaki on Saturday to line-up in the Gr.1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Group One Classic (1600m). The Savabeel gelding has been in fine form since joining Carston’
Australia
Trainer Brad Widdup is still hopeful his star mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) can gain a berth in next month’s A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m). The daughter of Sacred Falls has already featured in two other Australian rich features, finishing runner-up in last year’s A$7.5
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Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) made a belated start to his racing career earlier this month and the wait proved worthwhile at Ruakaka where the colt was an impressive winner. That performance has earned the Peter and Dawn Williams-trained son of Pride Of Dubai a crack at black type
New Zealand
Southland trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the lookout for black type success for Asathought (So You Think) after the well-related mare won the Baillie & Lewis Pharmacy Invercargill Gold Cup (2600m) on Saturday. Asathought benefited from settling closer than usual to the speed at Ascot Park, trailing and then sitting
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The thumbs up from Joe Bowditch has Mick Price confident he has I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) in a position that he can be a winning chance in Saturday's Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) before peaking for the All-Star Mile. The Cranbourne trainer called on Bowditch to
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has changed tack with Group Two winner Field Of Gold (Starspangledbanner) following his fifth place finish in Saturday’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) won by impressive filly La Crique. The son of Starspangledbanner was beaten less than six lengths after setting the tempo for much