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There's an irony in the expectation of performance from Tony Pike's pair of Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) runners Khufu (American Pharoah) and Stormy (NZ) (Telperion) that's not lost on the Cambridge trainer. TAB bookmakers have hype-horse Khufu as a $2.
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When progressive mare Baby Face (NZ) (Savabeel) lined up at Te Rapa earlier this month you could have been forgiven for thinking half the grandstand was there to cheer her on. The five-year-old Savabeel mare duly won the rating 65 1600m contest and returned to a raucous reception
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Hastings trainer John Bary will begin the new year at his home track on Friday where he will line-up eight runners. While the Hastings card will run in the shadow of premier racing at Ellerslie, Bary is using the meeting as an important steppingstone towards stakes targets for a
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Racing has been a great joy of star jockey Lisa Allpress' life, so recognition in the New Year's honour's list, she says, is especially humbling. Allpress has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the racing industry, an
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Trainer Jamie Richards finished 2020 with a bang, posting an historic six wins at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and winning his last start of the year courtesy of Zouluminous (Zoustar) at Taupo on Wednesday. While pleased with his team’s efforts, his attention has swiftly turned back to Ellerslie where
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Owner Joan Egan is having a week to remember. On Boxing Day she won the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie with Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel), and on Wednesday the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) won the Taupo Cup (2000m) emphatically in front of a bumper
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Trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman walked away happy men from Kurow on Wednesday after securing the quinella in the Kurow Cup (1400m) courtesy of Carson River (NZ) (Swiss Ace) and Enzo’s Lad (Testa Rossa). Carson River settled midfield for jockey Samantha Wynne before finding the one-one outside stablemate
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Fleetwood Maca (NZ) (Rock 'n' Pop) will be vying for her coronation at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when she contests the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m). The Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained filly will back-up after a bold runner-up performance in
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Riverton trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler hold a strong hand heading into their home meeting on New Year’s Day, highlighted by a three-pronged attack in the Carriers Arms Hotel Summer Cup (2147m). They will be represented by seven-win gelding Kilowatt (NZ) (Shocking), Dr Velocious (NZ) (Haradasun), and
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Talented mare Levante (NZ) (Proisir) will get her first chance to prove herself at elite-level at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when she contests the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m). The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained four-year-old has won all but one of her six career
Australia
David Brideoake can’t be any happier with New Zealand-bred mare Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) in the lead-up to the Gr.2 Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot Park on Saturday, but whether she will be able to take her place in the field is another matter. The
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There may be a major weight disparity between Enzo’s Lad (Testa Rossa) and his rivals in the PGG Wrightson Kurow Cup (1400m) on Wednesday, but it’s the track conditions that are the biggest concern for trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman. The Christchurch conditioners elected to bypass the Listed