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AUDIO: Allan Sharrock
Andrew Bensley catches up with trainer Allan Sharrock about the chances of his three runners at Matamata on Saturday. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/allan-sharrock
NZ Racing Desk
Australia
Verry Elleegant primed for Winx Stakes
The Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) understandably means a lot to leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller and he is hoping one of his four runners will be able to secure top honours at Randwick on Saturday. His stable charge will be led by Kiwi-bred mare Verry Elleegant, who will
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AUDIO: Tony Pike
Andrew Bensley talks with trainer Tony Pike about the chances of his runners at Matamata on Saturday and The Bostonian in the Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/tony-pike-1
New Zealand
Sharrock holds strong hand at Matamata
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock heads to Matamata on Saturday with three strong chances as he looks to maintain his successful start to the new season. Sharrock sits atop the New Zealand trainers’ premiership with his runners recording seven wins from 13 starts. Four-year-old mare Aricina (NZ) (Redwood)
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AUDIO: NZ Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards
Andrew Bensley and Aidan Rodley give their thoughts on the finalists for this year's NZ Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/nz-thoroughbred-hoty
Breeding
A hundred not out for superstar Savabeel
Waikato Stud’s star resident Savabeel has cracked another significant milestone in his remarkable career with daughter Savacool providing the multiple champion sire’s 100th individual stakes winner. Savabeel has achieved extraordinary dominance since his retirement to the premier Matamata nursery and Savacool’s victory in the Listed Rowley Mile
New Zealand
Savacool Stakes Winner 100 for Savabeel
Savacool (NZ) (Savabeel) has upstaged her more fancied stablemates to continue Chris Waller's recent run of success in the Listed Rowley Mile (1600m) at Hawkesbury. Sydney's premier trainer has now won three of the past five renewals of the 1600 metre feature, Savacool adding her name
Australia
Icebath for Glen Boss
The Brad Widdup-trained Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will link with rider Glen Boss at Randwick on Saturday in the Cactus Imaging Sprint (1200m) as the New Zealand-bred mare looks to step through the grades ahead of black-type assignments later this spring. The four-year-old daughter of
New Zealand
Local assignment for Gore warhorse
Evergreen galloper Irish Excuse (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) may be 10 years old but he is showing no signs of slowing down. The No Excuse Needed gelding has recently returned to Gore from a four start campaign in Canterbury where he recorded his 16th career victory at Riccarton first-up.
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse Of The Year Awards Finalists
The high quality of New Zealand’s three-year-old crop last season is illustrated by the finalists for the Champion Three-Year-Old category at the NZ Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards. Eight horses, including five fillies, are finalists in the three-year-old division, which will provide
International
River Radiance ready to step up
After River Radiance (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) overcame adversity to run a gallant first-up third in a Class 2 race over 1100m, trainer Mok Zhan Lun decided that the S$250,000 Merlion Trophy (1200m) on Sunday was worth a roll of the dice. “I was very happy with
New Zealand
Great Northern aspirations with Wise Men Say
Wanganui trainer Raymond Connors has taken out two of the last three editions of the Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) with quality jumper Wise Men Say (NZ) (Yamanin Vital), and the marathon feature is once again his main target this year. The 11-year-old son of Yamanin Vital has finished