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Coleman back on top after lean summer
Popular Matamata jockey Michael Coleman hopes the feature race double he achieved on his home track on Saturday provides the catalyst to lift the number of raceday engagements he has been receiving of late. A member of the exclusive 2000 winners club, Coleman has been going through a lean patch
New Zealand
Bigger challenges ahead for Kelso pair
Matamata trainer Ken Kelso got the answers he was looking for when unbeaten filly Levante (NZ) (Proisir) and high-class mare Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) won their respective races on their home turf on Saturday. Kelso, who prepares the pair with wife Bev, is eyeing bigger fish with the pair who
New Zealand
Maher eyes New Zealand Group One
Ciaron Maher has won more than 900 races including Group Ones in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, but next month will bring something new for the leading Australian trainer. In partnership with David Eustace, Maher will line up Azuro (Myboycharlie) in the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup
New Zealand
No signs of slowing down for Te Akau supremo
Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis cut a contented figure as he made his way back from an overnight stay in Auckland following a red-letter day for the stable less than twenty-four hours earlier. Ellis, who had been in Auckland for the pre-event celebrations ahead of his
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Brandenburg scores Hobartville boilover
Described by his trainer as a horse who just "eats and sleeps", Brandenburg (NZ) (Burgundy) has also shown he is pretty good at galloping with a boilover win in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Up against a field boasting five Group One winners
New Zealand
Group One quinella for Te Akau Racing
Matamata trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team dominated proceedings in the feature event at Otaki on Saturday where they produced a one-two finish with Avantage (Fastnet Rock) and Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m). Sporting the
New Zealand
Coleman makes it a feature double with Joe’s Legacy
Fresh from taking out a Group Two feature barely thirty minutes earlier local rider Michael Coleman was back in the winner’s enclosure one race later when he guided Joe’s Legacy (NZ) (Guillotine) to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m). Matamata resident Coleman
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Favourite takes Matamata Breeders’ Stakes
Race favourite Vernazza (NZ) (More Than Ready) overcame a wide run and a dogged local challenge to take out the feature event at Matamata on Saturday, the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the More
Australia
Kiwi-bred Aces Autumn Classic
The Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) in Adelaide and Gr.2 WATC Derby (2400m) in Perth are considerations for the Lindsey Smith-trained Adelaide Ace (NZ) (Savabeel) later this season after a win in Saturday's Gr.2 Autumn Classic (1800m). Adelaide Ace was sent out the $2.
New Zealand
Need I Say More leaves no room for excuses
Promising galloper Need I Say More (No Nay Never) showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the autumn juvenile classics when he dashed away with the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. The Jamie Richards-trained runner was having just his second start after