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Catalyst is well clear as he hit the line at Hastings Flashy three-year-old Catalyst contributed to a huge day for The Oaks Stud owner Dick Karreman and his resident sire Darci Brahma, when he captured the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings in emphatic fashion. The Oaks
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Makdanife New Zealand-bred stayer Makdanife had his connections scratching their heads after he went from a dismal last seven days ago on the Gold Coast, to a tough win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Chris Waller trained Makdanife won a slogging battle with fellow kiwi-bred Ocean Addict to score
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My Pendant will chase black type following her Caulfield win on Saturday Danny O'Brien will test My Pendant at stakes level after the mare staged a last-to-first victory at Caulfield. Under a cool ride by Damien Oliver, My Pendant was last on the home turn before overpowering her
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Michael McNab signals his delight as Melody Belle captures the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy at Hastings New Zealand’s best mare, Melody Belle, provided racegoers with another display of her undoubted class when she defended her Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) crown with an amazing performance to win on Saturday.
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Quick Thinker starts his Australian campaign off with a Group Three win Nine years after combining to win the Gr.3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) with Lion Tamer, jockey Hugh Bowman and master Kiwi trainer Murray Baker were at it again with Quick Thinker, who has surprised the stable to
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Helena Baby’s winning streak may have come to an end last start when finishing fifth in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), but jockey Donavan Mansour believes he has improved since that run. The John Bell-trained gelding had won his previous five starts and Mansour’s only concern heading
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Good evening, It’s been just sixty days since the establishment of the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) and a timely opportunity to update you on progress against the Reform Programme the Board are advancing on behalf of the Minister for Racing. Our strategic focus is set out very clearly
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Magnum will kick-off his spring campaign at Ruakaka on Saturday. Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan has Magnum right where she wants him ahead of his first-up run in Saturday's Harcourts Whangarei 1200 at Ruakaka. Brennan produced the Per Incanto gelding for a fresh-up win in the same race last
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Former Riverton galloper Flying Sardine will have her first start in Australia at Caulfield on Saturday. Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler has sent seven-year-old mare Flying Sardine across the Tasman and the 11-time winner will make her Australian debut for ex-pat Kiwi trainer Rachael Frost when she contests the Clanbrooke Racing
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Helena Baby Helena Baby’s winning streak may have come to an end last start when finishing fifth in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), but jockey Donavan Mansour believes he has improved since that run. The John Bell-trained gelding had won his previous five starts and Mansour’s only
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Quick Thinker is on a path to the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) Prominent syndication company OTI Racing is enjoying a good run of form with horses from New Zealand and they are hoping to see a positive start to an Australian campaign from the Murray Baker and Andrew