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Progressive four-year-old Little Bit Of Love (NZ) (Time Test) showed he won’t be fazed by a further rise in class when he completed a winning hattrick at Te Rapa on Saturday. No closer than three off the fence in midfield throughout the rating 75 1400m contest, the
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It’s hard to describe the win of a $12 third favourite as an upset but that is what consistent mare Bold Belle (NZ) (The Bold One) landed when she led all the way at Trentham over 1100m on Saturday. Punters had their sights focused on the multiple Group One
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Consistent galloper Aris Aris (NZ) (Contributer) produced a powerful finish to down a talented line-up of winter gallopers when taking out the feature flat event at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Dunstan Horsefeeds 1300. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-prepared five-year-old mare had been thereabouts in
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Progressive galloper Orlov (NZ) (Sweynesse) made it consecutive victories and three wins in his last five starts when he dashed home near the fence to take out the feature flat race at New Plymouth on Saturday, the Landmark Homes (1800m). The six-year-old son of Sweynesse is raced by
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Two-year-old filly Connello (NZ) (Time Test) produced a powerful home straight sprint in tricky conditions to capture her maiden victory when taking out the AB Electrical Ltd 2YO (1200m) at New Plymouth on Saturday. The Lisa Latta-trained daughter of Time Test was fresh-up off a break
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Red-hot rider Masa Hashizume added further plaudits to an already outstanding season when he piloted Karman Line (NZ) (Myboycharlie) to a deserved victory in the Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Hashizume has already smashed his previous season’s best-winning tally of 33 victories set in
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Consistent galloper Discretion Rules cracked his maiden victory in fine style after a string of minor placings when taking out the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. The son of Alabama Express is prepared by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson from their Riccarton base and had the misfortune
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Fan favourite Harlech has finally found his way to the winners’ enclosure following more than three and a half years since his last victory, racing away for a satisfying win in the Avon City Ford Easter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton. The seven-year-old son of Darci Brahma has been
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Promising chaser Hey Happy showed he could be in for a prosperous winter after bolting away with the opening steeplechase of the season at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Ken & Roger Browne Memorial Steeplechase (3900m). Prepared by jumps maestro Kevin Myers the eight-year-old son of Rip Van
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Handy three-year-old Lantern Way (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) returned to his best at Wanganui on Saturday with the aid of a gear change paving the way for a visit to the winners’ enclosure following the running of the Commdives NZ 3YO (1340m). The strapping son of Satono Aladdin had
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Progressive filly Tomodachi (NZ) (Tarzino) provided a fitting result in the opening event at Te Rapa on Saturday, a day where one of the greats of the New Zealand training ranks was remembered after the passing of Dave “DJ” O’Sullivan twenty-four hours earlier. The Sir Peter Vela-bred
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Just twenty-four hours after the passing of Wexford Stables figurehead Dave “DJ” O’Sullivan, the New Zealand training icon would have been looking down on Te Rapa with a beaming smile as promising filly I’munstoppable (NZ) (Charm Spirit) led from go to whoa to capture the Gr.3