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Tardis (NZ) (Time Test) started his season in a black-type contest and trainer Daniel Miller is intending to round it out in the same company. While he finished last on debut in the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m), the son of Time Test flourished from a break and returned
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Cambridge Stud principals Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay have fond memories of Royal Ascot, with their shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain carrying their familiar silks to victory in the 2020 edition of the Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m). While ecstatic with the win, the couple were unable to attend
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Waikato Stud’s 10-time Champion New Zealand sire Savabeel has passed away, aged 24. A pillar of New Zealand’s thoroughbred breeding industry in recent years, Savabeel continued the legacy of his rich lineage, with his sire Zabeel and grandsire Sir Tristram revered as the sires of their generation.
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Sleep has been a limited commodity for Albert Bosma this week, with the head of New Zealand-based syndicator Go Racing taking in the racing action at Royal Ascot on the other side of the world. His sleep deprivation is only set to get worse, with Go Racing’s silks
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Group Three-performed stayer Canheroc (NZ) (El Roca) will commence his path towards the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton in November, but this year he will have home track advantage. The rising nine-year-old gelding has finished third in the last two editions of the race
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Graeme and Debbie Rogerson and Clinton Isdale will be well-represented at Waikato Thoroughbred Racing’s annual RDA Raceday at Cambridge on Wednesday, with the trainers set to line-up a dozen runners at the midweek meeting. They are particularly upbeat about their chances in the Manning Investments (2000m) where
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Apprentice jockey Sam McNab is having a season to remember, which was further enhanced at Te Rapa on Saturday when he rode his first winning treble. “It was awesome to get my first treble,” McNab said. “You obviously have to have the support and horse under you, but it was
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Sima Mxothwa was beaming with pride at Oamaru on Sunday after he got his hands on his first trophy of his career when guiding home Tumuch (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) to win the Dunstan Feed Waimate Cup (1600m) for trainers John and Karen Parsons. The 24-year-old apprentice jockey was
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Well-related gelding Hi Yo Fox Rox (NZ) (Complacent) broke through for his maiden win at the second time of asking when taking out the Manawatu-Whanganui Civil Contractors NZ Maiden (1600m) at Wanganui on Saturday. A full-brother to Group One performer Hi Yo Sass Bomb, Hi Yo Fox
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Promising two-year-old Old Fashioned (NZ) (Proisir) won impressively on debut at Wanganui on Saturday, but trainers Bill Thurlow and Sam O’Malley are resisting the temptation of pressing on to black-type targets for now. Bred and raced by the Goodson and Perron Family Trust, Old Fashioned had
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South Auckland apprentice jockey Tom Wigram is currently on cloud nine after riding home his first winner at New Plymouth on Friday. He scored the win aboard Bridie (NZ) (Ocean Park) for local trainer Allan Sharrock in the Naki Plumbing And Gas (1600m), Wigram’s first ride of the day
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Group Two performer Quondo (Wootton Bassett) will resume this weekend when he heads to Matamata on Sunday to tackle the Team Wealleans 1200. The three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett showed plenty of promise earlier this season when winning on debut in September before finishing runner-up in the