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Last year’s Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) was one of the spectacles of the season, with Smug just nabbing Champion jumper West Coast on the line after the pair went head-to-head from the 800m. That effort told on Smug, who was sent for a spell after two
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Jumps fans will rejoice this weekend when they get to see Champion Jumper West Coast (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) return over fences in the Waikato Hunt Cup (3900m) at Te Rapa on Sunday. The Hamilton track has been a happy stomping ground for the 10-year-old gelding, who has
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Last start Group Three winner Lupo Solitario (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) will get an unexpected season finale at Ellerslie on Saturday in the JRA Trophy (1600m). Trainer and part-owner Danica Guy’s initial plan was to send him for a spell following his victory in the Gr.3 Easter Handicap
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Tony Dravitzki has been on quite the journey with Im Bartholomew (NZ) (Complacent) and he is hoping to continue his unbeaten run with the five-year-old gelding at New Plymouth on Saturday. “I bought him as a weanling off Gavelhouse and sold him to Australia after he trialled and
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Racing returned to Hastings Racecourse for the first time in 20 months on Thursday, with the track given a green tick of approval following a successful six-race card. Local racing fans flocked to the course to take in the returning meeting, the first since the second day of the
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There was a new training partnership in racebooks at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Wednesday, with Clinton Isdale recently teaming up with husband-and-wife duo Graeme and Debbie Rogerson. Following a couple of placings early on the card, the trio got their partnership off to a winning start when
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Matamata hoop Jasmine Fawcett has been itching to get back in the saddle on raceday after spending two months on the sidelines following a trackwork accident, and she made a winning return when given the opportunity at Cambridge on Wednesday. Fawcett suffered serious injuries in the incident, including a brain
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Trainer John Wheeler has high hopes for his promising juvenile Crosswell (NZ) (The Bold One) after he won impressively on debut in the CLAAS Harvest Centre Maiden 2YO (1200m) at Hawera on Sunday. Wheeler trained his dam, Enchanted Lady (NZ) (Per Incanto), and while she only had the one start
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Toni Davies had a weekend to remember, with the Palmerston North apprentice jockey scoring her first treble at Otaki on Saturday, including her second stakes victory, and ended it on a winning note when taking out the last race at Hawera on Sunday. Apprenticed to Peter and Trent Didham, Davies
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A failed attempt to get Grinzinger Moon (Puissance De Lune) in foal last year is proving to be a blessing in disguise, with stakes targets now in her sights after she continued her unbeaten streak in New Zealand on Saturday. Commencing her career in Australia, the daughter of Puissance De
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Well-bred three-year-old King’s English (Snitzel) returned to winning form at Ellerslie on Saturday when taking out the Trackside.co.nz 1100. Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have held the son of Snitzel in high regard for some time, however, injury derailed his two-year-old
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Incandescent (NZ) (Per Incanto) bookended his two-year-old season with winning results for his army of owners after claiming top honours in the Listed Cloudsoft Accounting Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Raced by MyRacehorse and Ridgeport Holdings, the son of Per Incanto started his career in winning