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With just three weeks left to go in the season, the race for the Gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award is coming down to the wire, with a handful of trainers still in contention. Southland trainer Ebony Turner is currently leading the standings on nine points, with Matamata horseman Benji
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Marie Leicester was popping the bubbly on Saturday evening when celebrating another stakes success as a breeder, this time with Cellarmaster (NZ) (Bivouac) in the Gr.3 Winx Guineas (1600m) on the Sunshine Coast. Awapuni gelding Platinum Pantheon (Hanseatic) looked to have the race sewn up after he found the
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Trelawney Stud’s Brent and Cherry Taylor will head to the All Blacks game in Christchurch tonight with a spring in their step following their mare Astoria Brooke’s (NZ) (American Pharoah) victory in the UBP Te Awamutu Cup (1600m) at Te Rapa. The daughter of American Pharoah was given
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Stakes assignments are in the offing for exciting gelding Bonnard (NZ) (Swiss Ace) after he bounced back to winning form at Waverley on Saturday. The four-year-old son of Swiss Ace has been a standout this preparation, winning three consecutive races before finishing fifth in his first test in
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A bright future is being tipped for promising filly Aurora Belle (NZ) (Belardo) after she kept her unbeaten record intact when taking out the Jack & June Stewart Memorial (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The three-year-old daughter of Belardo had shown plenty of promise at the trials,
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The amateur jockey series has been a great pathway for several of the country’s top apprentice jockeys, including leading apprentice Amber Riddell, and Hannah Wilson is hoping she can be another success story as she looks to make that transition. The 23-year-old hoop has made a pleasing
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Joshua Brown (NZ) (Dalghar) returned to form when runner-up to Tisse at Te Rapa last month, and trainer Lance Gussey is hoping he can go one better on Saturday when he returns to the Hamilton track to contest the UBP Te Awamutu Cup (1600m). Gussey was pleased with his
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Te Aroha trainer Peter Lock will head to Waverley on Saturday with a strong hand, with several of his stable’s topliners stepping out at the South Taranaki meeting. Exciting gelding Our Time (NZ) will be one of those representatives and Lock is looking forward to seeing the son of
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Farravallo (NZ) (Belardo) recaptured his form of old when taking out the Australian Turf Club North Island Challenge Stakes (1200m) at Trentham on Thursday. Purchased out of the sales by respected judge Chris Rutten, Farravallo showed early promise as a juvenile when beating subsequent stakes winner What You Wish For
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Timaru gelding Undisputed (NZ) (Contributer) extended his unbeaten run in the South Island to four when taking out the Gallagher Insurance (1400m) at Ashburton on Thursday. Formerly trained by Cambridge conditioners Roger James and Robert Wellwood, Undisputed placed in two of his four starts before transferring to the care of
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Bulls trainer Raymond Connors may have unearthed his next top jumper following Brucie's (NZ) (Raise The Flag) brave win in the 136th Grant Plumbing Wellington Steeplechase (4900m) at Trentham on Thursday. Connors has tasted plenty of success in jumps racing, initially as a jockey before forging a successful
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Wanganui trainer Jo Rathbone had a successful day at the office at Trentham on Thursday when scoring a winning double, including taking out the Trentham Supporters Group Wellington Hurdles (3200m) with exciting jumper Billy Boy (So You Think). The eight-year-old son of So You Think won last year’