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Trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley are hoping third time’s a charm with Tru Planet (NZ) (Dalghar) when she heads to Cambridge on Wednesday. The daughter of Dalghar has had two starts on the synthetic surface for two runner-up efforts and the father-and-daughter duo are confident she can shed her
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Time has been called on the racing career of Group One winner On The Rocks. “He had no luck this season with wet tracks and we’ve been lucky enough to secure a very good home for him which is more important,” said Pam Gerard who trained the gelding in
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Donovan Cooper may have only been in New Zealand for a little over six months, but it’s already become home for the expat South African. The 23-year-old apprentice was lured to New Zealand by fellow expat Donavan Mansour, who runs the jockey academy at Byerley Park, and Cooper said
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Having ridden bareback on the East Coast since he was a child, Ngakau Hailey has always felt at home on the back of a horse, and he is enjoying turning that passion into a career. The 16-year-old apprentice jockey is in his first season of riding and he is already
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A change in venue proved fruitful for Cleese (NZ) (Sweet Orange) on Saturday, with the local galloper taking out the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2000m) at Cambridge. Originally set to take place at Tauranga, the meeting was transferred to Cambridge’s synthetic surface earlier in the week due to track conditions
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Gavin Opie inched closer to reaching his career-best season’s tally when recording a winning double at Pukekohe on Wednesday. The Te Aroha trainer now sits on nine wins, just one victory shy of his previous best tally, and he is hopeful to better that mark before season’s end.
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The Ashes test series will be all consuming for England coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes over the next month, but the looming debut of a racehorse in New Zealand may give them some reprieve. Stokes (NZ) (Shamexpress), a three-year-old gelding owned and bred by McCullum, and named after
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Group One performer Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) has returned home to New Zealand and will rejoin former trainer Nigel Tiley’s Pukekohe stable in the new season. The son of Proisir was a standout youngster for the South Auckland horseman, winning his sole start as a juvenile before impressing in his
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Diomedes (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) ended his season on a winning note at Pukekohe on Wednesday, capping what has been a fruitful preparation. In testing Heavy10 conditions, the Echoes Of Heaven gelding showed his tenacity in the closing stages to hold on to win by a head over Theoden. “It
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Samantha Logan always knew Saltcoats (NZ) (Ardrossan) would be in her care for just a short time, so she made sure to enjoy every moment. The son of Ardrossan had three starts for the Cambridge conditioner and recorded one of her career highlights when taking out the Listed Auckland Futurity
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Stakes performer Redmond (NZ) (Ghibellines) will add further firepower to Andrew Forsman’s Macedon Lodge team this week, but whether he will arrive in time to race at Caulfield on Saturday is still up in the air. The three-year-old gelding is still in New Zealand awaiting his flight across the
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Riccarton trainers Kevin and Annette Hinton will head south to Oamaru on Thursday in search of better footing for their promising galloper Robbie Burns (NZ) (Wrote). Racing will take place on their backdoor step on Saturday, however, the husband-and-wife duo made the decision to head south once they saw the