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While kicking off Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s (NZ) (Redwood) spring campaign in the 29th heat on a Heavy9 track wasn’t ideal, Graeme Rogerson was pleased with what he saw from his Group One winner at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday. The son of Redwood was the best away
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Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) made a pleasing return at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday, comfortably winning his star-studded 900m heat on the Heavy9 surface. The son of Proisir had a standout three-year-old season, winning three and placing in two of his five starts in
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Judge Dick Hunt’s voice has been a staple at Central Districts race meetings for the best part of half a century, but at Otaki on Saturday he signed off for the last time. It brings the curtain down on a career that has spanned nearly 58 years in racing,
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Local trainer Michael Wallace is looking forward to heading to Cambridge’s Synthetic meeting on Wednesday where he will be represented by With You (NZ) (Rageese) in the Pryde’s Easifeed 1300. The daughter of Rageese has been in fine form on the polytrack, winning three starts back on the
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Last season’s standout three-year-old filly Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) pleased trainers Ken and Bev Kelso with her first public hit-out this preparation at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The daughter of Proisir settled midfield for jockey Ryan Elliot in her 900m trial before looming wide at the turn
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Mongolian Falcon got off the mark as a sire last Friday when Mumbo Jumbo broke through for her maiden win on Riccarton’s synthetic track. Vicki Wilson, who stands the Group Two winning son of Fastnet Rock at her Hawke’s Bay property, was rapt with the result. “It was
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Hayley Hassman kicked off her riding career in the best possible fashion at Te Rapa on Saturday when winning aboard Hill Of Kings in her first raceday ride. It was a sentimental day for the 17-year-old amateur jockey, who was riding in front of her adoring family and
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Mark Walker put a winning seal on a stellar season when taking out the last race of the card at Te Rapa on Saturday with Hero Worship (Xtravagant). The victory brought Walker’s season tally to 203 wins, 63 ahead of the previous best mark held by former Te Akau
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There will be a new trainer’s name in the racebook come Tuesday, with Ryan Foote set to join his father Ben in partnership at the dawn of the new season. While Foote, 20, has always been around horses, it wasn’t until COVID-19 lockdown that he renewed his
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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston finished the season off on a high at his home track last Friday when scoring a winning treble and securing the South Island Trainers’ Premiership in the process. It’s been a tough season for the southern barn, with the passing of stable apprentice Megan Taylor
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Te Awamutu trainer Debbie Sweeney has been impressed with MacFire’s run of form of late and she is hoping that continues at Te Rapa on Saturday where he will contest the Property Brokers Taumarunui 3YO (1400m). The son of Saville Row failed to flatter in his first two starts,
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Mark Walker is in rarefied air after becoming the first New Zealand trainer to record 200 domestic wins in a season at Awapuni on Thursday. Te Akau’s head trainer went into the synthetic meeting requiring two wins to reach the mark and his eight-strong team duly delivered. Redsheis