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Whiskey ‘N Roses (NZ) (Belardo) has a strong fresh-up record, and the Group Two performer will be out to keep that intact when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising five-year-old son of Belardo was runner-up on debut as a two-year-old before
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Freddie Time (NZ) (Time Test) will have a new trainer next to his name in the racebook this weekend, but Otaki horseman Howie Mathews said nothing has changed. Formerly trained by Kelvin Tyler, who owns the gelding with his wife Vanessa, Feddie Time has been based this season in the
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Te Akau Racing are slowly coming out of their winter hibernation, with the country’s leading stable stepping out some of their topliners at the Avondale trials on Tuesday. “July is a pretty quiet month for us, but we have got a nice team for the spring that is slowly
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Graeme Cameron will be on a fact-finding mission when he heads to Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Wednesday with his Group Two performer Dusty Road (NZ) (Shamexpress). The local trainer has recently been working his gelding on the surface, which he said has been to his liking, so he
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Group One-winning jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor has already had Group success in New Zealand, and the Queensland hoop is hoping he can add several more to his haul when he arrives in New Zealand next week for an extended riding stint. The 26-year-old had his first taste
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It’s been a challenging season for apprentice jockey Ashlee Strawbridge, but her hard work and perseverance was rewarded at Oamaru on Sunday when riding a winning treble. The 20-year-old hoop was confident of a bold showing from the Samantha Wynne-trained Shawshank (NZ) (El Roca), and he
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Riccarton mare Bella Luce (NZ) (Belardo) was victorious in Sunday’s Crombie & Price LTD Oamaru Cup (1600m), and now trainer Lance Robinson is hoping he can attain valuable black-type with the rising eight-year-old. The daughter of Belardo had come close as a three-year-old when
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Southland trainer Ebony Turner is excited about the future with her two-year-old filly Glamour Extreme (Extreme Warrior) following her eye-catching debut victory in the John Borrie & Peter Cook (1200m) at Oamaru on Sunday. From her outside gate in the 14-horse field, the daughter of Extreme
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The late Don Couchman had a big impact on Tina Egan’s development as a horsewoman, and the Stratford trainer said she still refers to her former riding master’s advice when making decisions with her horses. There is one piece of advice that she has particularly lent on with
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Donna Logan is hoping a return to Ruakaka this weekend can help reinvigorate her Group Three performer Yokozuna (Fierce Impact). The three-year-old son of Fierce Impact began his career with a hiss and a roar at the Northland track last year, winning on debut as a late two-
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Group Three winner Spencer (NZ) (Derryn) was runner-up in the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) two years ago when ridden by Lisa Allpress, and he will reunite with the returning jockey in this year’s edition where the pair will aim to go one better on Saturday. Allpress has spent
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Tulsa King (NZ) (Staphanos), the little horse with a cult following, is back racing this weekend, but it won’t be in the race trainer Aaron Bidlake had originally intended. Bidlake had earmarked the Listed Agfirst Engineering Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday as the rising four-year-