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Foxton gelding Another Won’t Hurt has booked his ferry trip across the Cook Strait for next month’s Grand National Festival of Racing at Riccarton following his victory in the Vets On Riverbank Raukawa Cup (2100m) at Otaki on Friday. Trainer Adam Scott had been eyeing the Gr.3
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Waverley horsewoman Nicole Sinclair is on cloud nine after recording her first win as a trainer at Otaki on Friday when Ziggy Khan (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) took out the Foxton New World Foxton Cup (2100m). Runner-up in her two previous starts, the six-year-old mare jumped a $4
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Danny Rolston, one of the world’s most respected bloodstock judges, will begin a new chapter in his career next month when he joins burgeoning thoroughbred powerhouse Yulong Investments as their Head of Racing. Formerly the Director of Sales at New Zealand Bloodstock, Rolston has spent the last four years
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It was a memorable day at Cambridge on Thursday for local apprentice jockey Jack Taplin, who recorded his first treble at the synthetic meeting. Taplin was upbeat about his chances heading into the meeting, with the 22-year-old hoop booked to ride two favourites in Ebony Gem (Snitzel) and
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Consistent gelding Cheval de Foudre (NZ) (Time Test) will be out to improve on his string of placings when he heads to Hawera on Saturday to contest the Energy Ford (1600m). The rising seven-year-old has placed in all four his starts this preparation, including three successive runner-up
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Te Akau Racing have been a dominant force among New Zealand’s juvenile ranks this season, and they are hoping to add one more two-year-old stakes scalp to their record on Friday. The country’s leading stable are tipped to do so when they line-up Honour Roll
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Life at the beach seems to be agreeing with Bourbon Proof (Justify), who has recently joined Michelle Bradley’s Ruakaka barn, and the son of Justify is set to make his stable debut for the Northland horsewoman at his new home track this weekend. Formerly trained by Stephen Marsh, Bourbon
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Polytrack specialist Lhasa (Hellbent) showed he is no one-trick pony when performing up to the highest level on the grass this season, but he will return to his favourite surface when he lines up in the Remembering Ngakau Hailey 1300 at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Thursday. The Hellbent
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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