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Rising 10-year-old gelding Bradman (NZ) (Pins) has been a stable stalwart for Roydon Bergerson, and the Awapuni trainer is hoping he can end his career on a high when he heads to Riccarton on Saturday to contest the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m). Bred by
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Suzy Gordon struck a dream result when she quinellaed the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth earlier this month with Prioress (NZ) (Proisir) and Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Loose), and this weekend she is hoping the pair can replicate that result in the Gr.3 Winning Edge
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Promising two-year-old Sonar (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) has black-type on his radar and he could attain it this week when he heads to Otaki on Thursday to contest the Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m). Bred by The Oaks Stud, Sonar is raced
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It’s a return home of sorts for trainer Joe Waldron, who has moved north to establish a stable in Cambridge. The former Wingatui-based horseman began his racing career working for Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, and in a full-circle moment he will train at the
Accomplished horsewoman Kayla Macnab added another string to her bow at Waverley on Friday when winning her first race as a trainer courtesy of Early Times (American Pharoah). The former jumps jockey, and now high weight rider, took out her trainer’s licence at the start of the season and
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Last year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) hero Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) is making pleasing progress for trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy and is on track to resume in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie in September. The rising five-year-old gelding was a standout for
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Awapuni galloper McKhan (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) has had everything go his way this preparation and he has performed accordingly, and trainer Ashley Meadows is hoping his golden run continues at Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising eight-year-old gelding hasn’t finished outside of the money in his four
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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