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The race has begun to qualify for the $200,000 ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui in March, and local trainers Brian and Shane Anderton are keen to once again be in the mix. The father-and-son duo took out this year’s edition of the race with their stakes
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The team at Cody Cole Racing got a much-needed boost over the busy summer racing period when they scored a winning treble at Arawa Park on Thursday. “We took six runners there and had three winners and two thirds, so it wasn’t a bad day,” trainer Cody Cole said.
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Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb (NZ) (Complacent) has seen a fair bit of the country over the last few months but will stick closer to home this week when she tackles the Landmark Homes City Of New Plymouth Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth Raceway on Friday. The daughter of
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Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have been playing the catch-up game with Wild Night (NZ) (Vanbrugh) for next month’s $1 million Elsdon Park Aoteoroa Classic (1600m), and they seem to be winning. The talented four-year-old placed first-up at Otaki last month over 1200m before trialling at Matamata over
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A trip north to Trentham next month is on the cards for Noble Knight (NZ) (Ghibellines) following his victory in the Grand Casino 2200 at Wingatui on Boxing Day. It was a return home of sorts for the son of Ghibellines, who was born just down the road at White
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Wairarapa trainer Alby MacGregor has enjoyed spending time in Canterbury with his family over the Christmas period and he is hoping for a leaving gift at Phar Lap Raceway on Thursday prior to his trip back north. MacGregor’s stable star Times Ticking (NZ) (Tavistock) has been ticking along nicely
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Campionessa shed her Group One bridesmaid’s tag at Pukekohe Park on Boxing Day when recording a well-deserved victory in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2050m). Previously runner-up in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) and Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2050m) earlier this year, Campionessa returned in
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Boys Get Paid have become synonymous with the Karaka Millions meeting, and the punting club will have a million reasons to cheer even louder at the feature raceday at Ellerslie on January 27. Their first bet for the meeting was a $50,000 outlay at $21 odds for Cool ‘N’
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In-form gelding One Bold Cat (NZ) (The Bold One) will get his first tilt at elite-level on Boxing Day when he heads north to Pukekohe to tackle the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (1600m). The Taranaki galloper has won seven and placed in two of his 12 career starts
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Robbie Patterson will head to Trentham with a strong contingent on Saturday, which will be led by last start Group winner Puntura. The six-year-old gelding broke through for this maiden stakes victory in the Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton last month and will be vying to
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A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all. The daughter of Satono Aladdin took her seventy-strong The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate on a whirlwind ride in autumn, winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham before crossing the
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Ascot Park trainer Sally McKay couldn’t be happier with her quality sprinter Henry Hubber (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) ahead of the Listed Property Brokers – Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui on Boxing Day. It will be the five-year-old gelding’s second tilt at stakes level, having placed in