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A rewarding family association will continue for Stephen Marsh on Saturday when the race day covers come off a well related three-year-old at Ellerslie. The Cambridge trainer has a 100 percent winning record with fillies from Snitzel mare Parmalove, and he is hoping that trend continues when Acclivitous
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Top-flight hopes are held for a trio of New Zealand-bred representatives who posted stakes victories across the Tasman at the weekend. Shockletz (NZ) (Shocking) and Satono Glow (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) were successful at Flemington, while Persian Wonder (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) scored at Rosehill to press their claims for
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Group One-winning horseman Robert Wellwood is looking forward to serving his industry colleagues, although keeping them all satisfied will be a challenge. Wellwood has succeeded Shaun Clotworthy as National President of the New Zealand Trainers’ Association and acknowledged you can’t please all of the people all of the
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Marton trainer Fraser Auret is happy to play the waiting game with his multiple stakes-winning mare Khanshe (NZ) (Mongolian Khan). He resisted the temptation to nominate her for any of the Group One legs of the Triple Crown series to do right by the late-blooming daughter of Mongolian
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High-profile Cambridge Stud resident Almanzor enjoyed a memorable weekend, both on and off the track. The internationally successful sire son of Wootton Bassett was a major player at Ellerslie where his daughters Pounce (NZ) and Asturia (NZ) played starring roles on Saturday, while his son First Five (NZ) was
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The booking of a champion rider combined with the inside gate and a smooth preparation has Shaune Ritchie confident that Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci) will be in the frame in Saturday’s Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. The Cambridge trainer, who operates in partnership with Colm Murray, will have
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Kali (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has made a fast and successful start to the second stage of her career after being denied the opportunity to show her true worth on the track. The Darci Brahma mare’s first foal to race is The Oaks Stud-bred and sold Perfect Chaos (NZ)
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Shaun and Emma Clotworthy have top-flight ambitions for two members of their Byerley Park stable in the coming weeks and, in the short term, will also chase a prestige jumps victory. The husband-and-wife team have Willydoit and Pulsatilla on target for Group One spring features while Roc
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A major injury suffered as a youngster didn’t stop Brah Spring (NZ) enjoying a lucrative racing career with following stakes success as a broodmare for Little Avondale Stud. The Darci Brahma mare claimed seven victories, with her daughter Prima Bella (NZ) (Per Incanto) surpassing that mark at Randwick on
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Tony Pike is approaching in-form mare Churchillian's (NZ)(Churchill) task at Te Rapa on Saturday with a major dose of realism. The Cambridge trainer has the seven-year-old in top order for the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m) and is only too aware of
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Resuming runners Media World (Written Tycoon) and Tardelli (I Am Invincible) are primed for bold first-up displays in Saturday’s Gr.3 Foxbridge Plate (1400m) ahead of sterner spring tests. The Stephen Marsh-trained pair have trialled encouragingly ahead of the Waikato Stud-sponsored feature at Te Rapa with
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She’s No Saint (Prague) added her name to Highline Thoroughbreds’ roll of honour in emphatic fashion at Ruakaka on Saturday, with Cam and Eva Heron’s farm now hoping she can progress to their list of top-flight graduates. The Michelle Bradley-trained filly romped to victory on her