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Road To Paris (NZ) (Circus Maximus) crowned a momentous week for Windsor Park Stud when he provided the farm’s resident sire Circus Maximus with his first elite level success on Champions’ Day at Ellerslie. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained representative triumphed in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby
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Janelle Millar couldn’t have wished for a better lead-up to Saturday’s Gr.2 Trackside Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie with Final Return (NZ) (Reliable Man). The New Plymouth trainer has the winning polish on the son of Reliable Man, who was successful last time out on the course
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Te Akau’s black type troops will be out in force on Saturday with leading hopes chasing down elite level honours and a quartet of contenders in the hunt for the richest purse on offer at Ellerslie. Unbeaten filly Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will start a short-priced favourite in the
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The second running of the $4 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie on Saturday is already a major triumph for Karaka nursery Haunui Farm. The stud has a remarkable five graduates chasing the richest prize in Australasia for three-year-olds with Romanoff (NZ) (Belardo), He Who Dares (NZ) (Snitzel), L’Aigle
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Well-travelled horseman Henry Dwyer will bid for further overseas honours with a two-pronged attack on Champions’ Day this weekend. The Ballarat trainer has forsaken Australian opportunities with imports Paradise Storm (Masked Marvel) and Cote Atlantique (Kodiac) in favour of riches at opposing ends of the distance scale on offer at
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The loss of Ghibellines was further emphasised at Wingatui where the late resident of White Robe Lodge was the dominant force. The son of Shamardal was represented by two new stakes winners at the weekend and sired a trifecta on Saturday’s undercard. His son Cluedo Lane (NZ) claimed top
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Promising filly Summer Schemer (Dirty Work) crowned a memorable recent run of results for Highden Park when she made the perfect start to her career at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained two-year-old continued a hot roll for Libby and Sam Bleakley’s Manawatu-based sales preparation and
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A career high performance from Brayden Star (Twilight Son) last spring set the wheels in motion for the stayer’s current two-start New Zealand campaign. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained seven-year-old went to a new level when successful in the Gr.2 Herbert Power Handicap (2400m) at Caulfield in
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Aksil had connections in two minds early on before time revealed the exciting three-year-old’s propensity to stay. The son of Ace High will have the opportunity to star in that role at Ellerslie on Saturday when he tackles a middle distance for the first time in the Gr.2
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Aksil (NZ) (Ace High) had connections in two minds early on before time revealed the exciting three-year-old’s propensity to stay. The son of Ace High will have the opportunity to star in that role at Ellerslie on Saturday when he tackles a middle distance for the first time in
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A long and successful Waikato breeding partnership was to the fore again at Matamata on Saturday where My Lips Are Sealed (NZ) (Ace High) doubled her stakes tally. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained mare made all the running in the hands of Rory Hutchings for a comfortable resuming victory
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Unbeaten filly Lara Antipova will head Te Akau’s assault on their home track two-year-old features on Saturday. Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson’s speed demon has been untested in either of her appearances and will face her sternest test in the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’