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Final Return has raced creditably in strong company at Ellerslie without major success and will be back there on New Year’s Day in a bid to break through. The New Plymouth-based stayer has regularly tripped north and collected four placings on the course, including a third in the
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It’s part one of Michael’s chat with the King of Hong Kong, Zac Purton. They discuss the Aussie jockey’s kiwi connections, his career moves, Hong Kong racing, and Zac Purton the family man, including some awkwardness with his father in law. Guerin Report – S2 Ep. 13 Ft.
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The two-year-old race staged by the Levin Racing Club at Otaki every November has a proven record of unearthing top-level talent, and Te Akau Racing is hoping for more of the same with Sunday’s Levin Jumpouts 2YO (1100m) winner Kinnaird. The late-spring juvenile event boasts
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Stephen Marsh has his sights set on further feature-race success, with his proven performer Provence (NZ) (Savabeel) confirmed for Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The Cambridge trainer took his black-type tally for the first four months of the season to seven when Ammirati
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New stakes winners for resident stallions Redwood and Tarzino were celebrated by Westbury Stud at the weekend. The former’s homebred daughter Pulsatilla (NZ) (Redwood) produced a dominant performance to land the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie while Tarzino’s strapping son Tshiebwe (NZ) romped
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A sparkling gallop between races at Ellerslie on Saturday has completed Crocetti’s preparation for another round of major summer sprints. The speedy five-year-old cruised through his 1000m exhibition to the satisfaction of trainers Danny Walker and Arron Tata and regular rider Warren Kennedy. “They timed him to
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Join Guy Heveldt, Bruce Sherwin and Aidan Rodley as they break down the action from a busy Saturday of racing, which saw Blacktype across the North Island. Weigh In, November 30
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The Brad Widdup-trained Hyperbolic (NZ) (Proisir) ran out a ready winner of the Captivant @ Kia Ora Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday as the daughter of Proisir recorded her first metropolitan success. Ridden by Tommy Berry, Hyperbolic jumped from barrier 2 and stalked the favourite Maid Of Moolah (Capitalist)
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Gr.1 Australian Derby winner Major Beel (NZ) (Savabeel) was back winning at stakes level when landing the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained son of Savabeel has been a winner at benchmark level since his Derby triumph but hadn’t
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An inch-perfect ride by Mark Zahra has aided warhorse Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) to add another stakes win to his belt as the Group One winner defeated the fast-closing Persian Spirit in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Prepared by the Lindsay Park
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Five-year-old gelding Blacklist (NZ) (Redwood) has provided connections with a quick return when winning the TAB Country Classic (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Identified by Queenslander Luke Berger, Blacklist has had four trainers throughout his career, starting as a Waipa trial winner for Cody Cole before joining
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Shan (NZ) (Almanzor), but few would have expected it to come at the expense of a $1.50 favourite and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year. That was exactly what happened in the Gr.3 Bayleys Great Northern Challenge Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday as Mary Shan flew