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Lisa Latta’s 2023-24 season features an unusual statistic of seven Group wins and none at Listed level, but the Awapuni trainer has two opportunities to rectify that anomaly at Wanganui on Saturday. Latta’s black-type wins this season have come from Belclare in the Gr.1 New
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Talented Riverton three-year-old Riviera Rebel will head to Wingatui on Sunday to kick off a winter campaign that could culminate in a shot at the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m). The son of Pure Champion will take on older Rating 75 opposition in the $35,000 Win a
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A frustrating North Island campaign for Prince Alby (NZ) (Sacred Falls) finally took a turn for the better with a determined victory in Saturday’s John Cryan (2200m) at Trentham. The quality of the Riverton stayer has never been in question, with seven wins in the South Island along with
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While some feature-race wins are the result of months of planning and preparation, others can fall perfectly into place within the space of just 17 days. Saturday’s Listed Staphanos at Novara Park Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe only came on to the radar for Cambridge trainer Dean Wiles
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The Manawatu ITM Awapuni Hurdle (3000m) has not been a kind race to quality hurdler English Gambler, and the week leading into his third shot at the $60,000 feature at Woodville this Sunday has caused more headaches for his trainer Lauren Brennan. The son of Casino Prince has run
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Lisa Latta hopes a gear change might help turn around a disappointing campaign for Prioress as she heads to Trentham to defend her title in Saturday’s $50,000 The Metro Interiors Autumn Sprint Final (1200m). The daughter of Proisir scored an impressive victory over Highlighter in last year’s
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Islington Lass (NZ) (Proisir) could have Group One goals on her radar after capping her breakthrough campaign with victory in Saturday’s Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) at Trentham. The $80,000 feature was the sixth win from only a 10-start career for the Proisir mare, who has
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Saturday’s Happy 80th Birthday Garry Chittick (1100m) at Trentham is set to cap an exciting week for Cambridge trainers Ben and Ryan Foote. The $40,000 open sprint marks a welcome return to raceday action for the Footes’ stable star, multiple Group One-performed mare Babylon Berlin. It comes
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Mont Ventoux and Renegade Fighter’s first-up performances at Te Rapa on May 4 have given Rudy Liefting grounds for optimism for their winter jumping campaigns, beginning with their next assignments at Hawera on Sunday. A last-start placing in restricted open grade makes Mont Ventoux a key player
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Allan Sharrock will have both quantity and quality on his side at Trentham on Saturday as he shoots for a third Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) in the last seven years. The New Plymouth trainer won the race with Ladies First in 2017 and Justaskme last year, and he
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Well-related Cambridge Stud mare Bella Waters (NZ) (Scared Falls) was thrown in at the deep end for Saturday’s Listed Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m), but she proved that she belonged at black-type level with a highly valuable win. Bred and raced by Brendan and Jo Lindsay, Bella
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An emphatic front-running win at New Plymouth on Saturday hinted at a lucrative winter campaign over the next few months for Rocababy (NZ) (El Roca). Most of the highlights of the Hawera mare’s career have come on her favoured rain-affected footing, including a victory over subsequent Group