NZ Racing and Breeding News – 27 December 201
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Ohope Wins cements Oaks favouritism with outstanding Te Rapa victory
Progressive fillyOhope Wins (NZ)(Ocean Park) completed the perfect dress rehearsal for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) in a fortnight when she stormed home out wide from last on the corner to take out the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m)
First black-type success for Oak Hill
New Zealand-bred gelding Oak Hill (NZ) (Per Incanto) lifted his ever-improving career to another new level with his first black-type victory in the A$300,000 Gr.2 Here For The Horses Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Per Incanto has now had 19 starts
First Five slots another Group One
Te Rapa trainer David Greene is riding the crest of a wave after he doubled his Group One tally when First Five took out the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at his home track on Saturday. Greene recorded his first elite-level success when the Almanzor five-year-old won last month’s Gr.