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New Zealand
Promising three-year-old galloper Bentayga (NZ) (Zacinto) shook off the effects of a pre-race scare to register his first victory at New Plymouth on Sunday. The Tony Pike-trained runner fired up on his way to the start and took rider Michael McNab for an extended preliminary before
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Emily gets a tour of Tony’s Clarence St Pak’nSave supermarket in Hamilton then visits his successful thoroughbred breeding farm, Milan Park Stud in Cambridge.
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Emily mucks in with Mark Chittick in the Waikato Stud breeding shed, with Tivaci. She then finds out how the Waikato Stud team wind down after a long day at work.
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Emily helps recent Irish National Stud graduates Laura and Hannah with their yearling sales preparation at Trelawney Stud in Cambridge.
New Zealand
While his training partner is an old hand when it comes to producing winners at the elite level, Robert Wellwood was an uncapped novice until just after 5pm at Ellerslie on Saturday. In front of a massive crowd, Savabeel six-year-old Concert Hall (NZ) dashed home out wide to
New Zealand
A quick glance at the results from day one of the Ellerslie Christmas carnival reveals the remarkable fact that if your surname wasn’t Richards, Bosson or Johnson you struggled to make much of an impact on one of the biggest days on the New Zealand racing calendar. Matamata’s
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Andrew Bensley talks with trainer Jamie Richards who prepared a record six winners at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/jamie-richards-dec-27
Australia
Comeback jockey Tahlia Hope rewarded the faith trainer Patrick Payne places in her when they combined for the biggest win in her career when she won the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) on outsider Defibrillate (NZ) (Shocking). Hope only returned to riding in March this year, after being side-lined for
New Zealand
Champion trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau team have sent out an abundance of talent this season, and a remarkable performance in Saturday’s Gr.2 Jamieson Park Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie may have moved Amarelinha towards the top of the list. Along with Melody Belle’s
New Zealand
Versatile mare Concert Hall bagged the Group One victory she richly deserved when she stormed home out wide to snatch victory in the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie. Prepared for owner and breeder Joan Egan by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, Concert Hall had looked a
New Zealand
The all-conquering Te Akau team is sticking to a proven Group One formula with rising star three-year-old Brando. The striking son of Savabeel scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, which will be used as a
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Progressive mare Vamos Bebe took the step up to stakes company with relative ease when she strode clear in the final stages of Saturday’s Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie for a comprehensive victory. Trainer Jamie Richards backed his opinion of the I Am Invincible four-year-old,