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Freddie Time (NZ) (Time Test) will have a new trainer next to his name in the racebook this weekend, but Otaki horseman Howie Mathews said nothing has changed. Formerly trained by Kelvin Tyler, who owns the gelding with his wife Vanessa, Feddie Time has been based this season in the
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Trainer Ciaron Maher was delighted with the trial performance of Group One winner Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) at Gosford on Wednesday. Gringotts, the A$6.4m earner, is on a path to chase a third win in the A$3 million Listed Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick on the first
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Talented Taranaki galloper Tisse (NZ) (Belardo) will lead the charge for the Central Districts in Saturday’s Paul McGlade Taumaranui Gold Cup (2200m) at Te Rapa. The son of Belardo featured in the winner’s circle at the Waikato course two starts back over a mile, before running a creditable
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A full brother to progressive Chris Waller trained three year-old Hello Captain (NZ) (Hell0 Youmzain), talented juvenile Persian Wonder (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) was Group placed during the autumn and returned from a spell to break the ice at Canterbury on Wednesday. Trained by David Payne, Persian Wonder was tested
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Perth G1 winner Cosmic Crusader is set to have eight rivals for Victoria’s final stakes race for the season in the G3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield this Saturday. The Northerly Stakes winner at Ascot last December drew barrier one in the field of nine for Saturday’s $200,
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Andrew Campbell will follow a familiar and lucrative black type path with lightly tried youngster Singletary (NZ) (Satono Aladdin). The Otaki trainer will open the son of Satono Aladdin’s new preparation in Saturday’s Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m) on his home track and all
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In mid-March, the Patrick and Michelle Payne-trained Split (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) almost lost his life. The gelding was on the South West Horse Transport truck that was en route to the Camperdown jumpouts, before it rolled off a bend in Bamganie, near Meredith, approximately 100 kilometres west
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King Pedro’s (NZ) (Eminent) emergence as a Melbourne Cup smokey this spring has come at the right time for OTI Racing following confirmation their Irish-based stayer Sober is injured and won’t be making the trip to Melbourne this spring. Rated a $26 chance for the $10 million
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Master trainer Joe Pride isn’t locked into Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) attempting a three-peat in the Gr.1 A$5 million King Charles III Stakes on Everest Day at Royal Randwick during the Sydney spring carnival. Pride admitted he is preparing Ceolwulf for the King Charles on October 17
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Te Akau Racing are slowly coming out of their winter hibernation, with the country’s leading stable stepping out some of their topliners at the Avondale trials on Tuesday. “July is a pretty quiet month for us, but we have got a nice team for the spring that is slowly
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Graeme Cameron will be on a fact-finding mission when he heads to Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Wednesday with his Group Two performer Dusty Road (NZ) (Shamexpress). The local trainer has recently been working his gelding on the surface, which he said has been to his liking, so he
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has reinforced its position as one of the world's leading racing jurisdictions after recording wagering growth, expanding international betting partnerships and further strengthening incentives for horse ownership. Total racing wagering turnover for the 2025/26 season reached HK$143.31 billion, up 3.