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Metropolitan fancy Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) is unbeaten in five starts over 2400 metres and he will be out to make it six when he lines up in the Listed Drinkwise Cup (2400m) at Randwick. The six-year-old was one of the revelations of the off-season, winning three of
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Following his heroics in last month’s Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton, Lord Spencer (NZ) (Zed) will return to the flat at New Plymouth on Saturday in the NZB Airfreight Road To Jericho (3210m). The JJ Rayner-trained gelding has been the standout jumper over winter, posting four successive
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It is often said that a picture paints a thousand words, and one in particular has been speaking volumes to Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley as she prepares She’s No Saint (Prague) for the Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. “I took a
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Expat Australian jockey Matt Cartwright is living the dream in New Zealand as he gets set to partner two favourites on Proisir Plate Day at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Cambridge-based hoop will reunite with New Zealand’s darling of the turf, Well Written (Written Tycoon), in the Gr.1
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The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable has high hopes for Zambardo (NZ) (Belardo) but also concede the galloper needs to again rise to a new level. Entered for both the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup, Zambardo makes his return in the So You Think Stakes (1500m) at Sandown
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Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are hoping promising New Zealand-bred three-year-old Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) can lay the foundations for a Group One spring campaign when he resumes in Saturday’s Listed McKenzie Stakes (1300m) at Sandown. The son of Ace High created a strong impression
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Chris Wood won the Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4300m) as a jockey in 1980 aboard Le Roy (NZ) (Sovereign Ruler), and 46 years on he matched that feat as a trainer courtesy of Smug (NZ) (Complacent) in Thursday’s The Valley Toyota-sponsored feature. The nine-year-old son of Complacent
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Amateur jockey Lucy Klee had a memorable day at Te Aroha on Thursday when recording her first win in the saddle aboard Because (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Jason Roberts BYL Livestock Amateur Riders 2200, and the aspiring apprentice is hoping it is the first of many. “It was a great
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Fast Network (NZ) (Wrote) will begin his two-race campaign in Japan this Sunday when the six-year-old contests the G2 Centaur Stakes (1200m) at Hanshin, serving as his final lead-up race before the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) on 27 September at Nakayama. After arriving in Japan on
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Matamata trainers Peter and Jessica Brosnan scored the perfect result at Te Aroha on Thursday when they quinellaed the Vet Associates Equine Pakuranga Hunt Open Hurdle (3100m) with Squire (NZ) (Savile Row) and Jake (NZ) (War Decree). Squire, who finished runner-up in the race last year behind Hill Of
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The booking of a champion rider combined with the inside gate and a smooth preparation has Shaune Ritchie confident that Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci) will be in the frame in Saturday’s Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. The Cambridge trainer, who operates in partnership with Colm Murray, will have
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Roger James and Robert Wellwood will launch the spring campaigns of a trio of quality gallopers at Ellerslie on Saturday, headed by Group One-winning mare She’s A Dealer (NZ) (Ace High) in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m). She’s A Dealer established her top-flight credentials last