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Local filly She’s No Saint (Prague) put her contemporaries on notice for the rest of the spring following her dominant win in the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. The race has long been in the crosshairs for trainer Michelle Bradley, who raced
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Victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Remembering Diatribe Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield capped a consistent run of form for Taka Speed (NZ) (Savabeel), and the New Zealand-bred gelding also passed an important stamina test. Previously a four-time winner between 1400m and 1800m, the Savabeel gelding had attempted
Racing
Local gelding Ayteem (NZ) (Eminent) put in the performance of his career when scoring his second consecutive win at New Plymouth on Saturday when taking out the Grangewilliam Stud (2000m). From his outside barrier in the seven-horse field, jockey Chris Dell pushed his charge forward to take an early
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Lightly raced mare Attractiveness (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) capped a breakthrough campaign with her second straight Rosehill victory on Saturday, setting up a potential shot at black type in the autumn. Previously a winner and placegetter from four starts between November and January, the New Zealand-bred daughter of Hello Youmzain
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Group One winner Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) took a step closer to his raceday return when trialling over 1000m at Ruakaka on Saturday. A standout three-year-old for trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy, the son of Tarzino numbered the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) among his four wins in
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Nicconi County (Nicconi) has been in a purple patch of form over winter and will bid to extend his winning streak to four when he heads to Ruakaka on Saturday. The Bob and Jenny Vance-trained eight-year-old kicked off his winning run at Ellerslie in June before posting
Racing
The last time Te Aroha trainer Sarah West ventured south to Woodville, she came home a winner, and she is hoping she can replicate that feat this weekend. Grey gelding Juwala (NZ) (Reliable Man) gave West her first win as a trainer when winning at the Tararua venue last month,
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Taranaki filly Shamelia Kirk (NZ) (Shamexpress) showed plenty as juvenile and trainer Robbie Patterson is hopeful she can bring that form into her three-year-old season, with her first test being the Listed Chittick Family Fillies Classic (1100m) at Taupo on Sunday. The daughter of Shamexpress had three starts
New Zealand
It has been a lucrative couple of weeks for the connections of Kereti (NZ) (Darci Brahma), which was capped by another big cheque at Awapuni on Thursday following his win in the $75,000 Power Farming Manawatu Polytrack Championship (1400m). The win came less than a fortnight after his victory
Australia
Dom Sutton believes Group 1 winner Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) has returned “as good, if not better” than ever ahead of his spring return in Saturday's P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Now a five-year-old, Feroce will launch another spring campaign over 1400 metres as Sutton
Breeding
Triple black-type winner Inflamed (NZ) (Ghibellines) has been retired and will join the White Robe Lodge broodmare band, with resident sire Alflaila selected as her first mating. Bred and raced by Brian and the late Lorraine Anderton and trained by Brian in partnership with his son Shane, Inflamed won
Australia
New Zealand-bred galloper Rise At Dawn (NZ) (Almanzor) has been ruled out of the spring after suffering a bowed tendon. The Lindsay Park-trained six-year-old had made an encouraging start to his latest preparation, finishing runner-up in both of his appearances. The tendon injury is a