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Local trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman hold a strong hand heading into the middle day of the Grand National Festival of Racing at Riccarton, where they will be chasing the lucrative prizemoney on offer at the synthetic meeting. At the top on their hit list is the Polytrack Championship (1200m)
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His Spring Carnival program might be a little different this year, but there will be a similar starting point for Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto). Ciaron Maher's explosive gelding will have his first trial of the campaign over 900 metres at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning. The son of
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Group Three winner Spencer (NZ) (Derryn) scored a confidence-boosting win at Ruakaka on Saturday ahead of his return to stakes company in the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa later this month. The seven-year-old gelding hadn’t featured in the money in the
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Rewards from a relatively modest outlay for a Shinko King weanling more than a decade ago continue to flow for prominent breeder and owner Daniel Nakhle. In 2005, he outlaid $8,500 to secure Irish Colleen (NZ), who won on seven occasions including success in the Gr.2 Concorde Handicap
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New Zealand’s weight-for-age ranks have been thinned with several retirements, but one top performer that will be returning this season is Cambridge Stud’s Group One-winning mare Jaarffi (NZ) (Iffraaj). A perennial bridesmaid at the highest level, the now seven-year-old daughter of Iffraaj broke
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New Zealand’s standout thoroughbreds and racing participants will take centre stage at the 2025–26 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards, with this season’s finalists now confirmed ahead of the ceremony in Auckland on Sunday 6 September. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) Chief Executive Officer Matt
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The Patrick Payne-trained Sing For Peace (NZ) (Tavistock) stamped himself as a star of jumps racing with a determined victory in Sunday’s Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown Lakeside. Sing For Peace was considered the main danger to the champion Stern Idol, who was chasing his fourth consecutive Crisp
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The Australian Grand National Steeplechase will come under consideration for Andy Win (NZ) (Almanzor) after his tough win in the A$250,000 Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown on Sunday. Andy Win was sent out a $3 second favourite in the field of five, with the Ciaron Maher-trained
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High class sprinter Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) looks right on target for his early season targets after never getting out of second gear during a stunning open class trial win over 1050m at Ruakaka on Saturday. The Danny Walker and Arron Tata-prepared six-year-old was having his first public
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David Greene hopes to have his multiple Group One winner First Five (NZ) (Almanzor) at the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m) in three weeks’ time, but won’t hesitate to bypass the feature if conditions aren’t to suit. A standout winner of last season’s Gr.3
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Victory aboard the Kiwi-bred Carbonados (NZ) (Belardo) in the A$160,000 NSW Jockeys Association Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday capped a memorable 40th birthday for jockey Tim Clark. It was the third win of the afternoon for Clark, who had previously won aboard Funshow (Cosmic Force) and
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Comeback jockey Blake Shinn has predicted a black-type future for New Zealand-bred galloper Touchdown (NZ) (Almanzor), who lived up to his reputation and hot favouritism with a dominant victory in the A$130,000 2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival On Sale (1620m) at Flemington on Saturday. The son of