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Jakama Krystal (NZ) (Jakkalberry) was back for redemption in the final jumping race of the season on Sunday and she earned just that, storming to victory in the Property Brokers Pahiatua/Woodville (4000m). The Jakkalberry mare had competed at the Woodville venue earlier this month in the open steeplechase and
New Zealand
Promising hurdler Dictation (NZ) (Tavistock) finished his jumping season in style at Woodville on Sunday, putting on the complete performance to take out the Toll Free Tararua (3000m). The son of Tavistock has had a near-faultless first season hurdling, winning undercard races on major days at Hawke’s Bay and
New Zealand
Marieke Simons had an afternoon to remember at Woodville on Sunday, riding her first winner as an amateur aboard a horse she trains and co-owns in Ride The Tide (NZ) (Darci Brahma). The Awapuni horsewoman had competed on 11 previous occasions in amateur races dating back to the 2013/14
Australia
Andrew Forsman has suggested Gr.3 MRC Foundation Cup winner Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor) will take her chance in the Caulfield Cup, but he is still on the hunt for a jockey to ride at 50 kilograms. Forsman had initially been reluctant to throw his SA Fillies Classic winner in the
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Guy Heveldt, Emily Bosson and Jayne Ivil breakdown Hawkes Bay cancellation. Talk I Wish I Win with Mark Chittick and review the big races across the ditch. Weigh In, September 29 (youtube.com)
New Zealand
Matamata is set to host the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) for the second time in three years after a slippery track forced the abandonment of Saturday’s blockbuster race meeting at Hastings. The second day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival had promised so much, with quality
Australia
Elite New Zealand racehorse Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) has made a perfect start to the next chapter of his career, capturing Saturday’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) in his second start for new trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman. Desert Lightning was a five-race winner and million-dollar
New Zealand
Love Poem propelled herself up the fixed-odds market for the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) with a dominant first-up performance at Te Rapa on Friday. The highly talented Snitzel filly was a stakes placegetter in all of her three starts as a two-year-old. She was runner-up to Captured
New Zealand
Evergreen galloper Green Luck showed there was still plenty of life left in his ten-year-old legs as he downed his younger rivals to take out the Waimakariri Businesses North Canterbury Cup (2000m), the feature event at Riccarton on Saturday. The former Hong Kong galloper arrived in New Zealand back in
New Zealand
Nine-year-old warhorse Times Ticking (NZ) (Tavistock) upstaged his younger rivals with a brilliant first-up performance in Saturday’s Marshall Batteries Open Handicap (1400m) at Riccarton. The $50,000 feature marked the beginning of a seventh season of racing for the Tavistock gelding, who had not been seen on raceday since
Australia
Talented New Zealand import Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) improved her perfect four-year-old record to two-from-two with another impressive win at Rosehill on Saturday, heading a Kiwi-bred trifecta in the A$160,000 EGroup Protective Services Handicap (1900m). Firestorm showed promise on both sides of the Tasman as a three-year-old last
New Zealand
Put on the spot in a pre-race interview trainer Kenny Rae was asked which of his two runners was the best winning chance in the third race on the card at Riccarton, the Prides Easifeed – Nobby Bussell Memorial Two-Year-Old (800m). Rae didn’t falter as he claimed War Decree filly