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Lux Libertas (NZ) (Almanzor) overcame plenty of adversity early in her life, but the four-year-old left unfortunate beginnings behind her when completing a winning hattrick at Matamata on Wednesday. A daughter of Almanzor, Lux Libertas had a pair of starts early in her three-year-old season before being put aside by
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Saturday's Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) marks the next step in Public Attention's road to October's Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Karaka-sourced colt was an impressive winner on debut at Caulfield at the end of July and has
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Former shuttle stallion Almanzor’s flying days are now behind him, with Cambridge Stud announcing their Group One-producing sire will remain a permanent resident of New Zealand. A deal has been brokered with their northern hemisphere partners Haras d'Etreham to secure the full breeding rights of the son
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Quality mare Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock) is back on track to open her spring campaign ahead of a later than originally anticipated involvement in the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival. Tavistock’s daughter will resume on Saturday in the Harcourts Bream Bay (1400m) at Ruakaka where stablemate and Gr.
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Ellerslie has taken the next step in their return to racing, hosting a successful set of jumpouts for Auckland-trained horses, with 70 horses running against the rail and 28 outside cones on the course proper. Feedback from stakeholders, including the Racing Integrity Board, was positive regarding the track’s performance.
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Sydney trainer Joe Pride is eyeing some lucrative targets with last weekend’s impressive Rosehill winner Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock). The four-year-old gelding has returned from a Classic season which concluded with a runner-up finish in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m), with Pride surprised by the new-found dash from the
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Co-trainer Katherine Coleman isn't expecting any first-up fireworks from I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) or Chain Of Lightning when they kick off their respective spring campaigns in Saturday's Group One Moir Stakes at The Valley. The stablemates are the highest-rated horses in the $750,000
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Leading rider Blake Shinn has reclaimed the ride aboard Antino (NZ) (Redwood) when the Queenslander goes second-up into the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday week. Trainer Tony Gollan confirmed on Tuesday that Shinn will reacquaint himself with the Memsie Stakes' fourth placegetter at Flemington,
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Champion trainer Ciaron Maher said he is confident Pride Of Jenni's much-anticipated spring campaign has not been derailed by a minor elevated temperature. Pride Of Jenni has emerged from her unplaced Gr.1 Memsie Stakes run with an imperfect blood picture, but Maher said that while her tests
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There is plenty of anticipation heading into Matamata’s Wednesday meeting, with local trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley set to unveil exciting filly Gossip (NZ) (Proisir). The daughter of Proisir topped last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Online Yearling Sale when purchased out of Fairdale Stud’s draft by Gary
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Te Akau trainer Mark Walker joined Racing Pulse on Tuesday morning after Quintessa's impressive win in the Cockram in Melbourne and four winners in New Zealand on Saturday. https://omny.fm/shows/racin-pulse-with-michael-felgate/mark-walker-with-whats-next-for-quintessa
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Matamata horsewoman Chelsea Burdan will line-up her first runner as a trainer this week, albeit a few years earlier than anticipated. The 23-year-old former jockey’s riding career was cut short three years ago through injury, and while disappointed she can no longer compete in the saddle, she is looking