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Group Three performer Canheroc (NZ) (El Roca) has just one Cup to his name, but trainer Chris Wood is keen to double that haul when they head to Te Rapa on Saturday to tackle the Gr.3 SkyCity Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m). The seven-year-old son of El Roca
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Cliff Matson’s blue and white silks have featured frequently in the winner’s enclosure of late and his run of success continued on Sunday at Te Aroha. The Auckland-based businessman has a number of horses based with the in-form Wexford Stables, with his recent winners Texas Hold
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This week, Michael is in Hong Kong to speak with one of the most-powerful men in world racing; Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges. He's also joined by Danny Rolston to talk the local industry, and Emily Murphy swings by to chat James McDonald's success and Ka Ying
Breeding
Grangewilliam Stud is continuing to set a merry pace with strong results on and off the track. Mark and Jane Corcoran’s farm bred and sold high-class performer Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed), who won Saturday’s Gr.1 Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham where recent purchase Utopian Wine was
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Quality mare About Time returned to the winner’s circle at Ellerslie on Saturday and her trainer Lance Noble is hoping to continue that trend on Thursday with a trio of runners. A four-year-old owned and bred by Brendan and Jo Lindsay of Cambridge Stud, About Time performed
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Shaun and Emma Clotworthy will plot a path towards the $1.25 million Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) with their promising three-year-old Interplanetary, who put his staying prowess on display at Te Aroha on Sunday. A son of Time Test, Interplanetary finished fourth in the Listed
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Quality filly Sethito produced a timely and satisfying victory for Waikato Stud when she impressively bridged the gap to black type company at Ellerslie. Bred and raced by Garry Chittick, the three-year-old daughter of resident sire Super Seth added significant performance to her illustrious pedigree when she romped
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New Zealand has been synonymous with producing quality middle-distance and staying thoroughbreds, but now it can lay claim to the best sprinter on the planet after Ka Ying Rising took out the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Kiwi-bred gelding has
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Fresh off receiving the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award at a special ceremony on Friday night, expat Kiwi hoop James McDonald etched his name in the record books at Sha Tin on Sunday when he partnered local hero Romantic Warrior to their third successive triumph in the Gr.1
International
Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) continued a meteoric rise to clinch the biggest win of his career with victory in the HK$26 million Gr.1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Overcoming difficulties at the start and pressure throughout, the gelding responded courageously for Zac
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Promising stayer Son Of Sun (NZ) (Tavistock) continued his love affair with the Ellerslie track after recording his fourth win from just six starts there when taking out the opening event on the card on Saturday, the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Qualifier (2100m). The Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley-prepared
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A pair of well-related gallopers delivered impressive fresh-up victories for Roger James and Robert Wellwood across the weekend. Irish Legacy (I Am Invincible), a daughter of multiple Australian Group One-winning mare Shillelagh, made her four-year-old debut at Ellerslie on Saturday, after four appearances last term