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New Zealand
Proven miler and winter track specialist Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) bounced back to winning form when he produced a powerful home straight surge to capture the feature event at Wanganui on Saturday, the Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m). The 2023 Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) winner was having just his
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Three and a half hours before Moonlight Magic (NZ) (Almanzor) took her place in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm, her half-brother Belardi (NZ) (Belardo) kicked off a huge day for the family with victory in the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui.
New Zealand
Carpe Diem (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) relished the heavy track and returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in over a year in The Foxton Cup 2040 at Wanganui on Saturday. The winter specialist had recorded four of his prior five career victories in heavy conditions, most recently
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Apprentice Ciel Butler made good use of her 2kg claim when she guided Matamata visitor Caitlyns Wish (NZ) (Belardo) to victory in the Open 1200m Handicap at Wanganui on Saturday. The Stephen Autridge-prepared four-year-old daughter of Belardo had been thereabouts of late without securing top spot on the podium and
Australia
Hezashocka (NZ) (Shocking) has proven himself in far stronger company than Saturday’s Gr.3 Living Turf Premier’s Cup (2400m), and that big-race quality shone through with a comfortable victory at Eagle Farm. Although last month’s Listed Gosford Gold Cup (2200m) was his first win since 2022, Hezashocka
Australia
New Zealand three-year-old Geriatrix (NZ) (Almanzor) made a big impression when making his Australian debut at Eagle Farm on Saturday, albeit not in the race his trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott had hoped for. The Almanzor colt headed across the Tasman as a three-race winner from nine starts,
New Zealand
After a flurry of winners in the final few days of May, Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh hopes to extend that good form into June with a talented team at Pukekohe on Saturday. Marsh sits in second place on the New Zealand trainers’ premiership with 86 wins this season, 10 of
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Lisa Latta’s 2023-24 season features an unusual statistic of seven Group wins and none at Listed level, but the Awapuni trainer has two opportunities to rectify that anomaly at Wanganui on Saturday. Latta’s black-type wins this season have come from Belclare in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred
New Zealand
Talented Riverton three-year-old Riviera Rebel will head to Wingatui on Sunday to kick off a winter campaign that could culminate in a shot at the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m). The son of Pure Champion will take on older Rating 75 opposition in the $35,000 Win a Hilux With
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Carl Henderson is on the sidelines with a broken ankle and he is hoping Rua Rocks can boost his spirits when he heads to Te Aroha on Monday to contest the Te Aroha Veterinary Services Te Aroha Cup (2200m). Henderson spent a couple of weeks in the hospital earlier this
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Cambridge trainer Ken Harrison is looking forward to heading to Pukekohe on Saturday where he will have a two-pronged attack in the Dunstan Horsefeeds 2200. Tavistock gelding Espresso To Go has put in solid performances in his last two outings, placing over 2100m at Hawera on each occasion, and Harrison
Breeding
Throughout a proud history spanning more than 50 years, the NZB Filly of the Year Series has repeatedly unveiled superstars of the racetrack and the breeding barn. But the 2023-24 edition of the series turned out to be one for the ages, with three different fillies going on to win