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Outsider Rotten Tommy (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) upset the applecart as he made every post a winner to register a front-running victory in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Run during one of several heavy rain showers that saw the track rated a
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Just Charlie (NZ) (Zed) continued the theme of the day at Riccarton on Saturday when the Wanganui visitor claimed his second successive Listed Nautical Boat Insurance Metropolitan Trophy (2590m). The Kevin Myers-trained gelding won last year’s edition under expat Kiwi hoop Logan Bates, and he looked the winner
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Central Districts raider Platinum Attack (Santos) proved himself a cut above his rivals when dashing home to defend his crown in Saturday’s Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton. The Lisa Latta-trained gelding headed south in winning form, having taken out the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m)
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Te Akau Racing’s hopes in next Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) have suffered a blow following the withdrawal of their leading contender System Of Play (Ole Kirk). The Ole Kirk colt had attracted plenty of admirers after winning his first two
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Just a week after returning to raceday riding, Central Districts jockey Kate Hercock will be hunting stakes success at Te Rapa on Saturday aboard Rareza (NZ) (Exosphere) in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m). Hercock was sidelined for six months after she was involved in a race fall at Woodville
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Following in the Flemington classic-winning footsteps of her sire Tarzino, rising star Proxima Dea (Tarzino) added a sixth win to her unbeaten record with a supreme performance in Thursday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Crown Oaks (2500m). Proxima Dea’s Oaks heroics came 11 years after the Gr.
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New Zealand-bred gelding Sulek (NZ) (Super Seth) scored the third and most lucrative win of his career when he took out the A$500,000 Cirka Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) on Oaks Day at Flemington on Thursday. The Dominic Sutton-trained four-year-old has now had
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Rangiora trainer Bridget Woodsford is hoping for a fairytale result in Saturday’s Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton with her bargain buy Pizarro (NZ) (Swiss Ace). The six-year-old gelding was purchased by her partner Akshay Balloo’s uncle, Sanjay Balloo, off gavelhouse.com in August
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Will Freedman expects race experience to bring improvement from Jenni In Rome (NZ) (Sword Of State) when she tackles Saturday’s A$1 million Listed Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill from an outside draw. The two-year-old filly closed strongly from the second half of the field to finish
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Queensland-based jockey Mark du Plessis has answered the call of Cambridge trainer Chad Orsmby and will return to New Zealand this weekend to ride at Te Rapa. “I am very excited to come back,” du Plessis said. “It was a last-minute thing. Chad rang me and asked if
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Bill Thurlow will be chasing an upswing in his Classic fortunes at Riccarton where in-form fillies Francie Rules (Wild Ruler) and Park In The Bar (NZ) (Ardrossan) face the sternest test of their brief careers in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). While the Waverley trainer
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A long-awaited return from a tendon injury awaits Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) in Thursday’s A$200,000 Listed Channel 9 Chester Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, with connections focused on his performance rather than a winning result. The six-year-old gelding won the 2024 Queensland Derby by