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After spending most of the afternoon tossing up whether or not to scratch Complicate (NZ) (Complacent) from Saturday’s Snow Williams Bayleys Country (1600m) at Tauranga, Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis decided to roll the dice and was richly rewarded. The Tauranga track was rated Soft5 at the beginning of Saturday’
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Michael and Matthew Pitman will consider options on both sides of the Tasman with their rising stable star Mystic Park (NZ) (Ocean Park), who faced his toughest test to date at Riccarton on Saturday and passed with flying colours. The local four-year-old stepped into open class for the first time
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Mighty mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) added a 10th Group One victory to her collection with another supreme performance in Saturday’s A$1 million 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. Imperatriz became Te Akau Racing’s second mare to reach 10 Group One wins. She
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New Zealand’s Group One three-year-old form was to the fore at Moonee Valley on Saturday, where Antrim Coast (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) edged out Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) in a thrilling finish to the A$500,000 Gr.2 DCE Alister Clark Stakes (2040m). Te Akau Racing’s Quintessa
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Progressive galloper Matscot (NZ) (Haradasun) delivered on punter’s expectations when the race favourite ($2.40) took out the Seaton Family Memorial Hororata Gold Cup (1800m) at Riccarton in a driving finish. The Sharon Robertson-prepared six-year-old enjoyed a drop in class in Saturday’s contest on his home track after
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Talented mare Burgie (NZ) (Ghibellines) turned a frustrating campaign around with a powerful finish to win Saturday’s Gr.3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. White Robe Lodge’s homebred daughter of Ghibellines is making a habit of spending time in the black-type spotlight in
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Underrated mare Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) found her winning groove again when she stormed home to claim the feature event at Tauranga, the Gr.2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m). Steady rain during the day saw the track downgraded to a Heavy8 and played into the hands of those
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Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 BMD Group Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley provided a special reward for a part-owner who has spent the last few years wondering what might have been. The fillies and mares’ feature was won in impressive style by the New Zealand-bred Eternal Flame
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Well-travelled sprinter Macthief (Time Thief) displayed his affinity for winning early in a campaign when he came from last at Tauranga on Saturday to claim victory in the Triton Pacific Owens Plate (1200m). The John Bell-trained seven-year-old began his career in South Africa where he had seven starts, winning two
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After a pair of luckless placings from wide barriers, New Zealand-bred mare Elettrica (NZ) (Vespa) turned things around at Rosehill on Saturday and set herself up for a potential black-type winter campaign in Queensland. The five-year-old daughter of Vespa went into Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1500m) as
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Grande Gallo (NZ) (Belardo) has competed among the best of the country’s three-year-olds this season, and the talented filly proved too strong when stepping out of stakes company at Tauranga on Saturday. The daughter of Belardo broke maiden status stylishly at the Bay Of Plenty course in November, earning
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Four years ago, Elle Sole hadn’t even watched a horse race let alone have an inkling of pursuing a career in the sport, but now she can call herself a winning jockey. Growing up riding her pony in the bush, racing was never in the picture for Sole until