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It was hard to think of a more fitting victory on Saturday than when Karman Line (NZ) (Myboycharlie) dashed home out wide to take out the Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m). The race is named in honour of the late Lisa Chittick (nee O’Sullivan), the sister of former champion jockey
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Respected racing journalist and administrator Dave Bradford passed away peacefully in Auckland on Thursday, aged 91. Having started out as a cadet reporter with the Thames Star, Bradford moved onto the Rotorua Daily Post before later becoming racing editor of the Auckland Star/8 O’Clock. A committee member of
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Megastar Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) added a sixth Group One trophy to his collection with another breathtaking performance in Saturday’s A$750,000 Lamaro’s Hotel Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Four of those six Group One triumphs have come this season alone, where the New Zealand-bred’s eight
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Katrina and Simon Alexander celebrated one of their most satisfying moments on a racetrack with La Crique’s (NZ) (Vadamos) triumphant turnaround in the Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) on Saturday. The undisputed star of the Alexanders’ Te Awamutu stable, La Crique had endured a turbulent 12 months
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A proven Group One star in her homeland, Kiwi mare Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) added valuable Australian black-type to her CV with a determined win in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Carlton Draught Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield. Te Akau Racing’s high-class six-year-old has put together an
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Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young know what it takes to win a Derby in Australia, and now they are setting their sights on Sydney with the unbeaten Immediacy (NZ) (Tarzino). The Kiwi-bred son of Tarzino extended his perfect record to three-from-three with a dominant performance in
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All roads now lead to the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) for Captured By Love (Written Tycoon), after the talented juvenile maintained her unbeaten status in the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors LTD Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Local powerhouse stable Te Akau Racing have been victorious in the last two
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Underrated mare Saint Alice (So You Think) added valuable winning black-type to her blossoming career record when she took out the Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Equine Kaimai Stakes (2000m) in a blanket finish. The Peter and Dawn Williams-prepared six-year-old looks to have come of age in her current campaign with
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A fruitless summer saw Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) slip under the radar in this season’s two-year-old crop, but that all changed with a brilliant upset victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) on his home track. The blue-blooded colt is by Savabeel out of Glee (NZ) (O’
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The opening race at Caulfield on Saturday was named in honour of an iconic New Zealand-bred champion, and it was fitting that Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) won it with some of the stamina and toughness that top-flight Kiwi stayers are renowned for. The A$150,000 Vale Verry Elleegant (2000m) was
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Roger James and Robert Wellwood already have the $1.40 favourite for the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m), and a trip to Otaki this weekend could earn them an even greater share of the spotlight during the upcoming Ellerslie carnival. James and Wellwood’s impressive last-start winner Mark
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Extra distance and a switch to weight-for-age for Saturday’s Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) are steps in the right direction for Ladies Man, but his trainer Allan Sharrock is looking a few weeks further down the road. Saturday’s $400,000 feature will be only the second