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Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking) made another winning start to the jumps season when taking out the Wanganui Insurance Brokers Open Hurdle (3000m) at Wanganui on Sunday. The seven-year-old son of Shocking was victorious at the exact same meeting last year where he won his maiden hurdle before
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Tony and Maddysen Sears are counting down the days to the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) after a highly impressive audition at the Gold Coast on Saturday by their New Zealand-bred filly Nightline (NZ) (Redwood). The father-daughter training partnership teamed up with Paul Moroney Bloodstock and Catheryne Bruggeman
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Pride Of Jenni’s (Pride Of Dubai) runaway front-running heroics have brought racetrack crowds to their feet in Victoria and New South Wales over the past few years, and on Saturday it was Queensland’s turn. The Trelawney Stud-bred marvel did it again in the A$500,000
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Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) is now a Group One winner on both sides of the Tasman after prevailing in a nail-biting finish to the A$1 million Sportsbet Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Raced by Barneswood Farm’s Sarah Green and Ger Beemsterboer, Desert Lightning was
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Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) took 11 races and more than a year to record his first stakes victory in Australia, but now he has gone back-to-back. The seven-year-old added a supreme weight-carrying performance in Saturday’s A$300,
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An impressive come-from-behind performance at Gosford on Saturday has the well-related Monopolistic (NZ) (Savabeel) on target for the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). The New Zealand-bred son of Savabeel was bought for A$500,000 from the draft of breeders Windsor Park Stud at the 2024
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A move across the Tasman has reaped rewards for New Zealand filly Fringes (NZ) (Niagara), who impressively won the A$170,000 Gr.3 Ken and Helen Smith SA Fillies’ Classic (2546m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Bred and raced by renowned New Zealand racing photographer Trish Dunell, Fringes began her
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Cambridge mareChurchillian (NZ)(Churchill) left her rivals in her wake when claiming her second victory at stakes level in the Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Tony Pike-prepared six-year-old looked to be one of many pace influences in the contest, but once rider Joe
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Cambridge conditioner Andrew Forsman had been looking for a memorable return over the weekend with runners in feature events at Waverley and Rotorua, along with progressive filly Simply Red (NZ) (Vanburgh) who was in Australia to contest the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Gold Coast later in the
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Promising four-year-old Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test) picked the prime opportunity to put his best foot forward for trainer Robbie Patterson as he broke his rivals hearts with a stylish front-running display to take out the Waverley Harvesting 1650 at Waverley on Saturday. The four-year-old son
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Matamata trainer Daniel Miller made a welcome return to the winners’ circle at Arawa Park on Saturday following Loch Katrine's (NZ) (Ardrossan) victory in the Novara Park 1560. Miller initially trained the daughter of Ardrossan as a two-year-old, when she won the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m)
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Mapperley Stud has added further fire power to their 2026 stallion roster with the acquisition of Champion 3 year-old Savaglee who stands for an introductory fee of $17,500+gst. One of the best credentialed sons of Savabeel to retire to stud, Savaglee joins Armory and Profondo on their