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Apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell finished her season with a bang at Tauranga on Saturday, but it wasn’t the climactic ending she was hoping for. The Waikato hoop was aiming to extend her lead over Kelsey Hannan in the apprentice jockeys’ premiership, but instead found herself in a situation more
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New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the appointment of Andrew Buick as the latest addition to the bloodstock team. Buick, who will commence his role as Bloodstock Representative later this month, is well-versed in the racing and breeding scene having worked for world-class trainers John and Thady Gosden and prominent stud
New Zealand
Rich Hill Stud proprietor John Thompson admitted he was caught off guard at Saturday night’s Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro, where he received the Entain NZTBA Personality of the Year award. The award recognises an industry participant who has made a significant contribution to the New Zealand
A jump-out at Casterton will determine whether Flying Mascot (NZ) (Tavistock) will have the addition of blinkers when she has her next race start at Flemington. Trainer Tom Dabernig was disheartened with Flying Mascot's first-up performance in the Gr.3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on
Breeding
The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding fraternity came together on Saturday night to celebrate a stellar season of elite-level achievements at the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro. New Zealand breeders produced 35 individual Group One winners across Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand over the past 12 months. Powerhouse
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Popthebubbles (NZ) (Wrote) edged her trainer Mark Walker closer to the magical 200 wins for the season mark when taking out the Ultimate Mazda 1600 at Tauranga on Saturday. After jumping away fairly from the ace barrier, Popthebubbes settled toward the rare of the field for veteran hoop Vinnie Colgan,
New Zealand
Cork (NZ) (Complacent) continued her love affair with Tauranga on Saturday when extending her unbeaten streak to three on the Bay of Plenty track in the Punter Of The Year Now November 4th (1400m). The daughter of Complacent finished seventh first-up in the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m) at Hastings earlier
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Many racehorse owners spend their entire life in search of their star athlete, but for Philip Brown, he has been fortunate to have two in a short space of time – Levante and Legarto. Levante (NZ) (Proisir) kicked off the journey for the Ancroft Stud principal, who was in search for
Australia
Exciting New Zealand-bred galloper St Lawrence (NZ) (Redwood) is continuing his rapid rise through the grades, collecting the sixth win of his seven-start career in the A$130,000 Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The four-year-old son of Redwood was dropping down in class for the
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In a performance that had to be seen to be believed, topweight Justaskme produced a sensational late run to claim victory in the feature event at New Plymouth on Saturday, the Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m). Under the steadier of 60kgs and giving at least 6kgs to
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Trainer Bryce Revell was confident that a pair of trials and jumpouts had his promising galloper Rocket Science ready to make a winning start to a new campaign and so it proved as the five-year-old downed a handy rating 75 line-up over 1200m on his home patch at New Plymouth
New Zealand
Debut Wanganui winner Naval Anthem extended his unbeaten record when he scored impressively at Tauranga. The Kurtis Pertab-trained and owned son of US Navy Flag had impressed with a front-running win over 800m at Wanganui and repeated the dose on Saturday despite stepping up to 1200m in the NZB Insurance