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Kelvin Tyler is leaning toward Flash Roca (NZ) (El Roca) as his best chance of landing the main event on his home track card on Sunday. The Riverton trainer will saddle half the six-horse field in the Sparrow Logging/Aparima Electrical Handicap (2147m), with Vamos (NZ) (Vadamos) and Sight
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Hall of Fame jockey James McDonald will once again fly New Zealand’s flag in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC), which will take place at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday, December 9. A three-time LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award winner (2022, 2024, 2025), McDonald is currently second
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Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have delved into their bag of tricks to help Campaldino (NZ) (Ghibellines) turn around his indifferent form. Stakes performer Campaldino has been below his best this spring, but his trainers haven't given up on coaxing him back to form, starting in the
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Stakes targets are in the offing for promising filly Intan (NZ) (Shamexpress) if she can maintain her current trajectory. The Tony Pike-trained daughter of Shamexpress made a pleasing start to her career when runner-up on debut as a late two-year-old last season behind subsequent Group Three
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During more than a decade as a vendor at the annual NZB Ready to Run Sale, Prima Park has risen through the ranks to become one of the go-to sources at the Karaka two-year-old auction. The Matamata prep farm was amongst the headlines at last year’s
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The Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) is a sentimental favourite for expat Kiwi trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, who will be seeking to score their second victory in the Flemington Classic on Saturday. The Cranbourne-based couple won the race 15 years ago, when training out of Cambridge, with
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New Zealand-bred mare Hankee Alpha (NZ) (Proisir) will chase black type down the Flemington straight in Saturday’s Gr.3 G.H. Mumm Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) on Victoria Derby Day. The Cindy Alderson-trained five-year-old earned her shot with a six-length win on her Australian
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New Zealand-bred gelding Cignetti (NZ) (Super Seth) will carry the hopes of trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young in Saturday’s A$3 million Gr.1 Howden Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington. The Cranbourne-based partnership turns to the three-year-old a week after their Cox Plate runner
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Cody Cole’s focus will be solely on his domestic runners this weekend after hopes of a Derby Day contender at Flemington were dashed. The Matamata trainer had planned a crack at Saturday’s Gr.3 Mumm Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) for multiple winner and elite level placegetter Navigator (NZ)
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Awapuni gelding Platinum Pantheon (Hanseatic) will fly New Zealand’s flag in Saturday’s Gr.1 Golden Eagle (1500m) at Randwick, and his chances have been aided after drawing barrier two on Tuesday. The Stephen Marsh-trained Well Written (Written Tycoon) was leading the Kiwi charge towards the A$10
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The world’s premier sale of two-year-olds returns to Karaka on November 18 and 19 with what could well be another record-breaking edition on the horizon. The 2026 catalogue features 460 lots across two days, with the most sires in the sale’s history represented at 119,
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Trainer Kris Shailer has confirmed that his exciting three-year-old Justin Case (NZ) (Banquo) will bypass next month’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton in favour of stakes targets closer to home. The son of Banquo put in a herculean effort