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New Zealand
Progressive mare Jodelin Gal (NZ) (Swiss Ace) showed she is just as adept in testing winter footing as she is on the good summer tracks when she proved too tough for her rivals over 1400m at Hastings on Monday. Trainer Carl Henderson resisted the temptation to utilise an apprentice claim
New Zealand
Local trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal gave no one else a look in at Hastings on Monday as they provided the winners of five of the first six races. Included in their winning haul were the two feature jumping races on the card, the KS Browne Hurdle (3100m) with
New Zealand
Apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell put the experience she has gained from recent trips to ride in the South Island to good effect on Sunday when she claimed her first winner at Wingatui. Mitchell made full use of her 4kg claim as she guided topweight So Much Mour (NZ) (Azamour) to
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Emotions will be running high at Hastings racecourse on Monday when Tommyra (NZ) (Raise The Flag) lines up in the K S Browne Hurdle (3100m) just a day after the death of his trainer and part-owner Toby Autridge. At age 60, Autridge passed away at his Matamata home on Sunday
Australia
The active interest taken in the New Zealand tried horse market in the past year has paid dividends for thoroughbred syndication group Australian Bloodstock as they enjoyed success in Sydney and Brisbane over the weekend. Per Inaway (NZ), the Per Incanto three-year-old filly who won two of her four starts
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Star apprentice Kozzi Asano reached a significant career milestone on Friday when he piloted the Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained Justanace (NZ) (Swiss Ace) to victory at Riccarton to bring up the 200th win of his career. For the Japanese born 27-year-old the win held special significance as it was less
Australia
Connections of impressive gelding Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) hope a return to a dry surface will see the four-year-old gelding back to his best in Saturday’s Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Iffraaj failed to fire a shot in
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A margin thinner than a pencil line separated the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained two-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) from victory in Saturday’s Listed The Phoenix (1500m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, however co-trainer Graeme Rogerson believes his charge can go one better in this weekend’s Gr.1
Australia
New Zealand-bred filly Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino) left her rivals with few excuses after landing the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) for trainer David Vandyke and jockey William Pike at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Tarzino went back from the horror outside draw of 18, and while the
New Zealand
Talented juvenile filly Sophmaze (NZ) (Derryn) showed a touch of class when she out-finished her rivals with a determined late run to take out the Listed John Turkington Forestry Ltd Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Waverley. The Allan Sharrock-trained filly had broken her maiden status after two minor placings when successful
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Talented winter galloper Amusez Moi (NZ) (Dalghar) capped off some fine recent form with victory in the Listed AGC Training Stakes (1650m) at Waverley. The five-year-old son of Dalghar was having just his fifth run for trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard after returning from a two-year stint in Australia
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Smart three-year-old Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) bounced back to his best form with a decisive effort at Avondale on Saturday where he led for most of the way to win over 1200m in age-group company. The Andrew Forsman-trained son of Turn Me Loose had won his first