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Trainer Bryce Newman took five horses to Awapuni on Sunday, confident he could pick up a win during the nine-race programme. A narrow defeat in the first race for maiden galloper Age Of Nature (NZ) (Per Incanto) and two solid fourth placings by Amathusia (NZ) (Jakkalberry) and Sugah Sweet
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There were plenty of tears shed on course and in his country of birth when apprentice Ashvin Goindasamy guided veteran galloper Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) to victory in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie. The 23-year-old native Mauritian had followed his dreams to New Zealand
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Trelawney Stud’s colours were prominent in black type events at Ellerslie on Boxing Day with three placings, but two of them came at a physical cost. High-class mare Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) didn’t escape unscathed after her luckless run for third in the Gr.1 Zabeel
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The Ben & JD Hayes-trained Excelida (Exceed And Excel) has enhanced her chances of a trip to New Zealand after swooping from near the rear of the field to land the Allan Wicks Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield in impressive fashion. Raced by Cambridge Stud proprietors Brendan and Jo Lindsay,
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Former Kiwi galloper Daqiansweet Junior continued his good run of form for Pakenham trainer Phillip Stokes, recording his third win in succession when getting up late to score in the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield on Sunday. The progressive staying four-year-old was originally
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A shift to the South Island has worked wonders for Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel), who picked up his first black-type win in the Listed Alleviate Administration Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui on Boxing Day. The son of Savabeel spent the first four seasons of his career in the Ardmore stable
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Veteran galloper Tiptronic led all the way to take out his second career Group One prize when he captured the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained eight-year-old had hinted he could return to his best form when finishing
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A brilliant performance by emerging star Bankers Choice completed a dream Boxing Day for Okaharau Station owner-breeders Ross and Corrine Kearney. With sparkling victories by a talented pair of homebred half-siblings, the South Waikato couple’s green and gold colours were put up in lights on one of
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On a day where he dominated the first two black-type events on an action-packed programme, it was no surprise that trainer Jamie Richards would continue to make his mark on the feature races later on the card including providing the quinella in the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m)
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A year on from their five-win bonanza on Boxing Day at Ellerslie last year, Te Akau Racing and trainer Jamie Richards got the 2021 edition of the famous fixture off to an eerily similar start. Two-year-old Palamos kicked off the big haul 12 months ago, followed by
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Eagle Farm trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith is confident his new addition Charmmebaby can again be in the thick of the action when contesting the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) at Doomben on Sunday. Sent north by Taree trainer Bob Milligan, who shares in the ownership, the five-year-old daughter of
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Trainer John O’Shea has found a suitable target for New Zealand-bred gelding Kirwan’s Lane (NZ) (Charm Spirit). The Gr.2 Villiers Stakes (1600m) didn't go to plan for Kirwan's Lane, but John O'Shea is hoping he can come away with a