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Day One of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw 188 two-year-olds charge down the final straight of Te Rapa Racecourse. View today’s Breeze Up times here. This morning’s track conditions were recorded as a Dead 5, which remained consistent throughout the
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Connotations around the expression ‘gift horse’ are many, but for Matamata thoroughbred enthusiast Kylie Fawcett it has a special and defined meaning. Fawcett is enjoying a highlight of her career as the trainer and part-owner of talented racemare Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour), who completed a hat-trick on her
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Book 3, the third and final session of the 94th National Yearling Sales Series, will now take place on the afternoon of Friday 31 January, instead of Sunday 2 February. The new structure will see around 160 yearlings go under the hammer straight after the completion of the Book 2
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There are times in life where something or someone teaches you valuable life lessons. For me, Hot 'N' Moss the race mare and then emerging broodmare did just that. Starting Bluegrass Bloodstock back in 2010 coincided with Hot 'N' Moss’ first race win at Canberra races,
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Recent Gr.3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) winner True Enough (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) is what you would call a fortunate mistake. Co-owner and breeder Mick Preston had his dam Valda’s Dream (NZ) (Sakura Seeking) booked to visit Fairdale Stud’s Full Fledged in 2012, but an
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In the aftermath of lightly-tried stayer Surprise Baby’s (NZ) (Shocking) victory in the Gr.3 Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday, a ballot-free exemption race for the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), it was hard not to spare a thought for Rich Hill Stud principal John
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Burgundy’s promising son Brandenburg has earned him a spring carnival crack at a Group Three feature. The three-year-old broke his maiden on the Kensington track at Randwick today to earn a chance at higher honours. “We won’t give him a hard spring, he’ll go to
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It might be early days, but juveniles by dual Group Three winning stallion Sweynesse have made a positive impression. The Group One-placed son of Lohnro was represented by two impressive trials winners at Avondale on Tuesday, while his only race-day performer to date, Swey My Way, ran an
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Caroline Searcy's Bred to Win brings you the son of Lope De Vega, Belardo and his first foals at New Zealand's Haunui Farm. Plus sire of sires and broodmare sire of champions, Iffraaj.
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Recently crowned 2018/19 New Zealand Champion Middle Distance horse Danzdanzdance will do her future racing from the Sydney stable of ex-pat kiwi Chris Waller. The multiple New Zealand Group One winner has been prepared for the majority of her career from the Ruakaka stable of Chris Gibbs and
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Time Test, who shuttles to Little Avondale Stud, came out of last weekend's Group One action in Europe with his profile considerably enhanced. By happy coincidence, the first northern hemisphere crop of foals by the son of Dubawi contains half-brothers to Logician, who announced himself a potential
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Resident Waikato Stud stallion Ocean Park was to the forefront of the trans-Tasman racing action on Saturday where he was represented by four individual winners on the day, including a Group Three success at Royal Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained Kolding booked himself a start in the Gr.1