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New Plymouth trainer Tawhiti Hina took a quarter of his current eight-horse team to Waverley on Easter Monday and walked away with a pair of impressive winners. Hina, who is only in his third year of training, was hoping the persistent rain on the day, which resulted in the
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Ex-pat Kiwi jockey Rory Hutchings is keen to get his riding career back on track after being off the scene since February courtesy of the broken collarbone he suffered in a nasty fall when his mount clipped heels at Taupo in late February. Hutchings, who was in a purple
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Juvenile gelding Belzoni has shown plenty of promise at home for trainer Lisa Latta and he was able to transfer that to raceday when scoring his maiden success in the Wilson Livestock (1100m) at Waverley on Easter Monday. The son of Belardo was pulled up shortly after the start when
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Consistent sayer Mayor Of Norwood (NZ) (Ghibellines) continued a run of consistent form when he took full advantage of a rails hugging ride by apprentice Donovan Cooper to take out the feature event at Riverton on Saturday, the Kennedy Building Riverton Cup (2170m) Cooper only secured the mount on the
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Saturday’s Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie capped a rapid and popular rise to stardom for Waverley visitor Doctor Askar (NZ) (Derryn). The time-honoured $150,000 feature was the fifth win in a row for the Derryn gelding, who has now earned $271,145 from a
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Kiwi-bred filly Movin Out made a successful switch from Sydney racing to a tilt at Victorian riches when she came from well back to race to a dominant victory in the Mornington Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The three-year-old daughter of Novara Park- stallion Staphanos originally began her
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Kiwi Skyhawk’s (NZ) (Contributer) last-gasp thriller in the Gr.3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday delivered a milestone result for his trainer Stephen Marsh. Having also won the Listed Skycity Star Way Stakes (1200m) with unbeaten two-year-old Little Black Dress earlier on
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The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained four-year-old Immediacy was back in the winner’s circle with a strong win in the Enchanted Adventure Handicap (2000m) at Mornington on Saturday. The gelded son of Tarzino was a Group Two winner at three and has built towards another raceday
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The 600km journey from Christchurch to Riverton paid off on Saturday for Michael and Matthew Pitman, who kicked off the annual two-day Easter fixture with three wins including a $44 upset by Makabar (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the feature sprint. Makabar went into the Riverton Butchery Aparima Handicap (1200m)
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Flashy filly Little Black Dress (Snitzel) maintained her unbeaten record with a dramatic victory in Saturday’s Listed SKYCITY Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. The only thing that seemed certain with 200m left to run in the two-year-old feature was that it looked like a Stephen Marsh-
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Central Districts-based rider Kate Hercock pulled the right rein to ride at Ellerslie on Saturday when she guided Sterling Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) to victory in the Join TAB Racing Club (1200m). The Mark Brosnan-prepared four-year-old was fresh up after last being seen when finishing towards the