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The NZB Filly of the Year Series begins to take a different look with the sixth leg, the $270,000 Gr.2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. After five races over distances ranging from 1200 to 1600 metres, the Sir Patrick Hogan marks
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It may have taken a little longer than desired, but enigmatic galloper Lanikai finally broke through for his maiden victory at Taupo in the Mort Weber – Good Sorts in Racing (1800m) on Monday. The four-year-old son of Ocean Park had shown plenty of promise for trainer Tony Pike, placing in
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Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman are looking forward to heading south to Kurow on Monday where they will have a two-pronged attack in the meeting’s feature, the Kurow Cup West Coast Steeplechaser (1400m). Both Zoulander (NZ) (Zoustar) and Epee Beel (Epaulette) head into the race in good form,
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Trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley will have only one runner at Taupo on Monday but in handy stayer Ess Vee Are (NZ) (Shocking) they have a major player in the main event on the day, the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m). The statuesque son of Shocking is coming off a last
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Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have long held the belief that homebred Te Akau filly Crown Princess (NZ) (Embellish) is up to stakes company, and she could get her opportunity to test their faith at Ellerslie on Wednesday. Bred by Te Akau Stud, the daughter of Embellish is raced
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Talented miler Lingjun Xiongfeng will start his six-year-old season in Monday’s Poverty Bay Turf Club Cup (1400m) at Taupo, which trainer Pam Gerard hopes will provide a rating boost in the lead-up to feature summer targets. Lingjun Xiongfeng made a big impression around this time last year with barnstorming
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Neither a wide draw nor a talented field of rivals at Phar Lap Raceway on Saturday could stand in the way of Ears Back (NZ) (Jakkalberry), who took her career earnings past $200,000 with a tenacious performance in the Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Cup (1600m). The time-honoured $80,000
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Progressive galloper Insatiable (NZ) (All To Hard) kept his winning record intact at the Phar Lap Raceway in Timaru with a strong home straight burst that carried him to victory in the Leg Up Oilseed Goodness (1200m) on Saturday. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-prepared five-year-old was returning to the
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Leading Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher looks set to add some real international flavour to racing at Trentham next month with hardy stayer Interpretation likely to contest the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) on 18 January. The Maher stable has Smokin’ Romans, Herman Hesse, Le
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Taking Trigon Lad to New Plymouth on Friday was something of an afterthought for Pukekohe trainer Michael Rogers, but that back-up plan produced a welcome return to the winners’ circle in the Landmark City of New Plymouth Cup (1600m). Trigon Lad has been an accomplished performer for his breeders Duncan
Opie Bosson, one of the greatest jockeys New Zealand has produced, has today announced his retirement from riding. Bosson, 44, leaves behind an incredible legacy in the sport, winning 99 Group One races in a glittering career which saw him inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame in