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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
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The Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Cup (1600m) has been an outstanding race for Brian and Shane Anderton in recent years, and the Wingatui trainers will attempt to continue that tradition with a pair of well-credentialled runners at Phar Lap Raceway on Saturday. The Andertons have collected three wins in the
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Hasstobeawinner has often played the bridesmaid role in his career, but on Boxing Day at Ellerslie, he chose the right time to live up to his name, storming home to take out the Stella Artois 1500 Championship Final. In 17 starts prior to Thursday’s contest, Hasstobeawinner had only won
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An impressive come-from-behind win in the New World Otaki Handicap (1600m) on Boxing Day was the first New Zealand appearance in almost five years for Sword In Stone, a multiple Group One placegetter in Hong Kong who clearly has plenty more to offer back in his homeland. The son of
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Cambridge Stud received the perfect late Christmas present at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, with their young shuttle sire Hello Youmzain siring his first Kiwi winner in the new $1 million Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) equal-favourite Remala. Remala was purchased by stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay at the 2024 Karaka
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In a blockbuster edition of the Gr.2 Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (1400m), outsider Midnight Edition and favoured runner Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan) went to the line as one, with the latter securing the Boxing Day feature in a protest. Yaldi had been an impressive juvenile, winning on debut
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This year’s phenomenal rise of Snazzytavi (NZ) (Tavistock) was fittingly capped off in the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day, but another star mare didn’t let her away with an easy victory in the Ellerslie feature. Snazzytavi, owned by race sponsors Brendan and Jo
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Progressive filly Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) completed an impressive hattrick of victories when she proved too tough on a testing Heavy 10 Wingatui surface to capture the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m). Ridden by her trainer Samantha Wynne, the daughter of Ten Sovereigns had broken her maiden status on
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A brilliant front running ride by Courtney Barnes and a never say die attitude from her mount Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish) provided trainer Stephen Marsh with a Boxing Day double as the trio combined to claim the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie. Marsh, who had produced
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About Time (NZ) (American Pharoah) was a rising star in the staying ranks as a three-year-old, and 12 months later, the Cambridge Stud mare collected another holiday feature with a powerful display in Dunstan Stayers Championship Final (2400m) on Boxing Day. The daughter of American Pharoah had burst on to