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Robbie Patterson is confident One Bold Cat(NZ) (The Bold One) can be a major player this weekend in his pursuit for another top-flight title. The New Plymouth trainer has the six-year-old purring ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham and clearly
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A crack at a major summer sprinting prize against the older horses hasn’t been ruled out for quality three-year-old Poetic Champion(NZ) (Super Seth). The stakes winning son of Super Seth is back in work and making good progress following a brief spring campaign that convinced trainer
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Elegant Jazz(NZ) (Russian Revolution) made a strong opening to her three-year-old campaign at Arawa Park on Wednesday, breaking her maiden with a promising performance in the Novara Park 1230. The Russian Revolution filly had nine starts as a juvenile, with two of her best efforts coming in
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La Crique(NZ) (Vadamos) hasn’t returned to Trentham since she won the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) as a three-year-old, and three years down the track, the star mare will line up as a leading hope in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m). The
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Well-performed speed merchant Babylon Berlin will strip a fitter mare for Saturday’s assignment at Ellerslie. The daughter of All Too Hard will bid to add to her impressive black-type sprinting record when she steps out in the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes (1200m), a race she won in
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Improved track conditions will present Almakeitgood(NZ) (Ardrossan) with a gilt-edged opportunity to open her winning account at New Plymouth on Thursday. The Ardrossan youngster is among a host of runners for local trainer Allan Sharrock, who labelled the Grangewilliam Stud Maiden (1200m) contender as one of his leading
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One-time Melbourne Cup fancy Mark Twain (NZ) (Shocking) is nearing the end of his rehabilitation from a tendon injury as connections plan for another Cup tilt in 2025. OTI Racing director Terry Henderson said this week the rehabilitation program other stable runners have undergone for similar tendon injuries has
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After more than 60 years and a multitude of top-flight success in the role, the Dennis brothers have retired from training. The family’s successful journey began with small beginnings in 1960, when Tony Dennis and his twin brother Ray followed in the footsteps of their father Harold, who
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Moira and Kieran Murdoch will head to Arawa Park on Wednesday with a quartet of runners including Divine Essence (NZ) (Iffraaj), who will aim for back-to-back successes at the venue in the Waitomo Fuels (1950m). The Iffraaj mare was successful a fortnight ago in Rating 65 grade over
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Hunter Durrant has been rewarded for his commitment to leading Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn with promotion to assistant trainer for the trans-Tasman operation. Te Akau principal David Ellis was impressed with Durrant’s dedication and success as foreman for their Riccarton stable last season, with their southern
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Sarah Devcich was full of pride witnessing a filly she bred and part-owns in Hitabell win last Saturday’s Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui. At her fourth raceday start, Hitabell was due a change in fortune after a luckless run at Ellerslie behind Costae,