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Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood will have an eye on Sydney this weekend, but all going to plan the Kingsclere conditioners could be represented by runners in multiple Australian states in the coming month. Group One winning four-year-old mare She’s A Dealer (Ace High) is
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The astute purchase of a broodmare prospect five years ago has been further underlined by the weekend win of Enchantment (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) in the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton Park. The Hello Youmzain filly is the first foal to race from the former quality racemare Belle Fascino (NZ)
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Idle Flyer’s (Dundeel) maiden Group One success in the Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Randwick prompted celebrations at Little Avondale Stud. The Matthew Smith-trained daughter of Dundeel is out of the Street Cry mare Progressive whose half-sister Winter Sky (Invincible Spirit) is a member of
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The Zame family’s colours have been prominent over the last few years through the deeds of Group One winners Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj) and Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls), and they are hoping they can be to the fore once more through a burgeoning young talent. Like Jon Snow and
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Go Racing came just shy of taking out last Saturday’s Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m), and the New Zealand syndicator is already looking for redemption as they eye the biggest two-mile prize in world racing – the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November. Irish import Soul
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Blueblood filly Avantaggia (Wootton Bassett) has earned herself a tilt at black-type following her victory in the Porirua Club Punters Handicap (1200m) at Otaki on Saturday. A daughter of Wootton Bassett and Te Akau Racing’s former nine-time Group One winner Avantage, Avantaggia has borne the weight of
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A trip across the Tasman is on the cards for Central Districts filly Bona Sforza (Written By) following her win in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The victory came a year to the day after she won the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) at the same
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Ace Lawson-Carroll couldn’t have scripted a better return to the saddle at Riccarton on Saturday. The South Auckland apprentice jockey was having just his eighth raceday ride since returning from near career ending injuries when he reunited with Bona Sforza to take out the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes
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Local runner Toa Haka (NZ) (Iffraaj) claimed the biggest prize of his career when he made every post a winner in the $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Iffraaj began his raceday career in the north in 2023 under
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Rugged stayer Crouch (NZ)(Tarzino) may well have earned the right to put an Australian stamp in his passport with a typically dogged effort to claim the headline event on the Otaki card on Saturday, the Listed NZ Punter Of The Year @ HB Spring Carnival Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m)
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A devastating home stretch sprint carried class galloper Platinum Attack (Santos) to an easy victory in the Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) at Otaki. The Lisa Latta-prepared five-year-old is known as a lethal finisher when he gets conditions and a run to suit and the pieces
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Te Akau Racing continued their dominance of New Zealand’s juvenile ranks when taking out the quinella in the Listed Property Brokers Welcome Stakes (1000m). Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, who won both of New Zealand’s two-year-old elite-level races this season, were represented in the