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Rugged customer Drop Of Something gave none of his rivals an excuse as he sat outside the speed and proved too tough in the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup (2100m). The Wayne Hillis and Reece Cole-prepared six-year-old had been building
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A heady ride from promising new apprentice Tom Wigram paved the way for consistent winter galloper Prioress to claim her sixth career success when she powered home near the rail to win the Hunts Farms Services Ltd (1200m) at Hawera. The daughter of Proisir did most of her early racing
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Foxton gelding Another Won’t Hurt has booked his ferry trip across the Cook Strait for next month’s Grand National Festival of Racing at Riccarton following his victory in the Vets On Riverbank Raukawa Cup (2100m) at Otaki on Friday. Trainer Adam Scott had been eyeing the Gr.3
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Waverley horsewoman Nicole Sinclair is on cloud nine after recording her first win as a trainer at Otaki on Friday when Ziggy Khan (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) took out the Foxton New World Foxton Cup (2100m). Runner-up in her two previous starts, the six-year-old mare jumped a $4
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For the first time in history, two horses shared the top gong at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Champions Awards on Friday night, with New Zealand-bred sprinting sensation Ka Ying Rising and Triple Crown winner Romantic Warrior crowned joint Horses of the Year. Ka Ying Rising retained his
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Danny Rolston, one of the world’s most respected bloodstock judges, will begin a new chapter in his career next month when he joins burgeoning thoroughbred powerhouse Yulong Investments as their Head of Racing. Formerly the Director of Sales at New Zealand Bloodstock, Rolston has spent the last four years
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It is often a case of which juvenile can handle the Heavy conditions best in the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m), but there was certainly a touch of class about this year’s impressive victor Actionbelle (Bivouac). The daughter of Bivouac had produced a tidy debut effort for
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It was a memorable day at Cambridge on Thursday for local apprentice jockey Jack Taplin, who recorded his first treble at the synthetic meeting. Taplin was upbeat about his chances heading into the meeting, with the 22-year-old hoop booked to ride two favourites in Ebony Gem (Snitzel) and
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Consistent gelding Cheval de Foudre (NZ) (Time Test) will be out to improve on his string of placings when he heads to Hawera on Saturday to contest the Energy Ford (1600m). The rising seven-year-old has placed in all four his starts this preparation, including three successive runner-up
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Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal will line up a powerful trio of runners in their attempt to claim another Buckley Contracting Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3000m) at Woodville on Sunday. The Hastings-based partnership have Taika (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu), Dictation (NZ) (Tavistock) and The Bambino (NZ) (Rock 'n&
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Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray will have promising youngsters in action at two venues in the coming days with immediate expectations higher for their representative at Otaki. The Cambridge training duo will send debut winner Dubawi Diva (NZ) (King Of Comedy) south for Friday’s Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown
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Te Akau Racing have been a dominant force among New Zealand’s juvenile ranks this season, and they are hoping to add one more two-year-old stakes scalp to their record on Friday. The country’s leading stable are tipped to do so when they line-up Honour Roll