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The Scunner (NZ) (Shamexpress) will sign off for the season at Ōtaki with connections hoping he can end a frustrating campaign on a top note. The son of Shamexpress has displayed indifferent form this time around, but with a peak performance he would be a major player in Saturday’s
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It may have taken him longer than he would have liked, but apprentice jockey Donovan Cooper was rapt to record his 100th win in the saddle at Ascot Park on Sunday. The expat South African brought up the milestone in the opening race of the card aboard the Michael and
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Darryn and Briar Weatherley’s Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) is set to make a welcome return to their Matamata stable at the start of next month following a wind operation. The six-year-old son of Proisir had made a pleasing return over summer, finishing runner-up in
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The countdown to NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a high quality catalogue of 140 youngsters by New Zealand’s best stallions now available to view online at nzb.co.nz, with physical copies arriving in mailboxes soon. Set to be held on Thursday 25 June at
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Amateur jockey Alexandra Reed was dancing on air at Wanganui on Sunday after she made the perfect start to her riding career when winning aboard the Clinton Isdale-trainedAir Dancer (NZ)(Staphanos) in the Race Images Amateur Riders 2060. “It was a great feeling,” Reed said. Reed has ridden Air
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Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) got her Queensland campaign off to a pleasing start on Saturday when finishing runner-up to Nightline in the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m), and trainer Andrew Forsman is looking forward to what lies ahead for the daughter of Vanbrugh. The Group One performer jumped away
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A pair of Irish-bred mares by the great Fastnet Rock combined for a near perfect day at Arawa Park for Pencarrow Stud. The Cambridge nursery’s representative Churchillian (NZ) (Churchill) is the first foal of Fond De Coeur and headlined the program when she doubled her black-type tally
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Shaun and Hazel Fannin may be without their star jumper Jesko this year, but Fourty Eight (NZ) (Ekraar) may fill that void following his impressive win in the Dr John D. Moore Memorial Open Steeplechase (3800m) at Wanganui on Sunday. It was a pleasing result for the Awapuni trainers, with
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Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking) made another winning start to the jumps season when taking out the Wanganui Insurance Brokers Open Hurdle (3000m) at Wanganui on Sunday. The seven-year-old son of Shocking was victorious at the exact same meeting last year where he won his maiden hurdle before
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Cambridge mareChurchillian (NZ)(Churchill) left her rivals in her wake when claiming her second victory at stakes level in the Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Tony Pike-prepared six-year-old looked to be one of many pace influences in the contest, but once rider Joe
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Cambridge conditioner Andrew Forsman had been looking for a memorable return over the weekend with runners in feature events at Waverley and Rotorua, along with progressive filly Simply Red (NZ) (Vanburgh) who was in Australia to contest the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Gold Coast later in the
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Promising four-year-old Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test) picked the prime opportunity to put his best foot forward for trainer Robbie Patterson as he broke his rivals hearts with a stylish front-running display to take out the Waverley Harvesting 1650 at Waverley on Saturday. The four-year-old son