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Free going galloper Natural Momentum (NZ) (Natural Destiny) never gave his rivals a look in as he led from barrier rise to take out the feature open sprint contest at Oamaru on Sunday, the Glenmoa Farms Ltd River Plate Trophy (1200m). The six-year-old son of Natural Destiny was
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Talented and well-related filly Blondie (NZ) (Belardo) returned to racing with a dominant front-running performance in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Pukekohe on Sunday. The three-year-old showed real promise with placings in both of her two starts last spring. She was runner-up
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Exciting filly Diablo Blanco (NZ) (Super Seth) made the perfect start to her new campaign with a comfortable victory in the Bevan Crombie Memorial (1200m) at Oamaru on Sunday. The daughter of Super Seth made her presence felt early in the juvenile season defeating subsequent stakes performer Dream Of The
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The New Zealand thoroughbred racing industry breathed a collective sigh of relief when the gates crashed open for the first on the card at Pukekohe on Sunday after a horror week that saw race meetings abandoned on four separate occasions. The fickle winter weather put paid to meetings at Hastings
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Southerner Master Marko (NZ) (Contributer) made a strong showing in his Kiwi return last month and Kelvin Tyler isn’t ruling out a feature target dependent upon his performance in Sunday’s Crombie & Price Ltd Oamaru Cup (1600m). The Contributer five-year-old was a profitable bargain buy for
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It’s been a frustrating week for the thoroughbred racing industry, with four race meeting abandonments in as many days. Pukekohe’s Wednesday meeting was abandoned and transferred to Sunday following issues with transporting the starting gates to the South Auckland meeting, while Hawke’s Bay’s meeting on Thursday
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Emerging Waverley trainer Erin Hocquard will have her first taste of black-type racing when her stable star Spencer (NZ) (Derryn) lines up as favourite in Saturday’s Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth. Hocquard has trained 13 winners since taking out her licence in
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Having already equalled his highest number of wins in a season, Cambridge trainer Clint Isdale is hoping to break new ground with one of his runners at Rotorua or New Plymouth on Saturday. Isdale has held a licence since the 2015-16 season and has trained a total of 58
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Local marvel Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) will attempt to become the first three-time winner of the Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m) when he contests the $100,000 feature for the fourth time at New Plymouth on Saturday. Justaskme won the race in both 2021 and
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Pam Gerard has made the most of opportunities in the South Island this year and will be well-represented on Sunday with Cork (NZ) (Complacent) contesting the Crombie & Price Ltd Oamaru Cup (1600m). The six-year-old mare has been prominent during this period over the past two seasons,
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This time last year Conor O’Ceirin (NZ) (Dial A Prayer) was getting ready to tackle the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) on his home track of New Plymouth, but 12 months on trainer Robbie Patterson has elected to bypass the local feature in favour of chasing a lucrative southern bonus.