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The class of Group One performer Malt Time (Adelaide) shone through again at Ruakaka on Saturday, recovering from a sluggish start to score a runaway win in the ITM/Gib Sprinters’ Winter Championship Final (1400m). Malt Time was sent out as a $2.30 favourite for the $60,000 sprint
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Moira and Kieran Murdoch will have runners in three of the $60,000 ITM/Gib Winter Championship Finals at Ruakaka on Saturday, including a recent recruit who appears to be back on top of his game. Shamus (NZ) (Shamexpress) was previously a six-time winner up to Group Two level
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Cambridge jumper Smug (NZ) (Complacent) will be seeking his first prestige jumps scalp when he heads to Trentham on Saturday to contest the Metroclad Limited Wellington Hurdles (3200m). The six-year-old Complacent gelding has been in pleasing form over hurdles, placing in his last two starts, including runner-up
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An extraordinary performance by Sister Ping (NZ) (Street Boss) at Cambridge on Wednesday has Chad Ormsby excited about the filly’s prospects for her three-year-old season. The daughter of Street Boss made her first start for Ormsby in the Waipa Earthworks (970m). The two-year-old was sent
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An online purchase of $4700 has turned into more than $63,000 in stakes with synthetic specialist Doubtful Sound (Not A Single Doubt), who played another starring role in Friday’s $32,000 Red Nose Raceday 26 July Rating 65 (1600m) at Riccarton. The son of Not a Single Doubt
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Mitre Peak (More Than Ready) made it two wins from her last three starts on Riccarton’s Synthetic track on Friday when powering home late to capture the Speight’s Summit Ultra On Tap 3YO (1400m). The three-year-old filly was the slowest away and settled at the rear
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Trentham’s feature jumps races have been a happy hunting ground for Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal in recent seasons, and the Hastings trainers are heading into the 2024 edition on Saturday with the firepower to continue that trend. Nelson and McDougal’s stable star The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) is
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Andrew Carston is closing in on his highest tally of winners in a season and on another front, he has already set a record total. The Riccarton trainer enjoyed 39 successes with a best of 42 in the 2022/23 term while his runners have collected earnings of more than
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Trentham’s feature jumps meeting has been a happy hunting ground for Ken Duncan, and he will return with Izymydaad (NZ) (Istidaad) on Saturday to chase top honours in the Grant Plumbing Wellington Steeplechase (5500m). The Hunterville horseman won back-to-back Wellington Hurdles (3400m) with former star Wee Biskit
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Pippy (NZ) (Tivaci) has been a sprinting revelation this preparation and has convinced connections to aim higher on her home course at Ruakaka. Trainer Chris Gibbs had entered the daughter of Tivaci for two events on Saturday, but her outstanding run of form has earned her a tilt at the
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Despite the absence of an unbeaten three-year-old who has lit up the last two Ruakaka racedays, the local father-daughter duo of Kenny Rae and Krystal Williams are set to play a big role again during Saturday’s ITM/Gib Winter Championship Finals Day. Dan Vegas (NZ) (Per
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A lucrative target is now in the crosshairs for Hamilton trainer David Greene with his polytrack specialist Branciforti (NZ) following her win in the D & A Diesel 1300 at Cambridge’s Synthetic meeting on Wednesday. The daughter of Belardo was fresh-up in the midweek meeting and was given