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Key strategic changes across the two equine codes headline the 2024-25 New Zealand racing calendar released today. Following on from a strategic partnership between TAB NZ and Entain Australia and New Zealand that commenced in June last year, the two organisations and three racing codes in New Zealand have taken
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Ben and Ryan Foote will be represented by a pair of stakes contenders at Te Rapa and are expecting bold showings from the duo. The father and son training partnership’s feature race hopes on Saturday rest with Nancy She Wrote (NZ) (Wrote) in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m)
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Sam Mynott has been ticking up the air miles over the Tasman Sea this week and she is hoping it will all be worth it when she lines up her first horse in Australia on Saturday. Imwonderfultonight (I Am Invincible), who races as Wonderful Tonight in Australia, has been a
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Promising filly Bedtime Story (NZ) (Per Incanto) will be looking for a fairytale ending to her three-year-old season when she heads to Te Rapa on Saturday to contest the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). The daughter of Per Incanto has been in pleasing form for trainers Guy
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Islington Lass (NZ) will face the sternest test of her career at Otaki and Allan Sharrock is more than confident Proisir’s daughter can rise to the challenge. The five-year-old has marched through the grades in double quick time to earn a crack at black-type in Thursday’s Listed TAB
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November Rain was a standout filly for Matthew Goodson and Dianna Perron, but she has proven to be a test of patience as a broodmare for the husband-and-wife duo, which was rewarded on Saturday through the deeds of her daughter No Rain Ever (No Nay Never). The Bill Thurlow-trained filly
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Trainers Sophie Hargreaves and Naomi Murfitt will be on a fact-finding mission when they head to Phar Lap Raceway with Brancaster Bomber (NZ) (Showcasing) on Wednesday. The son of Showcasing has recorded both of his wins at Ashburton and his Riccarton conditioners are hoping Timaru can also prove to his
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Progressive filly Moonlight Magic (NZ) (Almanzor) took a significant last-start step toward the goal of a third Group One winner for The Sunlight Trust with her breakthrough success at stakes level. The boutique Waikato operation of Murray and Meg Hardy and Paddy Preston bred and races the daughter of Almanzor,
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Following the partial abandonments of race meetings at Ellerslie on 10 and 20 April, Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) have announced the planned winter renovation of their newly installed StrathAyr track will commence immediately, with their May 25 meeting to be transferred to Pukekohe Park. The club said the decision comes
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Riverton galloper Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) will aim for back-to-back victories on his adopted home track of Otaki on Thursday when contesting the Listed ANZAC Mile (1600m). With few options for the highly-rated son of Per Incanto closer to home, trainer Kelvin Tyler opted to send Lightning Jack for
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John Blackadder will travel down to Phar Lap Raceway on Wednesday with the appeal of an Entain – NZB Insurance Pearl Series bonus for Yoshime. Yoshime has produced a pair of strong runner-up finishes to Rubicon Reigns and subsequent Rating 65 winner Contemplation Bay in early March and looks a strong