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Premiership-leading jockey Warren Kennedy was the first to crack the 100-win mark for the season at Matamata on Friday when guiding Lightning Dream to victory in the Auto Super Shoppe Matamata 1600. From her wide gate, Lightning Dream went back to settle towards the rear of the field for Kennedy
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Robbie Patterson has already won twice as many Group and Listed races in 2023-24 as any other season in his career, and the New Plymouth trainer has three chances to add to that tally at Riccarton on Saturday. Patterson’s 44 wins so far this season include six at black-type
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Local trainer Rosie Gibbs made a welcome return to the winner’s stall following Glimmer’s commanding debut performance in the Treadwell Gordon 1200 at Waverley on Thursday. The three-year-old filly jumped well from the ace barrier and was sent straight to the front by jockey Chris Dell where the
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Sailor Jack ended his campaign on a winning note at Waverley on Thursday and now the four-win gelding could be set to further his career in Australia next year if everything goes to plan. Sent out a $1.30 favourite in the Taranaki-Wanganui NZTBA (2200m), Sailor Jack lived up to
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Gail Temperton is hoping her promising hurdler Harry Harrison can gain valuable fitness ahead of an exciting season with a resuming run in the Chillco (2850m) on Sunday at Hawera. The Haradasun gelding has become well-recognised for his diminutive stature, particularly in the latter stages of last season when he
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Stephen Marsh has made a habit of excelling at this stage of the season with his emerging two-year-old talent, and the Cambridge trainer is hoping to continue that trend in Saturday’s Listed TAB Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Marsh, who also saddled juvenile first-starter Super Photon for a
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Andrew Forsman will be chasing several repeats of history with seven runners across the two features events at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Cambridge-based trainer won last year’s edition of the Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) with White Noise, and the son of El Roca will be among Forsman’
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Fresh off his rich payday after taking out last Saturday’s $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) at Riccarton, Matscot (NZ) (Haradasun) will return to the Christchurch track this weekend in search of more feature spoils. Initially set to target Saturday’s Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m)
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Fraser Auret couldn’t find any reason not to send his ultra-consistent filly Race Ace (NZ) (Swiss Ace) south to chase down a deserved black-type victory. The Marton trainer can’t fault the three-year-old, who will again be partnered by Lisa Allpress in Saturday’s Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep
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Matamata trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall were rapt with their treble at Arawa Park on Wednesday, and they are hoping they can continue that winning form into the rest of the week. Therapeutic (NZ) (Time Test) kicked off the treble when taking out the Greenlight Insurance Brokers 1560 before
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Up and coming staying prospect Investigate (NZ) (Dundeel) promises to give another bold account of himself at Ellerslie on Saturday in what is likely to be the final appearance of his current campaign. The Tony Pike-prepared son of Dundeel has relished the step up to middle-distance racing and appeals as
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After spending more than two decades travelling the world as a chef, Gavin Opie returned to New Zealand 14 years ago to pursue his initial love of horses, and now he has joined the 100-win club as a trainer. He brought up the milestone at Arawa Park on Wednesday when