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Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have long believed Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) had the potential to excel over 2000m, and their stable star proved them right on Saturday with a sparkling performance in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. Legarto was a Group One superstar on
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One of the unluckiest horses in the top echelon of New Zealand racing in recent times, Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) turned things around with a supreme front-running performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. The $400,000 weight-for-age feature was the first Group
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If Saturday’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa was the final New Zealand appearance for Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High), the Group One-winning filly farewelled her homeland on a high. The daughter of Ace High established herself as one of the standouts of
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Progressive stayer The Underbelly commenced what could be a highly successful weekend for Robbie Patterson and underrated sire The Bold One. Patterson’s stable has been a force to be reckoned with in stakes company this season, with several of his top performers flying the flag for the Grangewilliam Stud
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European import Skyman will be aiming to record his first New Zealand win when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Previously based with Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller, Skyman has won nine races, including four at stakes level, and more
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Molly Bloom has had the measure of Mary Shan in two of their three meetings to date, and the latter’s trainer Andrew Forsman is hoping the step-up to 2000m in Saturday’s Gr.2 David and Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic at Te Rapa will help even the ledger between
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The brand-new $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) has received an enthusiastic endorsement from Matamata trainer Glenn Old, who will saddle a pair of promising four-year-olds in the inaugural running of the race at Te Rapa on Saturday. One of a series of innovation races added to the
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Te Akau Racing has landed at least one of Legends Day’s major prizes in each of the last five editions of the showpiece Te Rapa meeting, and trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have assembled another formidable contingent for Saturday’s 2024 version. Te Akau has a particularly stellar
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Nine-race winner Eptimum will make his first start in close to a year when he lines up in Saturday’s $50,000 C S Stevens Memorial Banks Peninsula Cup (1100m) at Riccarton. The well-travelled son of Snitzel was a Group Three winner at Moonee Valley as a spring three-year-old, then
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Darryn and Briar Weatherley have been well-represented in stakes events this season and that trend will continue at Te Rapa on Saturday with a trio of feature race contenders. The Matamata trainers have stable favourite Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca) and the progressive Arby (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.1
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Champion jockey Per-Anders Graberg is hoping to make an impression in New Zealand to add to the list of countries he has successfully ridden in. The vastly experienced Swedish jockey arrived last week on a four-month visa and has based himself in Cambridge. “I have been riding out for Tony
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A tilt at Group company is now on the cards for Qali Al Farrasha (NZ) (Almanzor) following her convincing maiden win in the Wexford Stables (1600m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Heading into the meeting off the back of three successive placings, the daughter of Almanzor was backed into $2.10