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Perfect Scenario is set to return to Wingatui next month to try and retain his crown in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age (1600m) following his win at the Dunedin track on Saturday. Lumbered with a 62kg topweight impost, Perfect Scenario was given some weight relief courtesy of apprentice
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Reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart got his preparation back on track at Ellerslie on Sunday when running third behind glamour mare Legarto in the Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic Preview (1400m). Trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson had lofty spring plans for the son of Redwood, which
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Trainers Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley will head to the TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in a fortnight with a bit more confidence with their juvenile So Naive following his win in the Stella Artois 1200 at the Auckland track on Sunday. The son of U S Navy
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Emerging three-year-old Renegade Rebel (NZ) (El Roca) stepped up from a last-start maiden win and scored a determined front-running victory in Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. The El Roca gelding has made marked improvement with every start since finishing at the tail of a five-horse field in
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Two Group Ones at Trentham and the eagerly anticipated reopening of Ellerslie provided plenty of potential highlights across a blockbuster weekend of racing, but top-class mare Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) towered above all other talking points with a commanding performance in Sunday’s Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic Preview (1400m). The dual
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The highly-anticipated reopening of Ellerslie was celebrated in style on Sunday, with Merchant Queen (Merchant Navy) writing her name into the history books as the first to salute in a new era for the iconic venue. Ellerslie, home to several of New Zealand’s most esteemed race-days, underwent a major
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Amber Sims considers her consistent stayer Coruba Jak (NZ) (Jakkalberry) as a part of the family, and a trip across the Tasman could be on the cards after the gelding’s hard-fought victory at Tauranga on Friday. The eight-year-old son of Jakkalberry made his presence known in the final stages
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Topweight Capo Dell Impero (NZ) (Ghibellines) made light work of his 60kg impost when he gave his rivals weight and a beating in the feature race at Wingatui, the WAE Waikouaiti Cup (2200m). The Brian and Shane Anderton-trained son of the Anderton’s White Robe Lodge Stud-resident stallion Ghibellines went
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Te Akau Racing’s dominance of the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Levin Classic (1600m) continued at Trentham on Saturday with Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) clinging on in an unforgettable finish. Those familiar tangerine colours have towered over the $500,000 three-year-old feature in recent times, collecting five wins since 2017
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Sam Spratt teamed up with arguably New Zealand’s most improved racehorse to land a boilover victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham – her third time triumphing in a meeting that once came close to claiming her life. Saturday’s Telegraph heroics aboard
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Popular Opaki trainer Alby MacGregor was full of emotion as he welcomed his stable favourite Times Ticking (NZ) (Tavistock) back to the winners’ enclosure after a thrilling victory in the Gr.3 Mode Technology Trentham Stakes (2100m). MacGregor, who is in his mid-seventies, hasn’t enjoyed the best of health