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David Greene has always thought Free Bird (NZ)(Tarzino) would thrive over further ground, and she fulfilled that promise when winning over a middle distance at the first time of asking at Ellerslie on Saturday in the Golf Warehouse 2100. The daughter of Tarzino jumped away well and settled in
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Promising three-year-old Wine Rocs (NZ)(El Roca) indicated there are more wins in store in his current campaign as he produced a sustained finish to claim victory in the Elsdon Park 1400 at Ellerslie. Wine Rocs had caught the eye when finishing runner-up to Hakushu (I Am
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The Parua Bay Tavern could be heaving with racing revellers on Sunday celebrating the double success of local trainer Michelle Bradley at Ellerslie a day prior. The Ruakaka horsewoman got the Saturday meeting off to a pleasing start when her talented juvenile filly She's No Saint (Prague) led
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Consistent gelding Uderzo (NZ) (Vadamos) showed he was thriving on a steady diet of weekly racing when he pulled away from his rivals in the closing stages to score nicely against the open sprinters in the Trackside.co.nz 1400 at Ellerslie. The seven-year-old son of Vadamos was
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Riverton trainer Ebony Turner is having a season to remember, and she is hoping her good run will continue at Phar Lap Raceway on Sunday. In her fourth season of training, Turner currently sits on 11 wins this term, with Who Rox The House’s victory at Wingatui last weekend
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Talented stablemates Nedwin (NZ) (Niagara) and Dictation (NZ) (Tavistock) will return to the jumping scene at Trentham on Saturday where they will contest the Manawatu ITM Manawatu Steeplechase (4000m) and Manawatu ITM Manawatu Hurdles (2500m) respectively. Nedwin is vying for another feature crown after winning last year’s Pakuranga Hunt
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Well-related mare Free Bird (NZ) (Tarzino) will be tested over a middle distance for the first time at Ellerslie on Saturday, with her performance dictating her future plans. A half-sister to Group One winner Stolen Dance, who Greene trained for the majority of her career, Free Bird has
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Grande Gallo's (NZ) (Belardo) victory in the Waihou Tavern 1150 at Te Aroha on Thursday was doubly pleasing for her trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. The win has put her on track towards a black-type tilt later this month, while it also brought up the
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Three quality weanlings will further boost NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale, with the bonus lots set to be offered immediately following the 140 lots originally catalogued for sale at Karaka on Thursday 25 June. Headlining the three supplementary entries is Lot 141, a son of first season sire Paddington
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Billy Boy (So You Think) put his hand up as one of the country’s most exciting jumpers last year following his Manawatu-Wellington Hurdle double at Trentham, and trainer Jo Rathbone is hoping he can repeat that feat this year. He will head to the Upper Hutt track this
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Tony Pike’s mission to secure black type for Astoria Brooke (NZ) (American Pharoah) will gain further momentum at Ellerslie this weekend. The Cambridge trainer believes Saturday’s trackside.co.nz (1400m) will set the lightly raced four-year-old up well for a loftier target later this month. The
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Weather, weight and poor barriers pose a challenge for Andrew Forsman as the Cambridge horseman readies for a busy trans-Tasman weekend. Forsman has been campaigning his promising filly Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) in Queensland over the past month, and having proven herself up to the mark against the three-