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Enigmatic galloper El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking) capped off some consistent form and provided trainer Stephen Marsh with a winning black-type double when he bolted clear to win the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. Marsh had produced promising three-year-old filly Glamour Tycoon (AUS) (Written
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Champion Victorian jockey Blake Shinn will be in action in New Zealand on Boxing Day at Pukekohe Park as well as at the lucrative Karaka Millions meeting at Ellerslie on January 27. Shinn, who was in New Zealand just over a week ago for the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to
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Handicap conditions won’t be in the favour of middle-distance specialist Defibrillate when the classy gelding contests the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday. The nine-year-old son of Shocking was a key figure in the top-flight middle-distance events last season and looked
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Leading Otago trainers Brian and Shane Anderton are set to make their presence felt with two well-credentialled runners in Sunday’s $50,000 Happy Hire Cromwell Cup (2030m). Shane Anderton expects the step up to 2030m to be ideal for Capo Dell Impero (NZ) (Ghibellines) and Burgie (NZ) (Ghibellines)
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Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie has crossed the Tasman for a second tilt at the Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool on Sunday, four years on from a highly creditable first attempt. Ritchie saddled Where Are You (NZ) (Ekraar) to finish third at double-figure odds in the 2019 running of the
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A busy Saturday afternoon is looming for Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh, who has 19 runners entered across the Te Rapa and Wanganui meetings including strong chances in all four black-type events. The first feature race of the afternoon is the Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui, which
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Kylie Hoskin is hoping she has the luck of the Irish at Te Rapa on Saturday, having secured expat Samantha Wynne to ride Zaila (NZ) (Per Incanto) in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m). With the jockey ranks thin on the ground at present, Hoskin was struggling to find
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Trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood were far from surprised that Zabmanzor bridged the significant gap from maiden company to black type success with such aplomb at Otaki. They have held Almanzor’s son in high regard for some time and the three-year-old showed exactly why with an
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Johnathan Parkes has had many memorable wins throughout his riding career, but his victory aboard Chase (NZ) (Zed) at Otaki on Thursday would feature right up there sentimentally. The Central Districts jockey, who has a close connection with the name, had been wanting to ride the Group One performer for
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There has been a massive injection of stakes money to the racing calendar this year and Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis is keen to get his hands on some of it. Part of that prizemoney boost are five inaugural innovation races around the country, with the first of those, the $350,
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Emphatic last-start winner Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) will lead the Wexford Stables charge at Te Rapa on Saturday where she will step into stakes company, contesting the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m). The daughter of Iffraaj showed promise early in her first two raceday appearances and
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Explosive finishes are becoming a habit for Geriatrix (Almanzor), and co-trainer Andrew Scott is hopeful the eye-catching colt can produce another in Thursday’s Gr.3 Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki. The son of Almanzor was an impressive maiden victor at Taupo in October and recorded