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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 24 December 2023
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Lingjun Xiongfeng goes back-to-back
Recording consecutive victories, Lingjun Xiongfeng (The Factor) rose markedly in grade to win the Print House Open Handicap (1600m) on Saturday at Te Rapa. Deserving of victory in the Rating 65 1500 metres on 9 December at Pukekohe, the sharp rise posed no obstacle for the striking grey entire and
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Sagunto scores back-to-back Manawatu Cups
After leading all the way to claim his first black-type win in last year’s Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m), Sagunto (NZ) (O’Reilly) returned to defend that crown with an even more spectacular front-running performance at Trentham on Saturday. Sagunto defied $20 odds for his
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Puntura picks up another Group win
Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) showed he will be a force to be reckoned with over the coming months as he scored in dominant fashion in Saturday’s Gr.2 Bramco Granite & Marble Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham. Having his first start since a memorable victory in the Gr.3
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Te Akau debutants shine at Trentham
When Stars Align (NZ) (Zoustar) and Unbridled Joy (Snitzel) kicked off their careers with a quinella in the Japac Homes (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday, adding their names to a bumper list of two-year-old talent in the Te Akau Racing stable this season. Premiership-leading trainers Mark Walker
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Smart filly continues winning story
In her first Saturday assignment, exciting filly Bedtime Story (NZ) (Per Incanto) took it all in her stride at Trentham on Saturday going back-to-back in the Tui Backing A Winner Since 1889 1200. Bedtime Story was a close-up second on debut at Woodville and soon went one
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NZ racing coming to racing.com
Some of New Zealand’s biggest races will be seen live and free on the screens of Racing.com in January thanks to a partnership between Entain New Zealand – the operators of New Zealand’s TAB – and the leading racing broadcaster. Feature races from four meetings will be broadcast on
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Mazzolino gleaming ahead of Zabeel Classic
In-foal mare Mazzolino already has that motherly glow according to trainer Stephen Marsh, and he is hoping she can translate that into Group One success at Pukekohe on Boxing Day. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced four-year-old is a full-sister to Go Racing’s multiple Group
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Impendabelle to tackle the boys
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has elected to pit his handy filly Impendabelle against the boys at Pukekohe on Boxing Day. A last start runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), Impendabelle will bypass her own sex in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m)
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Puntura ready for Trentham challenge
Robbie Patterson will head to Trentham with a strong contingent on Saturday, which will be led by last start Group winner Puntura. The six-year-old gelding broke through for this maiden stakes victory in the Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton last month and will be
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Busy Christmas ahead for Te Akau
With more than a dozen runners on Saturday and a similar number again on Boxing Day, the Te Akau Racing team is barely going to have a chance to catch their breath over the Christmas long weekend. Boxing Day has played a key role in the tangerine juggernaut’s incredible
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Pennyweka retired
A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all. The daughter of Satono Aladdin took her seventy-strong The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate on a whirlwind ride in autumn, winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham before crossing