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After several years away from raceday riding, Kelly Myers showed no signs of rust when winning aboard the Ralph Manning-trained Liquid Fire in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship at Te Rapa on Saturday. Myers enjoyed being back out on the track competing on raceday but said she was pleasantly
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Graham Richardson is hoping a successful week for his female contingent can continue after Snazzytavi was a stand-out victor at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Cambridge Stud-owned mare impressed fresh-up when being caught late by Doddle over 1400m at Pukekohe, seeing her start a warm $3.60
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Talented middle-distance specialist and million-dollar earner Defibrillate has been retired. The son of Shocking was bred by co-trainer Graham Richardson alongside the McInteer Family, both parties remaining in the ownership alongside several other close friends, including fellow trainer Lance O’Sullivan and former Black Cap Brendan McCullum.
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A return to compete in front of Warrnambool’s boisterous crowd could be on the cards for Nassak Diamond following her dominant win in Sunday’s Jericho Cup (4600m). Bred by The Oaks Stud, the five-year-old mare is by their resident stallion Roc De Cambes, and she showed
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Malt Time has gone close this preparation to major success and she will head south later this week in a bid to tick that box. The under-rated mare will run in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), formerly the Captain Cook Stakes, at Trentham and trainers Shaun and
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Brian and Shane Anderton’s classy performer Capo Dell Impero (NZ) (Ghibellines) continues to be the perfect advertisement for their Wingatui-based sire Ghibellines, adding the Happy Hire Cromwell Cup (2030m) to his impressive record on Sunday. Capo Dell Impero put the writing on the wall when scorching home for
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Waitak (NZ) (Proisir), one of last season’s well performed three-year-olds made a powerful statement at Te Rapa on Saturday when he opened his summer campaign with a comfortable victory. After finishing third in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) as a two-year-old, Waitak
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Te Rapa trainer David Greene turned his back on the local race meeting on Saturday and took three runners to Wanganui instead, making a 600km round trip that proved to be well worthwhile. Greene won the Wanganui Motors and the Dyke Family (1600m) with Branciforti (NZ) (Belardo), who led all
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Twelve months ago, Roger James and Robert Wellwood were battling to see the best of Roccia (NZ) (Iffraaj), but the classy mare has returned to top form and collected back-to-back victories at Te Rapa on Saturday. James has regarded Roccia to be somewhat of an enigma in the
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A patient ride by Bailey Rogerson paid off in spades as she guided Just As Sharp to a convincing victory in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Te Rapa. Co-trainer Graeme Rogerson, who prepares the three-year-old in partnership with wife Debbie, was on
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New Zealand’s oldest racing club celebrated its 175th anniversary with the running of Saturday’s Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m), and the Listed feature could have had no more fitting and popular winner than Kelly Coe (NZ) (Proisir). The Proisir mare races in the colours of owner-breeders