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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 23 October 2023
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Te Akau 3yo on track for 2000 Guineas path
Promising three-year-old Talisker (NZ) (Embelish) took the next step on his path to the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) next month with a convincing victory at Ashburton on Sunday. Taken to the front by rider Sam Weatherley, the son of 2017 2000
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Humbucker returns to racing at Gore
Consistent galloper Humbucker (NZ) (Iffraaj) will step out on his home track at Gore on Wednesday in the first step towards a start in the Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on November 15. It will be the seven-year-old’s first race since April, with
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Blueblood impresses on debut at Trentham
Royally bred colt Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) lived up to his impeccable breeding when he gave his rivals a galloping lesson at Trentham on Saturday. The son of Savabeel and O’Reilly mare Glee comes from a family that boasts a host of Group One winners including brilliant two-year-old
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Kana turns luck around with deserved win
Trainer Peter Didham has found himself in an enviable position after promising mare Kana (NZ) (Tivaci) finally got the raceday luck she deserved to run out an impressive six-length winner over 1200m at Trentham on Saturday. The four-year-old had been desperately unlucky in her two most recent
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Nest Egg on track for New Zealand Cup
Jockey Warren Kennedy produced a daring ride aboard progressive stayer Nest Egg (NZ) (Reliable Man) at Te Rapa on Saturday, which paved the way for a victory that showed he is on track for a tilt at the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) next month. Trainer Stephen
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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 22 October 2023
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Impressive Diss Is Dramatic gives Latta another Thompson
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta celebrated her fifth win in the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) when Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) scored an emphatic victory in Saturday’s $100,000 feature at Trentham. Latta had previously won the race with Resonare (NZ) (Centaine) (2000), Fercertain
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Crocetti continues winning run
Saturday’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa was an eagerly anticipated clash between a number of up-and-coming talents, but it turned into a tour de force by New Zealand’s most exciting three-year-old. Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) extended his unblemished record
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Johny Johny delivers in Sweynesse Stakes
A wide draw and an energy-sapping fast pace were not enough to stop Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The speedy son of Charm Spirit had some factors in his favour leading into the $100,000 weight-for-age
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Take Two for Skew Wiff
Two weeks after a forgettable trip to Flemington, Group One-winning New Zealand mare Skew Wiff will have a second attempt at an Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.2 Sharp EIT Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. A brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on
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Sarten springboard to Guineas for Crocetti
Te Rapa’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) has been a springboard to Group One glory for five recent winners of the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), and the connections of the undefeated Crocetti are hoping for more of the same. Crocetti takes a perfect four-from-