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Kim Reid has always thought there was something special about Hi Yo Sass Bomb (NZ) (Complacent), and the Taranaki horsewoman is delighted that her initial impression of the now four-year-old mare is coming to fruition. “We bred her, and since she was a foal there was something about her. She
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Trans-Tasman Group One-winning filly Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) has returned to fast work at the Cambridge stable of Roger James and Robert Wellwood, in preparation for potential Melbourne spring targets. A three-year-old daughter of leading sire Proisir, Prowess had a stellar Autumn three-year-old season, picking up five victories on the bounce
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Waverley’s Bill Thurlow will return to Te Rapa this Saturday with rising jumping star Whiskey Tango (NZ) (Proisir), hoping the promising jumper can produce a repeat of his winning performance at the Waikato venue last month. The rising jumping star will head north to contest the SVS Starting Gates
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Rangiora galloper Louie Louie (NZ) (Zacinto) will get his first shot at stakes glory following his dominant performance in the Winning Edge Presentation Winter Cup Trial (1400m) at Ashburton on Thursday. Eased out of the gate by jockey Lemmy Douglas, Louie Louie settled at the rear of the field in
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Mark Walker is refusing to get complacent as he closes in on an historic first 200-win season. The Matamata trainer goes into Friday racing at Awapuni on 194 wins for the 2022-23 calendar, needing just six further victories to become the first trainer to win 200 races in a New
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Butler (NZ) (Showcasing) is guaranteed to start a short-priced favourite in the open handicap at Te Rapa on Saturday, but trainer Allan Sharrock isn’t under-estimating the threat posed by his well-performed stablemate. The highly regarded son of Showcasing will be at cramped odds in the Group One Turf Bar
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Hawera trainer Anna Clement will head to Awapuni with a strong hand on Saturday and hopes her stakes-winning filly Rocababy (NZ) (El Roca) can return to her winning ways. The daughter of El Roca pleased with her first-up runner-up effort behind Fellini (NZ) (Belardo) at Awapuni in May before she
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Te Akau trainer Mark Walker continued his standout season at Rotorua on Wednesday when scoring with Fay Khan It (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) in the Have Your Function At Arawa Park 1560. From her wide alley, Fay Khan It was stoked up early by jockey Michael McNab to press on for
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Northern apprentice Kelsey Hannan and Canterbury mare Athene (NZ) (Raise The Flag) have been rivals in their last two meetings, but the pair will unite at Ashburton on Thursday in the Dunstan Horsefeeds 2200. Hannan has ridden the Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-trained Zelenski (NZ) (Shocking) to defeat Athene in
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Trainer Andrew Forsman will be keeping an eye on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday, with the Cambridge horseman set to have runners at both New Zealand venues, as well as Caulfield. Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Loose), The Finnster (NZ) (Vadamos) and Russian Satire (Russian Revolution) will
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Andrew Forsman’s successful Cambridge stable has bid farewell to True Enough (NZ) (Nom De Jeu), who raced with distinction up to the highest level. Time has been called on the career of the nine-year-old son of Nom De Jeu with a combination of age and difficulty placing the gelding
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A trio of Southland runners will be on trial for looming Cups targets when they head to Ashburton on Thursday. The Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) is firmly in the crosshairs for six-win mare Fiery Red, and she will look to clinch her spot in next month’s Riccarton feature