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Eshay (NZ) (Contributer) has shown trainer Peter Didham plenty of ability in work on Awapuni’s polytrack and he is hoping she can bring that to raceday this week. The daughter of Contributer will have her first start on the synthetic surface on Thursday in the Martin Collins NZ 1400m
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Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman celebrated a comfortable victory at Cambridge on Wednesday with Medina (NZ) (American Pharoah) in the Martin Collins New Zealand MAAT 1550. The striking filly dictated as pacemaker throughout under Michael McNab, and pulled away at the top of the straight to score stylishly by 2-3/
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A trip to Karaka five years ago is well and truly paying off for southern trainer Stephen Blair-Edie. A chestnut colt caught the Southland farmer’s expert stock eye in Phoenix Park’s New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale draft, and he went to $9,000 to secure him. At
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Hopes of successfully executing a long-term southern plan with talented mare Sanibel (NZ) (Shamexpress) received a timely boost in her final lead-up appearance. Saturday week’s Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton was identified as a major goal some months ago by trainer Shane
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Riccarton Park, LOVERACING.NZ and TAB are supporting Cure Kids with the “Riccarton Park Red Nose Raceday” at this Friday’s synthetic meeting. “We are so grateful for the support of Riccarton Park and LOVERACING.NZ, who are holding this event for our largest appeal of the year, Red Nose
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Rhys Mildon has been Stephen Marsh’s lieutenant over the last few years and has been rewarded for his loyalty with a recent promotion to assistant trainer for Cambridge’s leading stable. “He is the major cog in the wheel and is a massive part of the team. He is
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It will be take two for southern trainers when they head to Oamaru on Wednesday for their postponed Oamaru Cup meeting. Originally scheduled for Sunday, the meeting was postponed until later in the week due to a severe weather system forecast to hit the region. Riverton trainer Stephen Blair-Edie
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Waverley trainer Erin Hocquard has always harboured a passion for horses and she is now pinching herself that she gets to work with them for a living. Hailing from Palmerston North, Hocquard didn’t have any involvement with horses growing up, but she didn’t let that stop her from
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Cambridge trainer Ben Foote will be looking to end the season on a high note at local meetings this week. The Cambridge horseman will line-up three runners at Cambridge on Wednesday, with last-start debut winner Kakadu joined by Ka Ying Lucky and Jimmy Dean. A three-year-old
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Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray had themselves a royal day out at the last meeting on the all-weather track at Cambridge and will be hoping for more of the same on Wednesday. The local training duo celebrated success on their home course earlier this month with Brave Spirit, Hammer
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Apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell finished her season with a bang at Tauranga on Saturday, but it wasn’t the climactic ending she was hoping for. The Waikato hoop was aiming to extend her lead over Kelsey Hannan in the apprentice jockeys’ premiership, but instead found herself in a situation more