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Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have saddled the last two winners of the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), and a pair of talented three-year-olds are putting a spring in the Matamata trainers’ step as they plot their path towards the 2023 edition. O’Sullivan and Scott won the
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Duneagle (Dissident) is in rare company in Shaun Ritchie and Colm Murray’s team as one of the few older members within their ranks and the quirky six-year-old looks ideally placed to return to winning ways at Ruakaka. The Cambridge trainers have been rebuilding in recent seasons and have unearthed
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Andrew Forsman has taken a significant step toward building on past successes in Australia with the announcement he will extend his training operation to a base in Victoria. The Cambridge horseman has secured boxes at the famed Macedon Lodge, formerly owned by leviathan owner Lloyd Williams until the complex’s
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Karen Parsons was only too happy to see a rival for her husband's affections take his breath away on Tuesday. The North Canterbury husband-and-wife training duo produced veteran stayer Camino Rocoso (NZ) (Shocking) for a dazzling win in Tuesday's Greymouth Cup (2000m), a performance both described
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Seasoned performers and travellers Sagunto (NZ) (O'Reily) and Langkawi (NZ) (Helmet) will front up at Trentham this Saturday and top performances will book them return trips a week later for the opening day of the Wellington Cup carnival. They are likely to be joined there on January 14
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On a day where the Te Akau Racing tangerine and blue colours played a prominent role in most results it was promising filly Romancing The Moon (NZ) (El Roca) that provided one of the highlights. The Mark Walker-trained three-year-old was having her first start since finishing fourth behind the unbeaten
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Debutant Codigo (NZ) (Ardrossan) provided dual success for his connections when he produced a brave effort to win the Waikato Stud@Karaka 2023 (1200m) two-year-old contest at Matamata on Tuesday. Raced by his breeder, Dame Lowell Goddard along with race sponsors Waikato Stud, Codigo becomes the first winner for his
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Roger Allen is hoping his progressive stayer Subtle Point (NZ) (Nadeem) can shed the bridesmaid tag he has collected lately when he tackles the Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Trentham on Saturday. The lightly raced six-year-old son of Nadeem has racked up a string of four runner-up finishes
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Memories of the fabulous racemare Lucia Valentina came flooding back on Monday as her daughter Luella Cristina made a successful raceday debut at Tauranga. The Stephen Marsh-trained daughter of Snitzel is the second foal of three-time Australian Group One winner Lucia Valentina who registered her greatest triumph in the 2016
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Trainer Ben Foote was looking forward to taking his frustrations out on a small white ball just 24 hours after going within a whisker of collecting a Group One victory at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day. The popular Cambridge horseman and a few mates were heading to the
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A win in the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day could provide the key to a tilt at the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) for progressive staying mare Aquacade. The Lance Noble-trained four-year-old provided her trainer and owners Brendan