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Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) is building up to a likely start in the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa on New Year's Day. The four-year-old mare has been off the scene since finishing down the track in the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Stakes (1600m) and was
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A punt taken on Deerfield (NZ) (Falkirk) as a younger proposition continues to pay dividends for the Bambry family with the promise of more to come from the durable nine-year-old. The son of Falkirk has posted 13 wins from 50 appearances and has successfully mixed it at the top level
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Firmer footing could be the key to Markus Aurelius (NZ) (Ghibellines) winning his second successive Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton on Wednesday, according to Matamata trainer Mark Walker. The gelding won last year's Gr.2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) for trainer Jamie Richards and
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Classic-winning three-year-old Pier is likely to campaign in Australia some time next autumn, but it’s not clear what stable he’ll be racing from. Pier confirmed his class on Saturday with a narrow but brave victory in the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at
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John Bary’s fleeting visit to Christchurch at the weekend to monitor leading filly Best Seller’s progress had the desired outcome. The whistle-stop venture south provided confirmation to the Hastings trainer that his Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospect was in tip-top shape for the
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Te Akau Racing usually have a strong hand in the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and on Saturday leading trainer Mark Walker unearthed another candidate for the January feature when Viva Vienna (NZ) (All Too Hard) landed the SVS Starting Gates 2YO (1000m) at Te Rapa. The filly
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Classy three-year-old filly Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) will not back-up in the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next weekend, for which she is $4.20 second favourite behind Legarto ($1.65). The daughter of Proisir was beaten less than a half-length into third in Saturday’
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Emotional scenes played out around the Riccarton birdcage on Saturday afternoon following a desperate finish to the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) that saw Matamata visitor Pier justify his favourite’s tag by the barest of margins The three-year-old son of Proisir went into
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Progressive mare Malt Time left it late but got in the deciding stride to register her first victory at Stakes level when she took out the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m). The lightly raced six-year-old was having just her 15th career start in Saturday’s feature event at Te Rapa,
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Jockey Lisa Allpress continued her love affair with the feature sprint on the first day of New Zealand Cup Week when she guided Lincoln’s Kruz to victory in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton. The Lisa Latta-trained six-year-old was a handful for Allpress as they made