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Trainer Ben Foote is determined to regroup from two successive Group One disappointments. In the space of less than a week he watched both his Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) hopeful Sakura Girl and Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) raider Babylon Berlin fail to finish off after sitting
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Te Akau trainer Mark Walker set a national record for wins in a season when Fellini (NZ) (Belardo) won the NZB Online Yearling Sale On Gavelhouse Plus 1400 for three-year-olds at Pukekohe on Saturday. The victory provided the Matamata horseman with his 161st win of the season, including
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Last year’s runner-up Asathought (So You Think) avenged her narrow defeat in the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m) when she produced a dogged finish to claim the 2023 version of the traditional Riverton Easter weekend feature. Unsighted since finishing amongst the back markers in the Gr.
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Underrated mare Belclare (NZ) (Per Incanto) will head to the paddock with the title of Group One winner now firmly attached to her career record after blitzing her rivals in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe. The Lisa Latta-trained runner had finished well back
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Progressive galloper Habana (Zoustar) thrust himself firmly into discussions surrounding the upcoming Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) with a professional display to take out the Shaw’s Wire Ropes 1400 at Pukekohe on Saturday. The Lance Noble-trained gelding has a real affinity for the Pukekohe track, claiming his
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Lisa Latta is looking towards consistent mare Belclare (NZ) (Per Incanto) to continue her stable’s winning run in feature races this season when she tackles the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The five-year-old daughter of Per Incanto will be having
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Trainer Paul Harris is well represented across both days of the traditional Riverton Easter racemeeting this weekend but the weather will have a huge bearing on how many of his team back-up for the Monday edition of the Carnival. Harris will produce seven runners on Saturday from his Rangiora-
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Apprentice Toni Davies was enjoying a chill morning less than twenty-four hours after putting the first tick in the win column of her fledgling riding career at Wanganui on Thursday. Davies, who is apprenticed to Moira and Kieran Murdoch at Waiuku but currently on loan to Peter Didham at
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Racing Hall of Famer Lance O'Sullivan will take aim at another Group One prize this weekend but without any great feeling of expectation. The Matamata trainer has talented Myboycharlie mare Karman Line entered for Saturday's Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe,
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Riverton trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler can’t wait to head to their home meeting on Saturday where they are hoping to get their hands on their local Cup. “It’s always the highlight of the year running in your home Cup. Hopefully this year we can have another good
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The Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) was originally viewed as Pearl Of Alsace’s (NZ) (Tavistock) grand final, but the unbeaten mare has since convinced connections to raise the bar one more time. The well-related daughter of Tavistock won the Trentham feature at her fifth appearance and will now