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Matamata gelding Pier (NZ) (Proisir) should be ready for an improved effort on Saturday as he gets ready to challenge leading three-year-old Dynastic (NZ) (Almanzor) for a second time. The Proisir gelding is set to contest the rescheduled Gr.2 AHD Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), now on his home
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Multiple black-type winner Demonetization (All Too Hard) will be a notable absentee from Saturday’s relocated Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. While the feature will now be run much closer to his home base, trainer Nigel Tiley has opted to keep his powder dry ahead of another
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Andrew Forsman has made a whirlwind start to his solo training career, highlighted by a red-letter day at Flemington on Saturday where he saddled She’s Licketysplit to win the Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) and Mr Maestro to win the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m). The Cambridge horseman
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Pukekohe horsewoman Amber Sims has no shortage of titles in the racing industry: trainer, track rider, industry education co-ordinator being among them. By the end of summer she hopes to add another: a winner of the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m). Sims is thinking big with Coruba Jak, the only
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Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have elected to give quality galloper Dragon Leap a brief let-up after he returned home from his two-race Australian campaign. The Group Two winner ran fourth in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) before posting the same result in the Gr.3 Sandown
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New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s endeavours to make the best of a difficult situation in the wake of Saturday’s Hastings abandonment have met with the approval of the majority but not all stakeholders. The cancellation due to a water-logged track of the second day of the Hawke’s Bay
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Talented staying three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) touched down in Sydney on Sunday as he prepares for a two-start campaign in the Harbour City. The Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained gelding will step out in Saturday’s Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Randwick where Ben Melham is booked to
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New Zealand filly She’s Licketysplit showed she will be a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming Gr.1 Schweppes One Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 12 with a strong performance to take out Saturday’s Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. Given an
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Matamata visitor Cognito put his cards on the table for a Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) bid next month with an impressive victory in the Inglewood Stud Guineas Trial (1400m) on Saturday. The Mark Walker-trained runner trekked south to Riccarton after being narrowly defeated
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Saturday’s Hawke’s Bay racemeeting that featured both the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) and Gr.2 AHD Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) was abandoned after torrential rain overnight saw the Hastings track under water and unable to provide a satisfactory racing surface. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing issued