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A weaving run from near last on the home turn by enigmatic mare Maria Farina to claim the Listed Jennian Homes Wellington Lightning Handicap (1200m), provided the Weatherley family with a stunning stakes double on a day of high drama for their small team. Earlier on the card they had
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The decision to move the Gr.1 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Levin Classic (1600m) to March has worked wonders for Te Akau Racing, who dominated the race for the second year in a row at Trentham on Saturday – headed by an off-the-canvas victory by Romancing The Moon.
New Zealand
Talented mare Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock) extended her unbeaten run to five when she stepped up to stakes company with a narrow victory in the Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) a Trentham. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained four-year-old went into the Group Three
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RBC Racing’s blue, gold and black colours were carried to Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) glory by Miss Mossman in 2014, and on Saturday they struck black-type gold again at the same Trentham meeting – this time with up-and-coming stayer Ess Vee Are in the Listed
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Tegan Abel, one of the lesser lights of northern apprentice jockey ranks, is a mixture of excited and nervous ahead of her Group One debut on Dusty Road (NZ) (Shamexpress) in Saturday’s Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The North Waikato-based 27-year-old
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Wingatui trainer Terry Kennedy is looking to take advantage of the good prizemoney on offer at his local meeting on Monday. The southern horseman will target the RMG Publican’s Cup (1500m) with in-form gelding Jessie’s Rock (NZ) (Road To Rock), who he believes can take home the
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Few runners in Saturday's Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham will have a support crew like Pennyweka's (NZ) (Satono Aladdin). The Jim Wallace-trained Satono Aladdin filly goes into the Classic as a bona fide contender after fast-finishing placings
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Trainer Chris Wood is hoping Side Eye (Sidestep) can continue his preparation the way he started it – winning. The Sidestep gelding was victorious first-up over 1300m on the Cambridge Synthetic last month and will head to Tauranga on Saturday in a fresh state where he will attempt to continue
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Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard will tackle feature races with a high-quality trio at Trentham on Saturday. The couple will produce Colorado Silver (Puissance De Lune) in the Gr.1 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Levin Classic (1600m), Flamenco (NZ) (Tavistock) in the Gr.1 Al Basti
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Connections of high-class two-year-old Ulanova (NZ) (Santos) will look forward to next season, with news that the Stephen Marsh-trained Group Three winner has gone for a break. Runner-up in last Saturday’s Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) behind Tokyo Tycoon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), the daughter
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Well-related two-year-old filly Aprilia (NZ) (US Navy Flag) turned her form around at Matamata on Wednesday after a below expectation debut performance on the Cambridge synthetic when beaten into third as an odds-on favourite. The filly jumped well to sit outside the leader in the Tokoroa
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Group One-winning mare Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) has been retired and is now destined to head across the Tasman in preparation for the next stage of her career. The daughter of Shamexpress won 11 of her 31 starts for trainer Robbie Patterson, including the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes