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Last season’s Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winner Dynastic made a successful return to racing when he displayed a touch of class in taking out the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m). The Mark Walker-trained son of Almanzor had opened a well favoured $2.70 chance for the first
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The Thoroughbred Racing industry will acknowledge Her Majesty The Queen’s passing at its two race meetings on Saturday. A moment’s silence will be observed at 11.30am at both Ruakaka and Hastings, with jockeys wearing black armbands throughout both meetings as a further mark of respect. Queen Elizabeth
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Verry Flash will continue to show his diverse skillset when he heads to Waverley on Sunday to contest the Wanganui Steel Formers Waverley Cup (2000m). The winner of 10 races on the flat, including the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m), Verry Flash won his maiden hurdle at Te Rapa last
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is looking forward to round five of an engaging battle between his in-form stayer River Run and his arch-nemesis Hit The Road Jack in Saturday's Harcourts Tai Tokerau Cup (2200m) at Ruakaka. River Run and Hit The Road have met on four occasions already
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Racing followers will welcome the new-look RaceForm weekly edition released ahead of the new season’s first day of Group One racing at Hawke’s Bay this weekend. In response to reader feedback, combined with the desire to enhance the content of New Zealand’s only printed weekly racing news
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Opie Bosson hasn’t been aboard Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) since their demolition job in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), but that doesn’t mean the mighty mare has been out of sight, out of the champion jockey’s mind. The 42-year-old has been keeping a close eye on
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Wingatui trainer Terry Kennedy has his sights set on producing 100 winners on his home track and he's hoping to edge closer to that milestone at Wingatui on Friday. Kennedy has 88 wins at Wingatui to his credit and has a formidable team of six entered for Friday&
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Pinarello has already proven himself at elite level in Australia and he will bid to add to his record across the Tasman later this month with a three-start campaign locked in by trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood. Last season’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) winner showed he was
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Punters are looking to Hastings in anticipation on Saturday where star mares La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) and Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) will meet for the first time in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). Dual Group One winner Imperatriz has had two lead-in runs for trainer Mark Walker, winning both
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Last season’s Champion two-year-old Maven Belle (NZ) (Burgundy) has been ruled out of the spring care of a chip in a fetlock. The Mark Walker-trained daughter of Burgundy won four of her five starts as a juvenile including the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), the Gr.2
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Promising gelding Regazzo (NZ) (Tavistock) broke through for his maiden win at Te Rapa on Sunday when victorious in The Patron’s 1400. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained four-year-old pleased his conditioners last season when runner-up in the Listed Gingernuts Salver (2400m) at Ellerslie and they were happy to
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Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine) turned heads when he enjoyed a trip away on Tuesday morning to further his build-up toward a second tilt at the opening Group One contest of the new season. The striking grey son of Guillotine stretched his legs at Te Awamutu ahead of Saturday’s Tarzino