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Speedy filly Ulanova (NZ) (Santos) gave her rivals a good old-fashioned beating as she led all the way to take out the Gr.3 Platinum Homes New Plymouth Taranaki 2YO Classic (1200m) in effortless fashion. Fresh off a solid effort for fourth in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at
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Ben Foote’s upcoming feature race prospects were given significant boosts on Friday at Te Rapa where his lightly tried three-year-old Loosespender and top sprinter Babylon Berlin delivered everything expected of them. Foote trains and part-owns Loosespender, whose rapid progression continued when he claimed the Gr.2
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Promising mare Mary Louise will have the biggest test of her career when she heads to New Plymouth Raceway on Saturday. The local galloper will have her first tilt at stakes company in the Gr.3 Denis Wheeler Earthmoving Taranaki Cup (1800m) and trainer Robbie Paterson is hoping for a
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Toowoomba trainers Tony and Maddysen Sears have made their presence felt at Karaka this week, securing six horses across the Book 1 and 2 Sales at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. The father-daughter training combination were keen to look for a different style of horse to what
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A lucrative Plan B might come into play for stakes-winning filly Polygon (NZ) (Highly Recommended) with connections considering a trip to Australia for the in-form three-year-old. A start for the daughter of Highly Recommended in Friday’s Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) is highly
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Cambridge trainer Paul Mirabelli will head south to New Plymouth with a more welcoming storm on Saturday. His promising juvenile filly Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) will target the Gr.3 Platinum Homes New Plymouth Taranaki 2YO Classic (1200m) at just her second start. The daughter of Satono Aladdin impressed when
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Mark Jones is hungry for further black-type success. The dual-code Canterbury trainer gained his first thoroughbred stakes win last Saturday when he produced Phelan The Power for an off-the-canvas victory in the Listed Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Spurred by the performance, Jones has opted to
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A pair of Classic-bound contenders for Stephen Marsh will bid to add further momentum to their Group One campaigns at Te Rapa on Friday. The Cambridge trainer’s stable will mount a strong two-pronged attack on the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) with the very much
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After two near-misses, Kozzi Asano is delighted to have broken through for his first victory at racing’s highest level. Asano guided He’s A Doozy to a fighting victory in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, taking control at the top of the straight
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Group One winner Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) will venture south this weekend to contest the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui. The Mark Walker-trained seven-year-old is the clear top-rater in the weight-for-age feature which shapes as a nice target after missing
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Tomorrow’s Waikato meeting has been pushed back 48 hours to Friday 3 February. After looking at weather forecasts it has been decided that Friday gives the best option for this meeting to be run without disruption. All scratchings have been re-instated. Please note the new timetable with Race
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