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A changing of the guard in Singapore for Te Akau has proved to be a seamless transition with the trainers’ premiership again having a familiar look about it. When four-time title winner Mark Walker returned home earlier this year to take charge of the operation’s New Zealand stable at
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Apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland and Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers are starting to build a formidable partnership. Sutherland recorded her first win as a jockey when piloting the Myers-trained Shockproof to victory at Hawera in April, and on Saturday she rode her first double for the trainer at Riccarton. Kick On
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Sunday’s Coleraine meeting opened with married couple John and Andrea Leek training the first two winners, signifying their imminent return to challenging for Victoria's premier jumps events. The seven-race card opened with Castrofrancaru ($3.80 favourite) winning his 3300-metre maiden hurdle by 7.75 lengths. Dual licenced
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After a longer than expected break following a race fall, jockey Sarah O’Malley (nee Macnab) made a low-key return to raceday riding at Woodville on Friday. The 23-year-old Central Districts rider was seriously injured in a fall from her mount Scotch (I Am Invincible) in the Listed Lightning Handicap
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Evergreen galloper Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine) made it a one-act affair when winning the open handicap at Tauranga on Saturday, with the John Bell-trained eight-year-old leading his rivals a merry dance in the iLine Waikato 1600. Ridden by in-form apprentice Kelsey Hannan, Helena Baby sat outside leader Musigny Lass (NZ)
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Promising winter galloper Ridgeview Chief (NZ) (Niagara) shrugged off a disappointing last start performance at Ruakaka to reward his supporters with a five and a half-length victory at Tauranga on Saturday. The Gavin Opie-trained son of Niagara had been well supported at Ruakaka after an impressive performance to win at
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Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers continued to make the Riccarton Grand National Carnival his own as he produced a winning treble on the final day of the three-day meeting. Myers bagged four wins on the first day last Saturday and then took out the feature event, the Grand National Hurdles (4200m)
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Classy jumper West Coast (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu) looked like he was out for a Sunday stroll in the park as he ambled his way to victory in Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 147th Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. Sent to the lead from barrier rise by
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The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association will hold a function next Friday to celebrate the breeders of Group One winners during the 2020-21 season. COVID-19 put a halt to the New Zealand Breeding Awards function last year and the NZTBA would like to acknowledge the achievements of those Group One
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A jumping future is beckoning The Bambino but trainer and part-owner Ben Foote is hoping to score a win on the flat with the gelding before then. The Rock ‘N’ Pop gelding will make his fifth raceday appearance in the iLine Carpenters 2100 at Tauranga on Saturday where he will
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Peter and Shaun McKay have combined their Group One-winning talents in a new training partnership and have targeted the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival to saddle their first runners. The father and son team joined forces for the start of the current season with a mix of proven and untried