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It’s been a bittersweet start to the season for Darryn Weatherley – while he is excited to welcome his daughter Briar into a training partnership, he will be without the services of his star galloper Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca). The son of El Roca had returned in good order
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It’s fair to say Auckland-based breeder Don Goodwin has loved every minute of breeding and owning a champion racehorse. The octogenarian stole the show at Saturday night’s National Breeding Awards, sponsored by AGrowQuip, where his star mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) was named the Seton Otway Horse of
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Outstanding stallion Savabeel’s dominance has translated into yet another clean sweep of stallion titles for the 2021/22 season, headlined by an eighth consecutive Grosvenor Award as Champion New Zealand Sire. Waikato Stud’s superstar resident also claimed his seventh Centaine Award for worldwide progeny earnings and sixth Dewar
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If there was a prize for the biggest smile at Te Rapa on Saturday, then fledgling jumps jockey Portia Matthews would be a leading contender to take out the contest after posting her first win in the saddle aboard Keyboard Warrior (NZ) (Shamoline Warrior) in the Waikato Busy Bees Steeplechase
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Promising jumper Kajino (NZ) (Raise The Flag) impressed plenty of good judges when he produced an impeccable display to post his second win over fences when he took out the opening event at Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising eight-year-old son of Raise The Flag provided jockey Shaun Phelan with
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Popular jockey Robbie Hannam has called time on his career in the saddle and will start in a brand new job on Monday. Hannam, who rode 1100 winners in New Zealand and nearly 300 in India throughout his more than 40-year career in the saddle, will turn his hand to
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If they were giving out awards for toughness then trainer Ray Gavin believes his talented winter galloper Bullybrook (NZ) (Bullbars) would be at the head of the queue. The five-year-old son of Bullbars took on open company at Te Rapa on Saturday and at the venue where he posted a
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If he was tuned in from his American holiday base on Saturday morning, trainer Stephen Marsh would have been delighted with the result of the third race from Te Rapa. Race favourite Windspeed (NZ) (Tavistock) headed home a stable quinella in the Property Brokers Taumarunui-sponsored 1400m contest, with barn mate
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Smart filly Pacific Dragon (NZ) (Charm Spirit) rounded out a successful juvenile season with another game performance to take out the final black-type event of the 2021-22 racing season, the Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (12000m) at Te Rapa. Originally scheduled to run at its traditional Otaki base, the feature
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If Michael McNab can guide Pacific Dragon (NZ) (Charm Spirit) to victory in Saturday's Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa it will be the icing on the cake of what has been an outstanding season for the Cambridge jockey. McNab has secured his first National