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There was drama aplenty around Legarto’s (NZ) (Proisir) triumph in Monday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Monday – all of it before the field jumped. A hot $1.35 favourite for the three-year-old fillies’ Classic at Riccarton, Legarto proved difficult
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Sabin Kirkland was in a buoyant mood at Riccarton on Monday after his gelding Buoyant comfortably took out the Gr.3 Stewards Stakes (1200m). The Dalghar gelding was fractious in the gates and missed the kick by several lengths, however, jockey Michael McNab didn’t fret and settled in behind
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With his second Ready to Run Sale draft about to go through the Karaka sale ring, Matamata horseman Kurtis Pertab could hardly have hoped for a better start to one of his most important weeks of the year. Pertab celebrated his second career success as a trainer on Saturday at
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Newly arrived South African jockey Craig Zackey has made an immediate impact in New Zealand. The talented 27-year-old arrived just a matter of weeks ago and has quickly shown his class in the saddle. After a trio of runner-up finishes in the first three races at Tauranga
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Three-year-old filly Family Ties (NZ) (Contributer) capitalised on a patient ride by champion apprentice Joe Kamaruddin to win the Transport/Hatuma Lime 3YO Maiden (1300m) on Sunday at Hastings. Having produced a good debut effort for third in a maiden won by subsequent Group Two winning stablemate Wild
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Former South African Champion Apprentice Craig Zackey got his New Zealand career underway at Tauranga on Saturday where he picked up a winning double including the feature event on the card, the Gr.2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) aboard Demonetization (All Too Hard). Zackey and fellow South African rider Warren
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After an unlucky first two days of Christchurch Cup and Show Week, local trainer Michael Pitman decided a wardrobe change was in order to try and turn around the fortunes of the team that he and son Matthew had engaged on the final day at Riccarton. The Pitman partnership are
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The winning run of trainer Andrew Forsman continued at Tauranga on Saturday when promising three-year-old Devastate (NZ) (Vadamos) came from last on the home bend to take out the Bayleys Bay Of Plenty 3YO (1400m). The well related son of Vadamos was having just his third start after
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One of the biggest days on the domestic racing calendar, New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton, was abandoned after race three on Saturday due to safety concerns following a horse slipping whilst free of interference rounding the home turn. Harmonious, ridden by Lily Sutherland, clearly slipped on a lush patch
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Roger Lang, one of the best jockeys in an outstanding era, will be remembered for a list of achievements that defied his constant battle with weight. Memories of Lang’s prowess in the saddle have been revived with news of his death yesterday at age 77 following a period of
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Exhilarating but terrifying, that's how Riccarton trainer Anna Furlong describes the build-up to Saturday's Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), where she and training partner Shane Kennedy will produce the trio of Blue Solitaire, Perfectly Suited and Kikimora. Furlong concedes she may