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A trip to Riccarton to tackle the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) in August is just one of the options that trainer Alby MacGregor is contemplating for his pride and joy Times Ticking (NZ) (Tavistock). The six-year-old son of Tavistock was having just the second start in a new campaign
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Consistent performer Chase (NZ) (Zed) bounced back to winning form at his favourite track when he dominated his rating 74 rivals over 1600m at Trentham. The Stephen Nickalls-trained gelding had been a little disappointing when finishing well back in the Listed Anzac Mile (1550m) at Awapuni at his last start
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Promising juvenile Leedox (NZ) (Time Test) produced a determined effort to register his first raceday success when he took out the feature event at Pukekohe on Saturday, the Listed Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m). Rider Ryan Elliot settled Leedox behind the early pace in the contest before tracking
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Top jumps jockey Shaun Fannin has been enjoying another aspect of racing lately – training. The Central Districts horseman took out his trainer’s license last season and now has half a dozen horses in work at Awapuni. “I pottered around with one or two horses last year and now I
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Trainer Chrissy Bambry isn’t expecting any early fireworks from her Group One performers Spring Tide (NZ) (Darci Brahma) and Deerfield (NZ) (Falkirk) when they belatedly open their campaigns at Trentham on Saturday. The Foxton horsewoman has been frustrated by a lack of suitable races to kick off the duo,
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Trainer Andrew Carston is hoping to get a gauge on Group Two performer Milford Sound (NZ) (Ocean Park) when he lines-up in the Otago Daily Times (2200m) at Wingatui on Friday. The son of Ocean Park had a rewarding three-year-old season, placing in the Listed Southland Guineas (1600m), Gr.3
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Improving Matamata filly Farrenc (NZ) (Dalghar) will try her luck across the Tasman from the Lindsay Park stable for a short campaign. Trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander decided the trip to join the team of Ben and JD Hayes in Victoria was the best idea for the three-year-old filly after
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Those wanting to make the most of the early bird entry fee for the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series will need to get their nominations of 2020 born fillies in by next Tuesday. After Tuesday, 31 May the nomination fee will rise from $1,150 (including GST) to $1,725
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Rose Crescent (So You Think) isn’t letting her lack of stature get in the way of fashioning a tidy racing record for trainers Ken and Bev Kelso. The diminutive four-year-old has been taken along quietly by the Matamata husband and wife team and patience was further rewarded when she
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The abandonment and subsequent transfer of the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) to Eagle Farm this Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress). The race was initially set to run at Doomben on Wednesday following Saturday’s abandonment, however, that meeting has also been abandoned.
Wordsworth (NZ) (Makfi) was back in form at Te Rapa on Saturday, picking up the seventh win of his career when victorious in the Jones Trucking 2100. The five-year-old gelding disappointed when beating just one runner home at Hawera a week prior and trainer Margaret Falconer was pleased to see
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Members from two of Australasia’s most famous racing families with winning ties to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) joined forces for a memorable victory at Hawera. The Jaimee-Lee Lupton-prepared Lostcause (NZ) (Sweynesse) was successful in Sunday’s BHL Feeds ‘Copper Weave’ Maiden (1400m) with the trainer sharing the