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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston has long circled Saturday’s Gr.3 Coca Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) as the grand final for quality galloper Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel). The consistent six-year-old son of Savabeel has come accustomed to lumping hefty weights in handicaps but will relish getting back to weight-for-age conditions.
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Paul Richards is ensuring the family name won’t be absent from the New Zealand training ranks now his premiership-winning son Jamie is moving to Hong Kong. Richards departed from Te Akau Racing at the end of March, just before his son did. He got his training licence back and
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Hoard The Bourbon (NZ) (Iffraaj) will have a chance to collect further travelling expenses for a planned trip to Brisbane when his staying qualities are put to the test for the first time on Saturday. The Stephen Marsh-prepared son of Iffraaj was a most recent winner in age group company
New Zealand
Quality three-year-old Meritable (Snitzel) pleased connections when winning a 1200m trial at Taupo on Tuesday. It was the second trial for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained son of Snitzel, who was last seen on raceday finishing runner-up to Noverre (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas
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A special pre-race plan helped Sergio (NZ) (Swiss Ace) become Kamada Bloodstock’s 100th race winner when he led all the way in Sunday’s Woodville-Pahiatua Cup (1600m). Foxton trainer Chrissy Bambry had been worried about the Swiss Ace gelding hanging to his right, especially when going around the final
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Trainer Robbie Patterson is thrilled with how his star mare Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) has come through her effort to finish runner-up behind Imperatriz in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) and is itching to get her on a plane to Queensland. The six-year-old daughter of
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Game mare Wannabe ‘N’ Paris (NZ) (Reliable Man) capped a wonderful day at Riverton on Monday for trainer Paul Harris when she refused to relent in the home straight to take home the major spoils in the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m). Sent straight to the front by
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Progressive three-year-old filly Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) is back on track for a tilt at the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on April 30, galloping between races at the Hamilton venue on Saturday after recovering from the effects of a stone bruise. Placed twice at
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Champion jockey Opie Bosson completed a full house of Group One wins in New Zealand when Imperatriz (I Am Invincilbe) cruised to victory in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. New Zealand hosts 20 Group One races annually and the fillies
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Isla Bank trainers Ian and Kerry Taplin are looking to make the most of an interrupted weekend of racing on their nearby home patch at Riverton on Monday before heading for a ten-day break in Queensland to secure a new base for their future training aspirations. After five years of
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A resolute run for second at Te Rapa on Saturday could see promising two-year Rudyard (NZ) (Charm Spirit) added to the team that Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will take to Brisbane next month for an assault on the Queensland Winter Carnival. The son of Windsor Park Stud stallion Charm Spirit