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While there may be only a couple of weeks left before Murray Baker hands over the stable reins to training partner Andrew Forsman, the pair are still churning out a regular stream of winners as evidenced on Saturday. The Cambridge-based combination produced speedy two-year-old Charm Spirit filly Westwood (NZ) to
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Saturday’s meeting at Riverton was abandoned after just two races due to high winds. Inclement weather in the region had seen the meeting put back over an hour as the winds caused electricity supply issues for oncourse services. With the wind strength climbing, the decision was taken to abandon
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A decision to bypass a start in an open 2100m event at Te Rapa on Saturday with enigmatic stayer Swords Drawn paid a handsome dividend when the six-year-old stormed home from near last to capture the Listed Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) at Hastings. The Shaune Ritchie and
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Outstanding three-year-old filly Imperatriz blew her older rivals off the track at Te Rapa on Saturday when she bolted clear to win the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). The Mark Walker-trained daughter of I Am Invincible was given a gun ride by Opie Bosson as
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Speedy Cambridge sprinter Johny Johny ran his rivals off their feet to take out the Listed Power Turf Sprint (1200m) at Hastings on Saturday. The Tim and Margaret Carter-trained four-year-old looked to be one of the many speed influences in the race and so it panned out as rider Darryl
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Matamata-trained Mali Ston will make his Australian debut on Saturday, with the son of El Roca to step out in the Silverdale Farm Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. The four-year-old gelding is one of the more progressive milers in New Zealand, putting together a winning streak of four that culminated in
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Hastings trainer Patrick Campbell has unfinished business with Saturday's Listed Power Farming Hawke's Bay Cup (2200m) on his home track. Campbell has targeted the race on several occasions but has come up empty-handed so far, a record he'd love to set straight with topweight
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The aptly named Hokkaido (NZ) credited Satono Aladdin with his second Southern Hemisphere winner from limited representatives when he made an impressive debut at Otaki on Thursday. Trained by co-breeder and part-owner Gary Vile, the two-year-old sat in the trail before rider Masa Hashizume angled off heels in the straight
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A pair of talented stablemates are rated genuine prospects to add to their stakes records when they tackle feature events on their home turf on Saturday. The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained mares Can I Get An Amen (NZ) (Hallowed Crown) and Mohaka (NZ) (Nadeem) will front up on their
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The combination of a warm personality and a wide reach across thoroughbred racing made Stewart McGrail one of the best-known and well-liked members of the lower North Island racing fraternity. Reflections of the man known to everyone as Stu have been many these past few days in the wake of
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Trainer Janelle Millar was aiming Zola Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) towards the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa later this month, however, a lack of entrants for the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) on Saturday convinced her to change tack. “I was bypassing the Breeders’