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Southland trainer Leda Beck has opted to look on the bright side when it comes to Firoden's (NZ) (Denman) wide barrier draw for Saturday's Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations 125th Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton. The Denman seven-year-old gelding goes into the Winter Cup
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Briar Weatherley entered a training partnership with her father Darryn on Monday and just two days later she celebrated her first win. The victory came courtesy of Breckon Power in the Waipa Earthworks 1300 at Cambridge, with Weatherley’s brother Sam doing the riding. Weatherley was over the moon with
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Don Walker is looking forward to sending The High Priestess (NZ) (Reliable Man) back to the races at Ruakaka this weekend after an injury scare earlier this year. The daughter of Reliable Man showed early signs of brilliance when runner-up in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at
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The curtain has come down on the racing career of the gifted Iffraaj mare Francesca (NZ). She won five of her nine starts, including victory in her last appearance in the Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) for trainer Andrew Forsman. “She suffered a recurrence of an old hind leg injury
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Champion jumps trainer Paul Nelson will be in Australia rather than Christchurch this weekend as he watches his star hurdler The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) take on Australia’s best. Nelson won last season’s New Zealand jumps trainer title with 19 successes, including a startling eight prestige jumps races, but
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A Kiwi horse with humble breeding is starting to make waves in Australia. Cross Talk (NZ), a son of Keano, recorded his fifth win and first at stakes level in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. “He is an exciting
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Mark Walker has tentatively planned two steps ahead with his trio of Group One winners Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock), Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) and On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau). Te Akau’s head trainer will run all three of his spring contenders in this Saturday’s open 1100m handicap at Ruakaka
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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
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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