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Emerging young stallions were again to the fore at Matamata on Wednesday, with debut three-year-old winners by Turn Me Loose and Vadamos in consecutive 1200m maidens, while earlier on the card Enraptured (NZ), a two-year-old by Preferment was an impressive debut winner. The progeny of Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn
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Adrian Clark may have found his next Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle). The bloodstock agent bought the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner and Champion New Zealand Three-Year-Old Filly of her year for just $5,000 as a weanling, and he outlaid a similar price for her heir
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Rising Matamata miler Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca) will get a crack at a good Australian target next month – mainly because his best mate is making the journey with him. Mali Ston has become one of the better milers in New Zealand this season, putting together a winning streak of
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Levante’s (NZ) (Proisir) domestic racing season isn’t over just yet with confirmation the high-class mare will be given the opportunity next month to add to her record at the elite level. Trainer Ken Kelso, who prepares the five-year-old with wife Bev, is keen on a crack at the
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He may have racked up 53 Group One winners during his 6-1/2 years training for Te Akau Racing but Jamie Richards was back to being the boy at trackwork on Tuesday. The finishing touches had already been made on the racing team for Matamata on Wednesday, Richards' final
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Fast-improving Riccarton three-year-old Fireglow (NZ) (Tavistock) could be set for some rich targets at next season’s New Zealand Cup carnival. Fireglow scored his second successive victory when taking out the Selwyn Rakaia Vet Services Three-Year-Old (1400m) at his home track on Saturday, getting up to beat Burgie and Palmetto
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The ever-reliable Vernanme (NZ) (O'Reilly) has gone close to a Group One prize on multiple occasions this preparation and will chase a degree of compensation this weekend in a race that ideally fits his profile. There’s been honour in defeat at the highest level for the dependable
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Stablemates Defiant (NZ) (Tavistock) and Kikimora (NZ) (Shamexpress) set themselves up for a return clash in stakes company later in the season after the pair provided a popular quinella for local trainers Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong at Riccarton. The duo went into Saturday’s 1000m contest off the back
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Trainer Cliff Goss appears to have another promising galloper on his hands after three-year-old filly Casino Princess (NZ) (Casino Prince) shone with a seventh length victory at Tauranga on Saturday. In the hands of apprentice Niranjan Parmar, the daughter of Casino Prince outclassed her ten maiden rivals in the 1400m
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Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis is finding it hard to catch his breath at the moment. Ellis was preparing for an influx of visitors on Sunday afternoon as he and wife Karyn put the finishing touches on syndicating the individuals that Ellis purchased at the recent New Zealand Bloodstock
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The abandonment of racing at Rosehill on Saturday following the running of race three and subsequent rescheduling of the remaining seven races to Newcastle on Monday may work in the favour of the three runners engaged at the meeting for Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman. Promising stayer Marroni