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Opaki trainer Gerald Innes heads to Hastings on Saturday where he will line-up a trio of runners. His charge will be led by in-form five-year-old Cross Roads (NZ) (Sweet Orange), who has won two of his last four starts, placing in his other two outings. Innes
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It will be the dawn of a new era for Danny Walker on Saturday as he lines up his first runners under his new training partnership with long-time employee Arron Tata. Tata, a former jumps jockey, isn’t new to the training ranks, having held a license for seven
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When Jenna Mahoney says that her once-raced maiden Noble Win (Deep Field) is a high-quality galloper, it pays to listen. Mahoney may not be a banner name to rank and file New Zealand punters, but that’s because she prepares horses primarily to sell or to qualify for
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Prima Donna (NZ) (Super Easy) was a popular maiden winner at Wingatui for Andrew Carston, who trains the mare for his mechanic Tim Ford. The four-year-old showed off her gears with an eight-and-a-half-length win in the Speight’s maiden over 2200m. “She’s been
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Getting to 200 career victories wasn’t a big thing for Courtney Barnes at the beginning of the season, but it’s definitely been on her mind in the past few weeks. The 27-year-old brought up her 199th victory aboard Red Rufus at Riccarton on June 25, but
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While winter is usually a quieter time for Leith Innes, the former hoop said he is enjoying it a lot more in retirement this year. Innes bowed out of riding in May after winning the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) abord Pinarello in the colours of Cambridge Stud’s Brendan
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A frustrating wait for jockey Tegan Newman ended at Ruakaka on Saturday when she claimed the final two races on the card to bring up her 100th career victory. The bubbly 26-year-old had been sitting agonisingly on 99 career wins when she had one taken off her due
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Trainer Stephen Marsh continued his march towards a 100-win season for the first time when he secured a winning double at Ruakaka on Saturday. Marsh saddled up impressive winners Seresin (I Am Invincible) in a three-year-old 1400m contest and El Noir (NZ) (El Roca) in a rating
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Although leading New Zealand racehorse syndicator David Ellis has plenty to celebrate through the success of his Te Akau Racing operation during the 2021/2022 season, one of the lesser known strings to his bow are the numerous achievements he and wife Karyn have secured on the thoroughbred breeding front
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New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock made the most of a five-and-a-half-hour road trip to Hastings on Saturday when he secured a one hundred percent winning strike rate with his three runners on the day. Sharrock left home at 3am on Saturday morning, arrived in Hastings at