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Multiple stakes winner Germanicus is in the right condition to turn his fortunes around with a return to top form at Te Rapa on Saturday in what may be his final appearance of the season. The six-year-old will be aided in his quest to add the Wig (Noel)
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Canterbury horsewoman Centaine Spittles can now add training the first winner on Riccarton’s polytrack to her CV. The former jockey lined up Eulogy Show in the Vast Billboards & Wai Design Maiden (2200m) and the four-year-old mare showed her liking of the new surface with a dominant
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Lisa Latta once operated a Riccarton stable but that hasn't stopped the Palmerston North trainer from getting visitor’s draws with her promising two-year-olds Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) and Cheveux (NZ) (Belardo). The pair started from barriers 13 and 15 respectively in last month'
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Te Rapa has proved to be the happiest of hunting grounds for Tevere (NZ) (Contributer) and a return to the Waikato course on Saturday may again bring out the best in the gifted mare. The Contributer four-year-old has made five appearances on the course for three wins and
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Wednesday’s Ruakaka meeting will live long in the memory of local trainer Darren Smith and jockey Kelsey Hannan, with the pair picking up their respective first wins courtesy of Tazimoto (NZ) (Tarzino) in the Lion Red Punters Challenge (1200m). Tazimoto was only fair out of the gates, but at
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Christchurch trainer Anna Furlong is a strong advocate of the Riccarton all-weather track and she'd love nothing more than to snare a winner on opening day on Thursday. Furlong and training partner Shane Kennedy will have three runners at the Riccarton polytrack's inaugural meeting, Petty&
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Weather may determine which of Lance Robinson’s two leading sprinters have the best chance of taking Saturday’s Listed Daphne Bannon Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Robinson trains the two highest-rated horses nominated for the Great Easter, Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) and Khimar War (NZ) (Sweet
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A pair of highly regarded fillies from Stephen Marsh’s stable will go head-to-head at Te Rapa on Saturday when they chase black type honours to end their juvenile preparations. The well-related duo of multiple placegetter Academy Award (NZ) (Star Turn) and first starter Mazzolino (NZ) (Savabeel)
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Shankar Muniandy couldn’t have asked for his training career to get off to a better start. The 35-year-old jockey brought his first horse to the races at Wingatui on Sunday, and not only did she win, Muniandy was in the saddle to ride her home. Muniandy’s
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The steeplechase(s) scheduled for the Waikato meeting this Saturday, May 7, will not take place due to the extreme firmness of the steeplechase course. With no rainfall over the last seven days (with a fine forecast) the course that is used for the steeplechase has come up a Firm1
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Evergreen galloper Big Mike (NZ) (Don Eduardo) could be gearing up for another Cup tilt after his victory in the Floyd & Toy Real Estate Property Brokers Open 2060 at Wanganui on Saturday. It was the 15th win for the nine-year-old and trainers Craig and Shaun Phelan were
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