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Trainer Chrissy Bambry isn’t expecting any early fireworks from her Group One performers Spring Tide (NZ) (Darci Brahma) and Deerfield (NZ) (Falkirk) when they belatedly open their campaigns at Trentham on Saturday. The Foxton horsewoman has been frustrated by a lack of suitable races to kick off the duo,
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Trainer Andrew Carston is hoping to get a gauge on Group Two performer Milford Sound (NZ) (Ocean Park) when he lines-up in the Otago Daily Times (2200m) at Wingatui on Friday. The son of Ocean Park had a rewarding three-year-old season, placing in the Listed Southland Guineas
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Improving Matamata filly Farrenc (NZ) (Dalghar) will try her luck across the Tasman from the Lindsay Park stable for a short campaign. Trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander decided the trip to join the team of Ben and JD Hayes in Victoria was the best idea for the three-year-old
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Those wanting to make the most of the early bird entry fee for the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series will need to get their nominations of 2020 born fillies in by next Tuesday. After Tuesday, 31 May the nomination fee will rise from $1,150 (including GST) to $1,725
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Rose Crescent (So You Think) isn’t letting her lack of stature get in the way of fashioning a tidy racing record for trainers Ken and Bev Kelso. The diminutive four-year-old has been taken along quietly by the Matamata husband and wife team and patience was further rewarded
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The abandonment and subsequent transfer of the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) to Eagle Farm this Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress). The race was initially set to run at Doomben on Wednesday following Saturday’s abandonment, however, that meeting has also been abandoned.
Wordsworth (NZ) (Makfi) was back in form at Te Rapa on Saturday, picking up the seventh win of his career when victorious in the Jones Trucking 2100. The five-year-old gelding disappointed when beating just one runner home at Hawera a week prior and trainer Margaret Falconer was pleased
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Members from two of Australasia’s most famous racing families with winning ties to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) joined forces for a memorable victory at Hawera. The Jaimee-Lee Lupton-prepared Lostcause (NZ) (Sweynesse) was successful in Sunday’s BHL Feeds ‘Copper Weave’ Maiden (1400m) with the trainer
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Bill Thurlow wasn’t sure what to expect from maiden galloper Arbre Rouge (NZ) (Redwood) when she made her raceday debut at Hawera on Sunday, but he certainly got more than he bargained for courtesy of an exceptional ride from apprentice Lily Sutherland. Sutherland, who only received a clearance to
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Promising two-year-old Sophmaze (NZ) (Derryn) could tackle the Listed John Turkington Forestry Ltd Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui next month after registering an impressive maiden victory at Trentham on Saturday. The good-looking Allan Sharrock-trained youngster had been placed at her first two starts and the benefit
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Trainer Graham Richardson is looking forward to catching up with one of his old mates on Monday. Talented middle-distance performer Defibrillate (NZ) (Shocking) did his early racing from Richardson’s Matamata stable where he won two of his first three starts before being sent over to Patrick Payne’s