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A good-looking daughter of Tivaci remained unbeaten at the trials when she was successful over 850m at Foxton on Tuesday. The Peter Didham-trained filly, who has yet to be named, bounced quickly to make the running and cruised home by one and a-quarter lengths with rider Robert Hannam sitting quietly.
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Peter Didham has a good mix of proven performers and promising younger horses in his in-form Awapuni stable and a pair of well-related three-year-olds will feature among his representatives on his home track this weekend. He has sent out nine winners this season, headed by House Of Cartier (Alamosa) who
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Regally-bred stallion The King (NZ) (O'Reilly) will have his first runner at Ascot Park on Wednesday when The Queen (NZ) makes her debut in the Invercargill Licensing Trust Maiden (1200m) for trainer Robert Dennis. “She is the first runner for the Dennis Brothers’ stallion The King,” Dennis said.
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Cambridge trainers Craig and Shaun Phelan have lofty ambitions for their stable’s new acquisition, Dawn Patrol (NZ) (Dawn Approach). The six-year-old gelding won six races for former trainer Frank Ritchie, including the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m), and placed in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), Listed
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Matamata veteran Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) doesn’t seem to be showing much sign of his age as he prepares for another summer of racing. Tiptronic is now eight but Graham Richardson, who trains the Group One-winning gelding with Rogan Norvall, said he still has plenty of zest for
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Quality galloper Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) tuned up for a Group One assignment when a comfortable winner at the Taupo trials on Monday in an Open heat over 1225m. The Team Rogerson-prepared chestnut has had a short break since finishing seventh in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) and will step
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Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup Day has been put back a day to Sunday March 13 in order to accommodate New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale series. The Karaka Sale is now set to commence Monday 7 March and run through until Saturday 12 March, rather than the original
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Te Rapa trainer David Greene is making the most of the increased back door racing opportunities afforded him by current travel restrictions. His team has been in fine touch and the extra meetings on his home track have proved to be a silver lining blown his way by the dark
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A bold front running effort that saw her dominate her rivals in the closing stages of a three-year-old 1400m event at Tauranga on Saturday has set promising filly La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) on a path that will hopefully culminate in a tilt the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) next
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Fresh off providing the first four runners home in the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), trainer Jamie Richards has already begun to plan what the immediate future holds for each of his three-year-old fillies that contested the event. The Perfect Pink (NZ) (Savabeel) provided Richards with
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