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Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are looking forward to heading south to Christchurch with promising three-year-old Dark Destroyer (NZ) (Proisir) to contest the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The Proisir gelding has just had three lifetime starts,
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The Waikato Racing Club is getting behind the push for Kiwis, particularly those in the racing community, to get double vaccinated against COVID-19, naming a race at their meeting on Tuesday the ‘Two Shots For Racing Mile’. “It has become increasingly apparent with the Government mandating things around vaccinations that
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Pint-sized mare Robusto (NZ) (Zed) will carry the hopes of the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable in Tuesday’s Gr.3 Dunstan Horsefeeds Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The seven-year-old daughter of Zed is in her final season of racing having been served recently by Cambridge Stud sire
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Roger James and Robert Wellwood will be chasing a third black-type success for the season when Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) takes aim at the Gr.3 Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The Cambridge trainers have already claimed major targets with Cheaperthandivorce (NZ) (Savabeel) and Two Illicit (NZ)
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Rangiora trainer John Blackadder will make the long trip south to Wingatui racecourse on Monday afternoon confident in the knowledge he has talented galloper Maximus Prime (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) ready to perform to his best 24-hours later in the main race on the Otgao Racing Club’s ten-race Melbourne
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Kaye Sanders has dedicated her life to horses and now the thoroughbred breeding industry she has poured her heart and soul into is rallying to support her in her time of need. On September 13 Kaye suffered a brain aneurysm and, due to complications during surgery, a stroke the following
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Victories by Oseleta (Deep Field) at Awapuni and Global Currency (NZ) (Tavistock) at Tauranga on Saturday capped off a wonderful 24-hour period for trainer Stephen Marsh who had also taken out the first three races on the card at Hawera on Friday. The five-strong haul pushed Marsh into second place
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The significance of having a runner in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) has yet to fully dawn on Bill Pomare, but he has a fair idea of when that might happen. The popular Rotorua horseman shares ownership of Ocean Billy (NZ) (Ocean Park) with his wife Suzi and friend
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Twelve months on from having his first runner in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), Nick Bishara is just as excited as he was last year before the running of the race that stops a nation. Bishara, who prepared nine-time Group One winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) for her first
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Nearly 40 years on from breeding his first Melbourne Cup winner, legendary horse breeder Sir Patrick Hogan will once again hope to taste success in that capacity when quality staying mare Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) takes her place in Tuesday’s Flemington two-mile feature. Hogan, who bred the mare with
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Securing an ideal inside barrier draw has put the final piece in the puzzle for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) ahead of Tuesday’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). The proven stayer, who finished fourth to European raider Twilight Payment (Teofilo) in the 2020