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Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) made a belated start to his racing career earlier this month and the wait proved worthwhile at Ruakaka where the colt was an impressive winner. That performance has earned the Peter and Dawn Williams-trained son of Pride Of Dubai a crack at black
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Southland trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the lookout for black type success for Asathought (So You Think) after the well-related mare won the Baillie & Lewis Pharmacy Invercargill Gold Cup (2600m) on Saturday. Asathought benefited from settling closer than usual to the speed at Ascot Park, trailing and then
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has changed tack with Group Two winner Field Of Gold (Starspangledbanner) following his fifth place finish in Saturday’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) won by impressive filly La Crique. The son of Starspangledbanner was beaten less than six lengths after setting the tempo for much
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The irony has not been lost on the connections of La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) with her imminent reunion with jockey Vinnie Colgan. The veteran hoop rode the Vadamos filly in three of her first four starts but he was replaced by Craig Crylls after he was suspended from riding. Grylls
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Jamie Richards will be attacking this weekend’s main events in equal measures of quality and quantity with a trio chasing top-flight honours at Otaki and three youngsters lined up for the Matamata conditioner’s home track juvenile feature. Te Akau’s head trainer will be represented by Amarelinha,
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Talented filly Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) put a big smile on the face of co-trainer Graham Richardson after she returned to winning form with a comprehensive victory over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. Richardson, who prepares the daughter of Super Easy with training partner Rogan Norvall, had been
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Mark Walker is enjoying the fresh air, green pastures and wide-open spaces in Matamata as he prepares for a return to training duties in New Zealand following an extensive stint in Singapore. Walker spent 11 years in Singapore at the helm of Te Akau Racing’s Kranji operation, where
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A gritty victory by two-year-old filly Lickety Split (NZ) at her first raceday start at Ellerslie has given her sire Turn Me Loose a timely boost ahead of the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained youngster followed up
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Local trainer Sally McKay got the win she has long desired when progressive three-year-old Palmetto (NZ) (Ghibellines) proved to good for his rivals as he strode clear to take out the Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) at Invercargill. McKay, who prepares a small team from
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Just as pundits were set to talk of the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on March 5 as a one-horse race following La Crique’s (NZ) (Vadamos) dominant victory in the Gr.2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m), late-bloomer Pinarello (NZ) (Tavistock) added another layer