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Taranaki mare Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) will make her New Zealand return at Awapuni on Saturday where she will line-up in the Gr.2 Carters Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m). The daughter of Shamexpress had three unplaced runs in Queensland following her runner-up result behind Avantage in the Gr.
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A son and a daughter of popular Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Almanzor impressed with winning outings at the Rotorua trials on Monday. The Jamie Richards-trained pair of Dynastic and an unnamed filly stepped out in consecutive 800m heats and both were successful under kind rides from Opie Bosson. “We’
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Group Three winner All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) had her first hit-out on home soil at Arawa Park on Monday and new trainer Stephen Marsh is excited about her prospects over the summer. Bred by trans-Tasman powerhouses Waikato Stud and Rosemont Stud, the daughter of Sacred Falls
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Roger James had plenty of time to reflect on a truly magical 48-hour period as he made the long trip home to his Cambridge base from Palmerston North on Sunday morning. James and training partner Robert Wellwood were the stars of the show at Te Rapa on Saturday, producing
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Riding four winners on a premier raceday, including two at Group level is cause to celebrate in any language and jockey Leith Innes wasn’t going to buck that trend after a magical day at Te Rapa on Saturday. Innes was feeling a little dusty come Sunday morning as he
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Four wins during the week including a double at Te Rapa on Saturday has trainer Pam Gerard excited about the prospects for her Ballymore Stables team leading into the busiest period of racing in the country over the summer months. After wins earlier in the week by Myrtle Creek (NZ)
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Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy) bucked recent history when she headed to Awapuni and capped a consistent spring with a deserved victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m). The Burgundy filly been a black-type placegetter in both of her last two starts, including a close third
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Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood capped an already stellar day at Te Rapa on Saturday when Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) strode clear of her rivals to claim the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m), the first elite-level success of her career. The Cambridge conditioners
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Something about the start of summer brings the very best out of Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel), who broke an 11-month win drought with a superb victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The $110,000 fillies and mares’ showpiece was the 10th win
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Ever consistent sprinter Packing Rockstar (Fastnet Rock) displayed all his fighting qualities when he downed a high-quality field of sprinters in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. Despite carrying the topweight of 60kgs, the six-year-old son of Fastnet Rock dictated affairs at the