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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 16 August 2021
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Australian feature an option for Grand National hero
Jo Rathbone will spend the next few days discussing the immediate plans for Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) winner Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) (St Reims) with her co-owners, including the possibility of a lightning raid across the Tasman trip to contest the Australian Grand National
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Wanganui Guineas next target for impressive Te Rapa winner
Trainer Shaune Ritchie believes he has a handy three-year-old on his hands after Whiskey (NZ) (Burgundy) broke his maiden status with an impressive victory over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. Ritchie, who prepares the son of Burgundy with training partner Colm Murray at their Cambridge base, was confident his
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Richardson excited about new season prospects
With the onset of spring and summer racing just around the corner, you can hear the excitement in the voice of trainer Graham Richardson as he talks about the prospects his Matamata stable has for the new season. Richardson and training partner Rogan Norvall will unleash several unraced runners at
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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 15 August 2021
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Marchioness backs up trial form with Te Rapa victory
An eye-catching trial win over new stablemate Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) at Cambridge last week indicated promising mare Marchioness (NZ) (Iffraaj) was ready to win first-up and so it proved when she cruised home over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. The lightly raced four-year-old daughter of Iffraaj was sent
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Justaskme gains Riccarton revenge
Taranaki galloper Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) gained a measure of revenge for an unlucky effort in last week’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton when he triumphed in Saturday’s Heatstore Open Handicap (1400m) at the venue. The Allan Sharrock-trained six-year-old had finished runner-up in the Winter
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Champion jumper salutes in Grand National Steeplechase
An excited flourish of the whip by Shaun Phelan as he crossed the finish line said it all as champion jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) (St Reims) wrote his name into Australasian jumping folklore as he took out the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. The
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Wanganui Guineas in the crosshairs for Treasure State
Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are eyeing a trip south to Wanganui next month with Treasure State if he performs well at Te Rapa on Saturday. The three-year-old gelding will be aiming for back-to-back wins in the Waikato Draught 1200, and a tilt at the Listed Wanganui
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Walker crystal-clear on Te Rapa opportunity
Byerley Park trainer Danny Walker senses an opportunity at Te Rapa on Saturday with in-form winter galloper Crystallize (NZ) (Iffraaj). The last start winner contests the Super Seth @ Waikato Stud Mile (1600m), an Open Handicap in which the six-year-old gelding will carry 52.5kgs after the claim of apprentice Ace
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McDougal making the most of her second chance at life
Hawke’s Bay horsewoman Corrina McDougal’s love of life runs far deeper than the success she is enjoying as the training partner of Paul Nelson. On Wednesday she and Nelson had further cause for celebration when The Cossack added the Grand National Hurdles to the Great Northern, Waikato and
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McKee calls time on training career
New Zealand training great Stephen McKee has announced his retirement. The co-trainer of champion galloper Sunline in partnership with his late father Trevor, McKee has guided the careers of many a star New Zealand racehorse, among them the likes of another Hall of Famer, Mufhasa, and in more recent years