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It was a night for the mares when Probabeel took the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year honours for the 2020-21 season. The results were announced at a virtual event screened on Trackside on Monday night. Probabeel gained just over half over of the 57 votes cast when
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After two photo finishes in the first two races at Cromwell on Sunday, Megalomaniac (NZ) (Pure Champion) gave the judge a breather with a dominant three-and-a-quarter length win in the Wingatui Function Centre (1400m). Under a positive ride from Kozzi Asano, Megalomaniac found the front from the
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Saturday’s Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) could be a swansong to New Zealand racing, at least for a while, for class Taranaki gelding Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed). The six-year-old has been one of the best wet-weather gallopers in the past 12 months
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Racha Cuneen has added another string to his racing bow with the Group One-winning jockey posting his maiden success as a trainer. The Riccarton-based horseman prepared Stop Yelling (NZ) (Proisir) to dead-heat for first in Sunday’s Otago Farm Machinery Maiden (1400m) at Cromwell and, for good
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Trainer Paul Harris is eyeing major staying targets this season with his promising mare Wannabe ‘N’ Paris (NZ) (Reliable Man) and longer-term would dearly love to travel further afield to Australia. The Rangiora-based horseman prepared the daughter of Reliable Man to claim top honours in Sunday’s Cromwell
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Team Pitman have many fond memories of Trentham racecourse and they are hoping that will continue on Saturday when Miss Tycoon Rose (Written Tycoon) tackles the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m). “We have won three Group Ones there and it is track that is pretty special to
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Normal service was resumed at Te Aroha on Saturday when Jamie Richards and the Te Akau racing team dominated the opening event on the card, the Te Aroha Stallion Service Scheme (1100m) for the two-year-olds. Richards lined up three runners in the event and produced the trifecta as
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Exciting three-year-old Galleon (NZ) (Not A Single Doubt) made plenty of racing pundits sit up and take notice after registering an impressive debut victory at Wanganui on Saturday. The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate had been expected to be prominent in the maiden 1200m contest
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Gold Watch (NZ) (Swiss Ace), one of the most exciting gallopers in New Zealand racing, kept his winning streak intact at Te Aroha on Saturday with another powerful display to take out the open 1400m contest on the card. The Cliff Goss-trained five-year-old made it six wins
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Underrated New Plymouth mare Zola Express captured the biggest win of her burgeoning career when she claimed the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m). The Janelle Millar-trained five-year-old has struck a purple patch of form since commencing her latest campaign, winning her first two starts this