New Zealand
Topweight Vernanme (NZ) (O’Reilly) proved too tough for his rivals when he produced a gritty effort to take out Saturday’s Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m). The Stephen Marsh-trained six-year-old came into the race off a confidence boosting fresh-up run for third at Hastings
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Flashy chestnut filly Gwen Stephani (NZ) (El Roca) showed she had taken plenty from an unplaced debut run at Whanganui last month when she rocketed home to claim victory at just her second start at Matamata on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of El Roca had closed off nicely
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Trainer Jamie Richards is hoping third time’s the charm with five-win mare Festivity (NZ) (I Am Invincible). In her two prior starts this campaign the daughter of I Am Invincible finished sixth in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) and posted the same result over the same distance
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The Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained Crowning Star (Hallowed Crown) will be in search of her first stakes scalp when she heads to Hawera on Saturday for the Gr.3 Wyndspelle @ Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m). It will be the five-year-old mare’s third run this
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A select racing string alongside a breaking and pre-training business is just one facet of the busy life led by talented horseman Chad Ormsby. Last Saturday 32-year-old Ormsby celebrated a notable win with Mana Nui in the Gr. 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), his first black-
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Leading Southland trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler are looking forward to racing at Ascot Park on Sunday where they will have a strong contingent of runners. The father and daughter partnership will have 13 runners on Sunday, led by a three-pronged attack in the Commercial Hotel Winton & Country
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An additional race has been added to the popular New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Trainers Series, with a 1300m three-year-old event at Hawke’s Bay on October 16. The winning trainer receives a prize package that includes a $500 travel voucher, $1000 Insurance Voucher, $200 Transport voucher
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Race meetings scheduled to take place this week will continue despite the extension of the COVID-19 Alert Level 3 border in Waikato. From 11:59pm on Thursday, the new Waikato Alert Level 3 area will include Cambridge, however, Matamata will remain in Level 2, allowing its Saturday meeting to
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Trainer Chrissy Bambry will attempt a rare feat on Saturday when high-class three-year-old Bellacontte (NZ) (Burgundy) takes on the older mares in the Gr.3 Wyndspelle @ Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera. No three-year-old filly has won the race since the Murray Baker-
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Group One ambitions go on the line for promising Christchurch filly Aerial Blue (Air Force Blue) at Timaru on Friday. Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson has a high opinion of the Air Force Blue three-year-old, who resumes in the Mackenzie Supplies & Ivan Watt 1200, a possible stepping stone
Australia
Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have set their sights on another Derby triumph in Australia. In the past 11 years, the stable has had success in seven trans-Tasman Derbys, including the 2010 Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington with Lion Tamer (NZ) (Storming Home). Baker and
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Progressive three-year-old Dark Destroyer (NZ) (Proisir) got off the mark in fine style when winning a maiden over 1300m at Taupo on Wednesday. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding had caught the eye when charging home into third at his first start at Taupo last