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A lot of people dread winter, but not Kenny Rae. The Ruakaka trainer gets to enjoy the warmer climate of the winterless north, but it is also a time when a lot of young untried horses enter his barn. He enjoys campaigning the older warhorses in his barn like Major
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Invercargill jockey Daniel Bothamley might have a Great Northern win on his resume but a decision to put his jumps riding career on ice has paid dividends in recent times as he edges closer to 200 career wins. Bothamley, 36, had planned to work for a building firm for the
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Tony Pike won’t be surprised if Ruakaka candidate Witsabouthim (NZ) (Savabeel) becomes a cups contender in the next two years. Witsabouthim is nominated for two 1600m events at the Northland track on Saturday, a three-year-old set weights and penalties event and a Rating 65 event for all ages. His
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Matthew Cameron is planning a return to the saddle after calling time out on his career in December last year. The two-time Champion Jockey surprised many when stepping away from racing as it entered the peak of the racing season, but after seven months away from riding, the talented 34-year-old
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Trainer Mick Kent has the option of two races for Kinane (NZ) (Reliable Man) to resume in at Flemington. Having spent time with champion trainer Chris Waller, Kinane is back with his original conditioner and is set to make his racing return at Flemington. Kent has the four-year-old son of
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Get yourself to the Chatham Islands, that’s the message from Graeme Rogerson. The Hamilton trainer has just spent a week on the archipelago, 800 kilometres east of New Zealand’s two main Islands, with former top jockey Jimmy Cassidy, and their wives. “Anybody who hasn’t been there should
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South Canterbury trainer Len Stewart got his birthday wish when his stable star Take The Deel (NZ) (Dundeel) stormed to victory in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Waimate Cup (2200m) at Timaru on Sunday. Stewart, who began his association with racing as a 14-year-old riding in saddle trots in the Waikato in
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Ex-pat Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett set a new personal record at Newcastle on Saturday when she booted home five winners on the eight-race card. Victory aboard the Brad Widdup-trained Pensera (Pierro) in race two was quickly followed by another for Widdup aboard Queen Bellissimo (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in race three,
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The confidence that comes from riding winners was never more evident than at Te Rapa on Saturday when apprentice jockey Joe Kamaruddin notched his 29th success for the season aboard Palm Springs (NZ) (Super Easy) in the opening event on the card. The Malaysian-born (Kelantan) jockey has proved a revelation
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Trainer Peter Didham has revealed lofty ambitions for Trentham winners Floral Art and Far Site, after the pair provided him with a winning double on Saturday. Winter track specialist Floral Art (NZ) (Road To Rock) revelled in the Heavy11 surface presented on the day as she stormed home out wide
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