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Trainer Allan Sharrock finally had some good news to focus on when he produced a winning double with debutant Shamus and proven mare London Express at Awapuni on Saturday, after earlier in the week having two of their stablemates test positive for methamphetamine after racing at the venue on Anzac
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A fleeting visit back home from Melbourne paid dividends for top jumps jockey Aaron Kuru as he guided last year’s Great Northern Hurdle (4190m) winner The Cossack to victory in the first of the prestigious jumping events this winter, the Fairview Motors Waikato Hurdle (3200m). Kuru, who now operates
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Herengawe (NZ) (Zed) will make his return to New Zealand racing at Awapuni on Saturday. The Isaac Lupton-bred and owned gelding last raced in New Zealand 18 months ago when he was victorious in the Gr.3 Metric Mile (1600m) at Awapuni. He has since been racing in Sydney under
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Bill Thurlow is playing the waiting game with a pair of his gallopers. The Waverley trainer has two horses entered for Hawera’s Sunday meeting, however, with Day Light (NZ) (Sacred Falls) drawing the outside gate in the Wanganui-Taranaki Owners Association “Pakaraka star” Maiden (2000m) and Darlington County (NZ) (So
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Alf Kneebone was a skilled clarinet player as well as a highly respected racing scribe. A slice of racing history has been lost with the death at age 98 of racing scribe Alf Kneebone. He was in many ways from another time, the type of newspaperman who is now a
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Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie are hopeful they can enter holiday mode on a winning note, with Saturday’s Awapuni runners Naval Fleet and Maison Roxanne likely to be the couple’s last runners for the next few months. The Maungatautari conditioners, who train for Sir Peter Vela, will venture
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It’s been a month of celebrations for Timaru trainer Bruce Tapper. Earlier in the month he celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary, and at his home track on Thursday he brought up his 50th win as a trainer courtesy of Paramount Prince in The Sail Sprint (1200m). To add to
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There is little leading trainer Jamie Richards can’t do, and while his focus will be on overseeing Melody Belle’s swansong run in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday, he will have an eye on Te Rapa where he will be represented by Bak Da Master in
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It had nowhere near the same value as the Group One success she covets, but popular owner Pam Brindley was nonetheless thrilled to play her part in New Zealand’s first ever synthetic track race. Brindley is the owner-breeder of Champagne Princess, who booked a unique place in racing records
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Shaun Phelan has a big day ahead of him this Saturday. The jumps jockey turned trainer has two runners in his training capacity, with one at each of Awapuni and Te Rapa, while he will also be in the saddle at the latter venue on the premier jumps day. While
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Trainer Stephen Marsh claimed his first hometrack win on the new Cambridge Jockey Club polytrack with promising two-year-old Fiscal Fun (NZ) (Zacinto) who was making her debut in the 970m juvenile event. A winner and runner-up at her two trials at the track earlier this year, Fiscal Fun jumped smartly
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It’s been a while coming for New Zealand to have its first raceday on a synthetic track, but for Darryn and Sam Weatherley it was well worth the wait. The father-and-son team combined to win the first ever race on Cambridge Jockey Club’s newly developed polytrack on Wednesday