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Marton trainer Fraser Auret is pleased with the condition of promising filly Unusual Countess (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) as she heads into Saturday’s Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes 3YO (1200m) at Wanganui. Sighted only once on raceday, Unusual Countess ran out a ready winner of the Listed Champagne Stakes
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There weren’t too many people happier about entering COVID-19 Alert Level 3 on Wednesday than Maxim Van Lierde. While many Kiwis were celebrating the easing of alert levels by heading to their favourite takeaway, Van Lierde was celebrating his first win as a trainer. The Cambridge horseman cheered
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Steven Cole is looking forward to watching Magneto (NZ) (Showcasing) contest the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, he will just be doing so from the comfort of his couch. Training from Byerley Park, Cole will be unable to attend the Hamilton meeting
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This week’s Waikato race meetings look likely to go ahead without leading jockey Opie Bosson after changes to the Auckland-Waikato border area have locked him in. Bosson was set to have an outstanding book of rides at Saturday’s Te Rapa raceday, among them multiple Group One winner
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The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young stable will find out if they can add a bit more firepower to their three-year-old ranks when former kiwi-trained runner Riverplate (NZ) (Flying Artie) runs over 1200m at Sandown on Wednesday. After one start in New Zealand for the recently retired
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New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown has made things a little more complicated for Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae than he would have liked, but he’s hoping his horses are good enough to overcome them. Rae, who trains with his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro, normally transports his own horses to
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Like most New Zealand trainers, Cambridge horseman Tony Pike is champing at the bit to see thoroughbred racing recommence once the current COVID lockdown restrictions are eased around the majority of the country. Pike has a large spring team ready to rock and roll, with the stable likely to have
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Australian Grand National Steeplechase day at Ballarat on Sunday got off to the perfect start for supporters of the Kiwi-bred jumping contenders with sons of White Robe Lodge stallion Raise The Flag winning the first two races. Useful flat galloper Raise You Ten (NZ) led all-the-way in
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Fresh off his best year ever trading thoroughbreds to key Asian racing jurisdictions, trainer Glenn Old is keen to continue the momentum he has created. Along with preparing a boutique local racing team from his Matamata base, Old spends the majority of his time working with younger horses sourced from
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One of the stars of last season’s New Zealand three-year-old crop made a bold return to racing at Caufield on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) swept all before him on the local scene, winning all four of his starts including
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