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It was another busy day at the trials for Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards as he oversees the preparation of his spring stars. The Matamata horseman took a handful of his top runners to Ellerslie on Tuesday and he was pleased with what he saw from his team on the
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Richard Collett has kept a close eye on racing at Cambridge’s newly opened synthetic track and he will test the surface out himself with a couple of runners at their opening meeting of the season on Wednesday. The Pukekohe trainer will line-up All Business (NZ) (Power) in the
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Apprentice jockey Erin Leighton drew her family in large numbers to watch her at Otaki on Saturday, and she rewarded them with her first black type victory. Leighton, 29, not only attended the races with her mother Karen but also had much of her extended family present, many of whom
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It was a case of perseverance rewarded on Sunday when apprentice jockey Yash Coonee landed the first win of his career when promising gelding Some Like It Hot scored an impressive two-length victory at Te Aroha. The 28-year-old from Mauritius has endured a tumultuous last nine months
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Aero De Paris continued his purple patch of form at Rotorua on Saturday when winning the RG & CM Donaldson Memorial 1215. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding has now won two of his four starts this preparation, and finished runner-up in his other two starts.
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Trainer Stephen Marsh cut a relieved figure after gritty mare El Noir (NZ) (El Roca) finally broke through for the win she had been promising of late, when taking out a rating 65 1200m contest at Te Aroha on Sunday. The five-year-old daughter of El Roca had finished
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Central Districts racegoers would have recognized a familiar surname amongst the winners at Otaki on Saturday as 22-year-old apprentice Liam Kauri registered his first winning ride aboard the Gail Temperton-trained Candy Cross (NZ) (St Reims) in the opening event on the card. Kauri is the son of
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It’s been a foregone conclusion for several months, but as August 1 ushers in a new racing season, Jamie Richards’ name goes into the record books as the champion trainer for season 2020/21 in New Zealand. The 31-year-old finishes the domestic season with 160 wins to
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Talented filly Ima Roca Bee produced an undeniable finish in testing conditions to take out the final stakes race of the 2020/21 racing season, the Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder (1200m) at Otaki. The two-year-old daughter of El Roca had looked to be rounding into some useful form
Consistent mare So Wicked (NZ) (Street Cry) has brought up a significant milestone for trainer Chris Waller. The Kiwi expat has broken his own record for number of wins in a season with So Wicked's Randwick victory bettering the mark of 339 Waller set in the 2018-19