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Terri Rae will do her best to transform a couple of North Island imports into stakes winners at Riccarton on Saturday. The Riccarton trainer will produce Scarfi (NZ) (Makfi) and She's A Lady (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the Listed Daphne Bannon Memorial Great Easter Handicap (1400m), both bringing
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One of the most exciting weeks of jumps racing is coming to a close at Warrnambool, but things are only just starting to ramp up on the New Zealand jumps scene. Te Rapa will play host to their first jumps meeting of the year on Saturday and local trainer Mark
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Reigning New Zealand horse of the year Melody Belle will embark on the first steps of her final racing journey at the Gold Coast on Saturday, one which holds plenty of sentiment for her trainer Jamie Richards. Matamata-based Richards will produce 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle in
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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston will have a couple of stakes candidates at his home track this weekend. Promising juvenile Art De Triomphe will have her first tilt at stakes level when she contests the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The filly became her sire Vadamos’ first New
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Thoroughbred racing clubs in the Waikato met last week to resume discussions regarding how racing within the region might evolve and what shape any future structure might take. The Thoroughbreds Waikato partnership, comprising Waikato RC, Cambridge JC and Waipa RC met last Thursday to recommence their deliberations which were put
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Riverton trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler will once again hold a strong hand at their home meeting on Thursday where they will line-up 16 runners. The father and daughter training partnership will have a three-pronged attack in the meeting’s feature race, the DT King Transport (1600m), with
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The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable will have Explosive Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) and Let’s Karaka Deel (NZ) (Dundeel) running for them in the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville. David Eustace cannot see any reason why Explosive Jack should not be able to add a Gr.
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Hezashocka (NZ) (Shocking) will likely get his chance at Derby glory after his last start heroics. The Shaun and Emma Clotworthy-trained gelding was victorious in the Gr.2 Championship Stakes (2100m) at just his third start at Ellerslie late last month and now he is in line to contest
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Class gallopers Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) and Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) furthered their preparations for upcoming Queensland Winter Carnival assignments with separate exhibition gallops during the Te Rapa racemeeting on Saturday. Last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Jennifer Eccles was having her first
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Promising three-year-old Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) confirmed his place in a squad bound for Brisbane later this month when he stormed home from near last at Te Rapa on Saturday to record his fourth successive victory. The Robbie Patterson-trained son of Group One winning two-year-old Vespa
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The whip flourish and excited salute said it all as popular Central Districts jockey Madan Singh registered his first win in the saddle since resuming from a lengthy stint on the sidelines courtesy of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Singh guided the Fraser Auret-trained Uareastar (NZ) (Jakkalberry) to victory