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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 11 January 2021
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Milford too strong in Ellerslie feature
The familiar combination of trainer Stephen Marsh and owner Lib Petagna combined to take out another feature three-year-old staying event at Ellerslie on Sunday when Milford (NZ) (Savabeel) dashed home late to win the Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m). Medaglia D’Oro colt Crown Prosecutor carried part-owner Petagna’s
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On The Bubbles produces champagne performance
Te Akau Racing’s challenge for supremacy in the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month was strengthened at Ellerslie on Sunday when On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau) produced a comprehensive victory is his final lead-up to the big event. The Jamie Richards-trained Brazen Beau youngster
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Day of contrasts for Benner and Wynyard
Trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard got their day at Awapuni off to the perfect start on Saturday when exciting three-year-old Bonham (Per Incanto) produced a remarkable performance to score handsomely over 1400m in her first run for nearly two months. Sadly, that high couldn’t be replicated in the
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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 10 January 2021
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Cavallo Veloce back to winning form
Former good three-year-old Cavallo Veloce put nearly two years’ worth of frustration behind him when he bounced back to winning form with a dominant display over 1200m at Awapuni. The Peter McKay-trained galloper had last sighted the winner’s enclosure at the same venue back in March 2019, however a
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Beauden defends Marton Cup crown
Exciting stayer Beauden returned to the scene of his 2020 triumph in the Listed Japac Marton Cup (2200m) on Saturday and made it back-to-back victories in the race with a devastating performance. The Team Rogerson-trained six-year-old came into the race off the back of an emphatic four length win in
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Callsign Mav all class at Awapuni
Trainer John Bary admitted his overwhelming feeling was one of relief after he watched his stable star Callsign Mav lump topweight of 63kg to an emphatic victory over 1400m at Awapuni on Saturday. Bary had been looking for a performance that would indicate whether his Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m)
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Topkapi takes next step towards NZ Oaks
A long-term plan to target the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) with promising Tavistock filly Topkapi (NZ) takes further shape when she tackles Sunday's Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. Maungatautari trainers Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie have long held the
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The Good Fight primed for Marton Cup
Shaune Ritchie is heading into the Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni with The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) on Saturday in a buoyant mood. His six-year-old gelding heads into the race in a fresh state, after his fifth-placing in the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) in
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Connors launches West Coast raid
Wanganui trainer Raymond Connors has Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) aspirations with promising stayer Hurry Cane (NZ) (Nom du Jeu), and he will kick-off his campaign towards the two-mile feature at Kumara on Saturday. It’s a fair hike to the West Coast track from his dairy farm in the
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Rae million dollar dreaming
The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro-trained two-year-old Follow Your Dreams (NZ) (Contributer) looked a picture when galloping between races at Ruakaka on Thursday. The stakes-placed son of Contributer has won two of his four starts and was luckless when fifth over 1100m at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. He is rated