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Two years on from an agonising nose defeat in the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m), the father-son training partnership of Graham and Michael Eade are back to try to go one better in their home-track feature on Saturday. The Eades saddled Orepuki Lad (NZ) (Raise The
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Two former Hong Kong gallopers poised to race at Ellerslie on Saturday have strengthened South Auckland trainer Jenna Mahoney's 2021 stakes race potential. Mahoney, who trains out of Byerley Park, has Time To Celebrate (NZ) (Per Incanto) and Hezthewonforus (NZ) (Sufficient) entered for the Auckland Racing Club meeting
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Talented juvenile Synchronize (NZ) (Savabeel) made an impressive debut at Matamata on Wednesday, winning the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Maiden 2YO (1050m), landing a Pearl Series bonus in the process. The daughter of Savabeel had been impressive in three trials victories prior to her raceday debut, and the Jamie Richards-
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Trainers Bob and Jenny Vance are hoping their stable star Royal Performer (Medicean) can cap his season off in style when he contests the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding has given the South Auckland couple a great ride
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A series of racing celebrity lunches and dinners will be auctioned this week via gavelhouse.com, in an initiative driven by the New Zealand Jockeys’ Association, with all funds raised by the auctions to go to the New Zealand Horse Ambulance Trust. Several of the stars of the turf, in
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The annual Riverton Cup meeting is one local horseman Kelvin Tyler looks forward to every year, but he said it is not without its pressure. “It is something to look forward to and something I look forward to being over too,” Tyler quipped. “There is a bit of pressure, but
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Plans for Group One winning juvenile Sword Of State (Snitzel) will be determined by the volume of rain in the coming days, with the Jamie Richards-trained colt a warm favourite for Saturday’s Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). The son of Snitzel is not a
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Kiwi jumper Zed Em (NZ) (Zed) will be out to land a fourth successive Ecycle Solutions Von Doussa Steeplechase (3250m) at Oakbank on Wednesday. The gelding, who flits between New Zealand trainer Kevin Myers and Victorian horseman Patrick Payne, is back in Australia for another jumps season and will be
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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston is hopeful his improving three-year-old Milford Sound (NZ) (Ocean Park) will be up to the task of taking on the North Island classic generation in the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m) at Awapuni this weekend. Milford Sound only has one victory to
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Group One winner Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) will be in action at Awapuni on Saturday, where he will be tried beyond a mile for the first time in his career in the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m). Prepared by Hastings trainer John Bary, Callsign Mav
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Champion racemare Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) stepped out for an exhibition gallop between races at Tauranga on Saturday as she continues her preparation for her upcoming assignments in Australia. With Opie Bosson aboard, Melody Belle worked over 1400m in what was a solid hitout. “She was nice and relaxed,” said