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The pride of Levin, Dolcetto, is facing an uphill task when he lines-up in the Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Sunday. The Sylvia Kay-trained eight-year-old has been lumbered with 60kg for the race, giving his nearest rival, Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Ladies
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Saturday’s Listed Christchurch Casino Spring Classic (2000m) at Riccarton will be the first black-type test for a horse in the form of his life. Five Princes (NZ) (Red Giant) has flown through the grades with four wins in his last five starts, from maiden grade right through to a
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Injured jockey Rosie Myers has shown significant improvement on Thursday with husband William Fell saying she was talking to family and understanding what was happening around her. Rosie was injured following a fall at the Foxton trials on 6 October and was initially flown to Wellington hospital in an induced
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Dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year Werther (NZ) (Tavistock) and Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) will add another feather to their cap this season. The pair, who are living out their retirement at Highden Park near Palmerston North, have become New Zealand
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Three-year-old filly Tokorangi (NZ) (Redwood) will sport different colours when she steps out in the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday for trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard. Australian owner Ozzie Kheir has bought into the smart Redwood filly, who came from well back
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Coventina Bay’s (NZ) (Shamexpress) picket fence form line may have been disrupted with a first-up fourth-placing at Te Rapa earlier this month, but trainer Robbie Patterson believes she can return to her winning ways at the Hamilton track this weekend. The five-year-old mare will contest the Beefeater Garden Bar
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The strength of Ben Foote's hand in next month's Gr.1 Barneswood Farm 48th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton will become clearer after racing this weekend. Foote will saddle Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) in Saturday's Gr.3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes
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With the NZCIS Wellington Cup running on the 30th of January in 2021, the Wellington Racing Club wishes to embrace other Clubs in what is the biggest event in the Wellington Summer Calendar. The WRC Committee believe the NZCIS Wellington Cup is an important part of New Zealand racing life
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The curtain has come down on the racing career of top jumper Wise Men Say (NZ) (Yamanin Vital). It was fitting that his last run was in the Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m), a race he has won on two previous occasions, however trainer Raymond Connors was hoping for a better
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Stephen Autridge reckons his team is on track to make owner Kevin Hickman's New Zealand Cup week a memorable one. Autridge, along with his training partner Kris Shailer, is private trainer for Valachi Downs principal Hickman, the Christchurch businessman whose aim is always to optimise his success over
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Dual-Island trainer Stephen Marsh is looking forward to Saturday where he will be lining-up progressive gallopers at both the Te Rapa and Riccarton meetings. In the north, he will saddle a trio of promising three-year-olds who are on trial to head to Christchurch next month for Guineas targets. Bourbonaire (NZ)
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Avantage (Fastnet Rock) has had to play bridesmaid to stablemate Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) in her last two starts and will now head for a short break before preparing for some summer Group One targets. The Jamie Richards-trained mare came close to dethroning Melody Belle in the Gr.1 Windsor