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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 27 December 2020
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Amarelinha the latest bright young talent in tangerine
Champion trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau team have sent out an abundance of talent this season, and a remarkable performance in Saturday’s Gr.2 Jamieson Park Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie may have moved Amarelinha towards the top of the list. Along with Melody Belle’s
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Concert Hall gets maiden Group One success
Versatile mare Concert Hall bagged the Group One victory she richly deserved when she stormed home out wide to snatch victory in the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie. Prepared for owner and breeder Joan Egan by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, Concert Hall had looked a
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Exciting colt on proven Levin Classic path
The all-conquering Te Akau team is sticking to a proven Group One formula with rising star three-year-old Brando. The striking son of Savabeel scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, which will be used as a
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Promising mares feature prominently at Ellerslie
Progressive mare Vamos Bebe took the step up to stakes company with relative ease when she strode clear in the final stages of Saturday’s Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie for a comprehensive victory. Trainer Jamie Richards backed his opinion of the I Am Invincible four-year-old,
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Northern raider dominates in Hazlett Stakes
Matamata mare Sheezallmine gave her southern rivals a galloping lesson when she strode away in the home straight to take out the Listed Alleviate Administration Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui. The Daniel Miller-trained five-year-old had -trekked south off the back of a handy performance for sixth behind
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Rain a hinderance for Bergerson
Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson was looking forward to lining up Beefeater in the Manawatu Standard Sumer Cup (1550m) at his home meeting on Boxing Day, but he is now looking at other options following inclement weather in Palmerston North. The Group Three winner has been in good form this preparation,
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In-form galloper set to strike at Ellerslie
Pukekohe trainer Richard Collett had initially planned to head straight to the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day with talented gelding Super Strike, but he has elected to head to the Auckland track a little sooner with his charge. Super Strike will contest
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Oaks candidates on show at Wingatui
Trainer Robert Dennis is hoping to get the green light for his future plans around promising three-year-old fillies The Gift and Ocean Point when the pair step out at Wingatui on Boxing Day. Dennis has the stablemates nominated for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand
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Concert Hall primed for Zabeel Classic
Cambridge trainer Robert Wellwood is hoping his best Christmas present can be unwrapped at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Wellwood, who trains in partnership with Roger James, has yet to win a Group One race but is hoping that can be remedied when Savabeel six-year-old mare Concert Hall tackles
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Group One test for Tiptronic
Group One winner Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) will be out to try and add another elite level victory to his record when he contests the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained gelding recorded his maiden Group
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Swansong for Supera
Ken Kelso may be ruing missed opportunities with Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he is hoping the Group One performer can end her racing career with a bang at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. The six-year-old mare has placed at elite-level