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Talented Team Rogerson-trained sprinter Mascarpone (NZ) (Shooting To Win) is set to miss the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) on New Year’s Day. “He’s out of the Railway, but he is running in the Telegraph (Gr.1, 1200m),” Graeme Rogerson said. “He pulled a plate off in
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If you watched Royal Performer (Medicean) in track gallops you would think he’d have been better named Pauper or Court Jester. But the ex-Hong Kong galloper is a different beast on raceday, as he showed with his 5-3/4 length demolition of his open handicap opponents in
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Senior jockey Matthew Cameron has called time on his riding career after completing his last raceday at Awapuni on Saturday. The thirty-four-year-old finished on a winning note by piloting the Ross McCarroll-trained Initiative to victory, but admits his desire to continue in the saddle has waned
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Busy putting in the hard yards conducting his pre-Christmas inspections for the annual NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka next month, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM took time out to reflect on the stables’ achievements in 2020. It has been a bumper year for Te Akau Racing
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Trainer Emma-Lee Browne was still sporting a smile a mile wide on Sunday morning following the winning double that she and husband David picked up at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Cambridge couple had just the two runners entered for the day and managed to book-end the programme
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The sight of promising galloper Lincoln Falls (Dundeel) storming past his rivals to win at Awapuni on Saturday provided trainer Lisa Latta with a special moment after she has endured plenty in her battle to get him back to the racetrack. The Dundeel five-year-old had been off the
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Hastings visitor Hunta Pence (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) overcame his apparent dislike of the Awapuni track to register his biggest career victory when he took out the Gr.3 Bramco Granite and Marble Manawatu Cup (2300m) in a desperate finish on Saturday. The Patrick Campbell-trained eight-year-old had
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Pocket rocket Tavi Mac (NZ) (Tavistock), who affectionately carries the moniker Frodo due to his diminutive stature and ungainly build, captured the biggest victory of his burgeoning career when he dashed away from his rivals in Saturday’s Gr.2 Kevin Pratt Memorial Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni. The
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Promising three-year-old Mongolian Wings (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) showed he could be on a similar path to his illustrious sire when he produced an eye-catching display to shed his maiden status at Te Rapa. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained gelding is by triple Group One winner
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Veteran jockey Chris Johnson established a new national record for race victories on Saturday at Awapuni when Sassenach (NZ) (Per Incanto) provided him with win 2452 in New Zealand. The 56-year-old required one winner to surpass the previous mark set by David Walsh after drawing level at Invercargill