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Multiple trials winner Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) made a winning debut at Rotorua on Wednesday in the MacMillan Accountants 3yo (1100m). Sent out the $1.30 favourite, Babylon Berlin bounced straight to the lead under jockey Sam Collett and never looked in danger, going on to defeat a small
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Talented four-year-old Dragon Leap (Pierro) will travel to Sydney on Monday as he looks to target spring riches. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained galloper won twice at Group Two level as a three-year-old and finished fourth in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). The lightly-tried gelding is
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The joy of achieving a winning double at Matamata on Saturday was tempered slightly for apprentice Tegan Newman when she copped a week’s suspension for a whip infraction at the Te Aroha meeting on Sunday. Newman had been cock-a-hoop after piloting the Daniel Miller-trained React and the Stephen Ralph-trained
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There will be plenty of interest in the opening race at Rotorua on Wednesday where multiple trials winner Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) is set to make her raceday debut. The Ben Foote-trained three-year-old filly has won three of her four trials and meets a competitive field in the MacMillan
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Long-time owner-breeders Frank and Faye Drummond gave a couple of Irish horsemen their first wins in their new roles when celebrating a double last weekend. The Drummonds own, bred and co-race Country Bumpkin (NZ) (St Reims), who credited Niall Quinn with his first training success when making an impressive 15
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Te Awamutu trainer Clint Isdale has stakes goals in mind for smart three-year-old Only Words (NZ) (Sweynesse), an impressive winner at Taupo last week. Isdale has long had a good opinion of the Sweynesse filly, who raced in strong company as a two-year-old but has improved physically and mentally into
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Star Kiwi mare Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) is returning home after finishing an inconclusive 11th in Saturday’s Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) after enduring a troubled passage. While the second-up run failed to provide a true guide as to how the Jamie Richards-trained mare has returned, the 34-strong syndicate
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Trainer Jamie Richards was more than happy with the performance of stable stars Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) and Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) after analysing their respective runs at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Last season’s Gr.1 Surround Stakes (1400m) winner Probabeel flashed home late in cramped quarters to finish second
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Trainer Tony Pike believes his star sprinter The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) has plenty to offer during his Sydney spring campaign following a satisfactory first-up performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The six-year-old worked hard to sit in the trail behind a slick pace during
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The Chris Waller-trained Mo'unga (NZ) (Savabeel) turned heads with a stunning performance at Newcastle on Saturday which has resulted in the son of Savabeel being installed an early $8.50 favourite for the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on October 10. Unbeaten in two starts,
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Trainer Nick Bishara admitted he woke up on Sunday morning and had to check his phone to make sure what he had seen at Royal Randwick on Saturday had actually taken place. Bishara was the original trainer of now multiple Group One winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) during the three