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The rekindled career of star stayer Glory Days (NZ) (Red Giant) will be put to the test in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings on Saturday. The winner of last year’s Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) and placed in the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m), the Red
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There was a tangerine glow to the 2020 New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Awards, with the tangerine colours of Te Akau Racing the dominant element at the virtual event on Sunday night. Te Akau stable star Melody Belle retained her Horse of the Year title and also headed the voting in
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Mehrtens (NZ) (Pins) added a bright spot to a tough week with an impressive victory at Hawera on Saturday. Ridden by Mereana Hudson, the six-year-old son of Pins raced on the pace throughout in the Carrfields Livestock 1400 and kicked clear of his challengers in the straight to
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Lightly raced three-year-old Tinker Mcphee (Nostradamus) dented a number of reputations at Matamata on Saturday when she sprinted clear of her rivals in the closing stages of her maiden 1200m contest to register a four-length victory. Punters had expected Savabeel colt Brando (NZ) (Savabeel) to dominate his
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Trainer Lance O’Sullivan was beaming after former top juvenile Summer Passage (Snitzel) made a welcome return to the winner’s enclosure at Matamata on Saturday, when striding clear in a rating 74 1200m contest. O’Sullivan, who prepares the Snitzel gelding in partnership with Andrew Scott, was brimming with
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Matamata mare Supreme Heights added a second stakes victory to her burgeoning record when she took out Saturday’s Gr.3 Wyndspelle Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders Stakes (1400m) at Hawera. The Mark Brosnan-trained five-year-old had given an emphatic display of front running when taking out a Group
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Popular equine star Tavi Mac provided his many followers with another thrilling performance when he dashed away with the feature race at Matamata on Saturday, the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1400m). The uniquely proportioned Tavistock gelding, who is often referred to as the equine sausage dog, carried clear topweight
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Well-travelled three-year-old Not An Option reminded punters of his galloping ability when he defeated a small but classy field of rivals over 1400m at Matamata on Saturday. The Not A Single Doubt colt was having his first start since returning home from a three-race campaign in
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High-class mare Spanish Whisper has been retired from racing and will be offered for unreserved sale via Gavelhouse Plus. The triple Group Two winner and Group One-placed mare is an outcross to Danehill as a daughter of internationally acclaimed sire Lope de Vega and the Encosta de Lago
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Matamata trainer Jamie Richards has confirmed Miss Aotearoa ($5.50) and Cornflower Blue ($12) both remain on track for a tilt at the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm 48th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on November 14. The pair make up two of the top four runners in betting