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Trainer Tony Pike has a host of runners at Hawke’s Bay on Saturday including exciting one-win three-year-old The Irishman, who steps straight into stakes company after continuing to please on the training track. Pike has made no secret of the high regard in which he holds
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With runners in two stakes races, the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival at Hastings looms as a landmark moment in the short history of syndicator Savvy Racing. Proven black-type performer Pinmedown will begin a new campaign in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), while
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Alchemia could provide Katrina and Simon Alexander with a memorable milestone at Hastings on Saturday if she lives up to the promise she has shown her Matamata trainers. The daughter of Per Incanto is a one-race maiden set to take on the colts and geldings in the Listed El
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Smart filly Taroni (NZ) (Showcasing) will step out as one of the favoured runners in Saturday’s Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings. Taroni is currently rated second favourite ($4.60) with the TAB for the three-year-old fillies contest behind Babylon Berlin
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Flashy chestnut Overstayer (NZ) (Zed) broke maiden ranks at Te Rapa on Thursday when successful over 1600m. The Sue Thompson and Mick Brown-trained son of Zed might be six, but the patiently-handled gelding looks to have a bright future, particularly as he gets over a staying trip. The
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Claire Anderton will try to continue her strong start to the new season when she heads to Ashburton on Friday with a potential contender for the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). The Wingatui trainer, who has two wins under her belt from only five runners so
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Iconic breeding and racing personality Sir Patrick Hogan has another promising filly on his hands. Sir Patrick and his wife Justine, Lady Hogan bred and own Tavistock filly Sweet Anna (NZ), who tackles Saturday's Gr.3 Hawke's Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings. Prepared
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There will be an uncommon sight on the first day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival at Hastings on Saturday – jumpers. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the racing calendar has caused the unusual occurrence and one trainer that is pleased about the anomaly is John Wheeler.
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The 2020 Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards has been cancelled due to the constraints and complications of holding a large event during the current COVID-19 situation. “We are all disappointed the event could not go ahead but we were left with little choice for obvious reasons,” NZTBA council member
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Matamata trainer Peter McKay recites the old adage that it's tough at the top as he prepares Group One winner The Mitigator for Saturday's Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. But he's well aware that his Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner is
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Group One performer Kelly Renee (NZ) (Vespa) will be looking to secure her maiden victory at Te Rapa on Thursday when she contests the SVS 3YO 1200. The Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer-trained filly placed in four of her five starts as a juvenile, including the Gr.2 Matamata
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Group One performer Melt (NZ) (Iffraaj) will kick-off her spring campaign in the Harcourts Tai Tokerau Trophy (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. The daughter of Iffraaj hasn’t been seen on raceday since her runner-up effort over 1200m at Tauranga last November and trainer Nigel Tiley is looking