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Due to the uncertain timeframe for the resumption of racing in New Zealand due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic the Dates Committee have decided to suspend the issue of the 2020/21 racing calendar. Draft two of the calendar was due to be issued on Tuesday and the
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has made the call to bring home his Sydney-based staff of Mark Hills and Chris McNab. Pike was campaigning The Bostonian, Sherwood Forest, and Not An Option across the Tasman and had already recorded elite-level success. The Bostonian added another Group One to his resume when
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is adamant that training tracks need to remain open throughout the Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown on animal welfare grounds. The respected horseman, who is also the President of the New Zealand Trainers’ Association, usually has around 80 horses in work and is keen to see
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Lisa Allpress extended her lead in the New Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership at Tauherenikau on Sunday when she rode a double, which included victory aboard Italian Lover (NZ) (Zed) in the Masterton Cup (2200m). The victory put her six wins ahead of the country’s leading apprentice Kozzi Asano, with a
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Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie is taking a pragmatic approach to the four-week government lockdown period to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but he also recognises his set-up is more fortunate than most. Horse racing, like many other industries, has already ceased prior to alert level 4 taking full-effect at 11:
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The announcement that New Zealand would move to level 4 of the COVID-19 alert system in 48 hours means that all racing will cease for the next four weeks from Tuesday 24 March. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, Harness Racing New Zealand, Greyhound Racing New Zealand and the TAB, have met
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Circumstances can change in the blink of an eye in the racing game and never was that more evident than in Sydney on Saturday for siblings John, Mark and Rachael Carter. The Carter’s manage their thoroughbred interests under the Jomara Bloodstock banner and were excited to see two of
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Promising stayer London Banker (NZ) (Tavistock) took every centimetre of the 2100m distance of Saturday’s J Swap Contractors Bay Of Plenty Cup to get his nose in front as he prevailed in a thrilling finish to the middle-distance contest. Searching for a hattrick of wins after success over the
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Despite a mixed bag of results for his two runners in Sydney on Saturday, Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was pleased with how the day unfolded and the prospects that lie ahead for the pair. The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) further enhanced his reputation as a leading sprinter-miler when he finished
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Underrated mare Out Of The Park upset the applecart when she produced a dogged late run to take out Saturday’s Gr.3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) in a blanket finish at Riccarton. Handled confidently by Krishna Mudhoo, Out Of The Park burst to the lead