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For just the second time in his 40-year training career, Howie Mathews is currently winless for the season, something he is looking to change when he heads to Awapuni’s synthetic meeting on Thursday. “We haven’t trained a winner this season, which is quite unusual for us. We would
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Foxton trainer Suzy Gordon has enjoyed a good run of success in the tried horse market and has welcomed another well-performed newcomer to her stable. Gordon’s latest acquisition is Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Loose), a multiple winner from Andrew Forsman’s stable who recently changed hands on
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It was a red-letter day at Hawera on Tuesday for Gavin Sharrock, with the Stratford trainer posting his first treble. “It was a big day, I haven’t had one of them (treble) before, I have never had enough horses to win three on a day, but I have had
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Stephen Nickalls might be heading home from Hawera with a smile on his face, but he could be in a bit of trouble when he gets there. Nickalls’ Group One performer Chase (NZ) (Zed) returned to the winner’s circle on Tuesday when taking out the Scott Roberts @ Metcalfe Real
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Evergreen galloper Tavis Court (NZ) (Tavistock) had won a race in every season of his career since he debuted as a three-year-old, and at the tail end of his nine-year-old year, he kept that remarkable streak alive at Hawera on Tuesday. Lining up in a compact field of just four
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Andrew Forsman is hoping the younger members of his stable can make their mark in the new season’s age group events. The Cambridge trainer is blessed with an array of youthful talent, both raced and unraced, although he is mindful of the challenges that lay ahead. In the immediate
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Corrina McDougal had to wait on a protest before earning her first training success, but on Sunday at Woodville, her 100th was never in doubt. The Hastings horsewoman, who trains in partnership with Paul Nelson, had the $2.50 favourite in Kwanza (NZ) (Zed) engaged in the MacDougalls (2100m) and
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It was a proud moment in the Taiaroa family on Sunday when amateur jockey Evan Taiaroa recorded his first win in the saddle aboard Grand Prospect at Woodville for Foxton trainer Sue Walsh. “It was great to finally get the monkey off the back,” Taiaroa said. The 47-year-old hoop has
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Southern horsewoman Samantha Wynne is recuperating in Christchurch Hospital after sustaining serious head injuries in a horse-related incident on Saturday morning. Wynne, who relocated to New Zealand from her native Ireland over a decade ago, has made Canterbury home, where she has been both a successful jockey and more recently
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The Great Northern Hurdle (4200m) has always been the major target for Fourty Eight this preparation, and the hopes of reaching the iconic race took a massive step forward at Woodville on Sunday when he took out the Cody Singer Memorial (4000m) in convincing fashion. Raced by a large contingent
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Roydon Bergerson will see a number of Central Districts racecourses over the coming week, with the busy period kicking off at Hawera’s rescheduled meeting on Tuesday. The Awapuni-based trainer had entered two runners for the card set to run last Saturday, but after heavy rain and surface water on