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Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis cut a contented figure as he made his way back from an overnight stay in Auckland following a red-letter day for the stable less than twenty-four hours earlier. Ellis, who had been in Auckland for the pre-event celebrations ahead of his daughter Lydia’s
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Matamata trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team dominated proceedings in the feature event at Otaki on Saturday where they produced a one-two finish with Avantage (Fastnet Rock) and Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m). Sporting the familiar
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Fresh from taking out a Group Two feature barely thirty minutes earlier local rider Michael Coleman was back in the winner’s enclosure one race later when he guided Joe’s Legacy (NZ) (Guillotine) to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m). Matamata resident Coleman
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Race favourite Vernazza (NZ) (More Than Ready) overcame a wide run and a dogged local challenge to take out the feature event at Matamata on Saturday, the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the More
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Promising galloper Need I Say More (No Nay Never) showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the autumn juvenile classics when he dashed away with the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. The Jamie Richards-trained runner was having just his second start after an
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Beautiful weather, great hospitality, and being able to go fishing in-between race meetings, it’s no wonder Shaun Phelan loves East Coast racing. Phelan, who trains at Cambridge in partnership with his father Craig, has taken three horses to Wairoa’s two day meeting and enjoyed success on Thursday with
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Murray Baker has welcomed a rain-affected track for Saturday's Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki. The Cambridge conditioner and his training partner Andrew Forsman will produce The Chosen One in the weight-for-age feature and while the Savabeel four-year-old entire has yet to place
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Ken and Bev Kelso have opted for the safe option with their star mare Supera (NZ) (Savabeel). The Matamata trainers had originally targeted Saturday's Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki with the five-year-old Savabeel mare but the prospect of an unsuitable wet track
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A $700 gavelhouse.com buy is the second winner in a space of weeks for Tapanui-based trainers Nikki and Barrie Blatch bought off the online auction site. Expedition produced a smart front running display to win by two and three-quarter lengths over 1200m at Southland on Saturday and in ten
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Having stakes contenders on both sides of the Tasman is becoming a common occurrence for Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards. The 30-year-old horseman was kept busy in the spring with a large racing team at home, while Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) and Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) performed
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High-class mare Yearn (NZ) (Savabeel) will contest Saturday’s Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m) at Matamata and trainer Karen Fursdon is confident of another bold performance. The last-start Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) placegetter is in career best form, having won the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) in late