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Trainer Tony Pike is confident smart two-year-old Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) will be hard to beat in Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie. The attractive colt by Not A Single Doubt has won two of his three starts to date, including the Gr.
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Former top jockey Grant Cooksley is hoping to help maintain the recent strike rate of his apprentice, Masa Hashizume, at Avondale on Wednesday and also kick a $500,000 yearling purchase off on a winning note. Hashizume has notched three wins from his last seven rides and will be aboard
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Trainer Andrew Forsman on the future plans for Group Three winner Showbeel. https://soundcloud.com/trackside-radio/andrew-forsman-4
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https://soundcloud.com/trackside-radio/kozzi-asano-1 Jockey Kozzi Asano discusses his incredible run of form, which included eight winners in a row
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Jockey Trudy Thornton discusses the win of Soleseifei in the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham https://soundcloud.com/trackside-radio/trudy-thornton-2
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Consistent Group One galloper Wyndspelle (NZ) (Iffraaj) is likely to be aimed towards an elite level target on his home track after another strong performance when narrowly beaten into second in Saturday’s Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) behind all-the-way winner The Mitigator. The son of Iffraaj has won the
New Zealand
Quality mare Rondinella (NZ) (Ocean Park) will be back in action at Ellerslie on Saturday where she will contest the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m) for trainers Roger James and Rob Wellwood. The five-year-old daughter of Ocean Park has been off the scene since a three-start Melbourne spring campaign, which
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An approach made to former successful trainer Don Sellwood several years ago has led to a Taranaki couple, Rodger and Christine Hassall, having a strong involvement in Karaka Million night at Ellerslie on Saturday. Racing under the Hassall Family Trust ownership, Hasstobemagic will contest the Karaka Million 2YO Classic (1200m)
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Shaune Ritchie came close to a big double at Trentham on Saturday, but left the meeting knowing his smart filly Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) is still on the right path for a return trip to the course in March to contest the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai
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With the 2020 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale series set to kick off in a week’s time, the wins of class mare Avantage (Fastnet Rock) and promising filly Festivity (NZ) (I Am Invincible) at Trentham on Saturday put a smile a mile wide on the
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Twenty-four hours on from securing the first Group One win of his riding career, jockey Shaun McKay is still coming to terms with the achievement. The amiable 23-year-old was taking time on Sunday morning to let the achievement sink in after booting home one of his favourite horses, The Mitigator