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While holidaymakers are relaxing around the country, the Christmas-New Year period is one of the busiest for the thoroughbred racing industry. From Boxing Day through to Sunday 5 January there will be 20 thoroughbred race meetings around New Zealand, meaning a busy time for those who work in the industry.
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It is all hands on deck in the Rogerson household again this Christmas as the in-form stable prepares for the Boxing Day races at Ellerslie where they will saddle eight runners, including Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) favourite Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars). While for most, Christmas means a day
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Smart sprinting mare Only In Jakarta (Snitzel) will step out for the first time for new trainer Tony Pike when she contests the Headquarters Viaduct/The Lonely Hearts Club 1200 at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Formerly in the care of Alex Oliveira, Only In Jakarta is unbeaten in two starts,
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Consistent Hawkes’ Bay galloper Satu Lagi (NZ) (Per Incanto) will head south to Awapuni on Boxing Day to line-up in the Manawatu Standard Summer Cup (1550m). The Patrick Campbell-trained four-year-old will take a formidable formline into the race after stringing together a series of recent placings, including a third-placing in
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Pass marks for stablemates Enzo’s Lad (Testa Rossa) and Sensei (Dream Ahead) at Wingatui on Thursday could be the start of a series of major attacks by Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman, including possibly achieving a five-year goal. Enzo’s Lad and Sensei will clash in the Listed
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Ken and Bev Kelso are happy with Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins), their Matamata stable’s sole Group One candidate at the Ellerslie Christmas-New Year Carnival after a leg injury ruled out the stable star Supera (NZ) (Savabeel). Princess Kereru has been living in the shadow of Supera leading up to
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Jenna Mahoney’s $1,000 gavelhouse.com weanling buy Opalescence (NZ) (Showcasing) built on her promising debut second last month to go one better at Awapuni on Saturday. “I actually sent her down South to spilt my two-year-olds up as it’s a little less competitive down there but she
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Talented three-year-old Peloton (NZ), an impressive all-the-way winner at Te Rapa on Saturday, will get another opportunity to showcase his staying credentials, with trainer Andrew Campbell likely to back-up the son of Charm Spirit at Matamata this weekend. The gelding comfortably staved off his rivals under a well-judged Vinnie Colgan
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Fresh from winning with all of his three runners at Flemington on Saturday, Mike Moroney has shifted his focus to New Zealand. The trans-Tasman trainer flew over from Melbourne on Sunday, with Christmas and Ellerslie’s Boxing Day races on the agenda. Moroney and co-trainer Pam Gerard will be represented
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Robert Wellwood recorded his first black-type win as a trainer at Ellerslie on Boxing Day last year and he is hoping it will be a fruitful day once again at the Auckland track on Thursday. “It was a big thrill to do it on Boxing Day at headquarters,” he said.
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Just 12 years after riding his first winner, James McDonald is about to become the youngest person to be inducted to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. When his induction takes place at the Hall of Fame gala dinner in Hamilton on May 3, the Sydney-based champion will join
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