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Fresh but fit, that’s the way trainer Graham Richardson wants to head into the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day with previous race winner Volpe Veloce. The daughter of Foxwedge will head into the race in that manner after her hit-out in a
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Quality three-year-old Probabeel returned to the fold at the Te Aroha trials on Monday and looks set for another lucrative campaign after comfortably accounting for her rivals in a 1000m heat. Prepared by Jamie Richards for Brendan and Jo Lindsay of Cambridge Stud, Probabeel won last season’s Karaka Million
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Jason Waddell is in top form with three stakes winners in eight days, but the Cambridge jockey came so close to ending his riding career earlier this season. Waddell was emotional after Wyndspelle’s first Group One win in the Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham, then a week later
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike believes rules around late scratchings need to be reviewed after he was fined $350 for late-scratching Intrigue at Te Rapa on Saturday. Pike made the call to scratch the Group Two performer from her 1600m contest due to firm track conditions and expected rain not eventuating.
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Champion jockey James McDonald will be on a working holiday when he takes a break from his busy Sydney schedule to return home to Cambridge for Christmas. Despite being in contention for the New South Wales Jockeys Premiership, McDonald is keen to have Christmas in New Zealand with his family,
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Promising three-year-old Scorpz (NZ) (Charm Spirit) overcame a wide run in transit to nab his second stakes victory in succession when he outstayed his age-group rivals in Sunday’s Listed Hynds 3YO Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. The Stephen Marsh-trained galloper has made steady improvement in recent months which culminated in
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Courageous Cambridge mare Pop Star Princess (NZ) (Makfi) put all her fighting qualities on display at Te Rapa on Saturday when she downed a talented line-up of rating 82 gallopers over 1200m. The noted front-runner strode straight to the head of affairs after making a quick getaway from the inside
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After narrowly avoiding disaster as he left the starting gates, promising galloper Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) showed just what a talent he could become over a staying journey when he demolished his rivals in Saturday’s open 2000m event at Awapuni. The Team Rogerson-trained five-year-old stumbled badly as the field emerged
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Te Rapa winner American Princess (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is likely to be put aside for a short break as her trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman look ahead to some of the late summer two-year-old features with the impressive debutant. An eye-catching win at the Cambridge trials last moth saw
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Matamata visitor Lilikoi (NZ) (Charm Spirit) showed she was on track for further age-group riches this summer with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni. The Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced Charm Spirit filly thrived on the step up to 1600m as she