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A stirring performance from promising three-year-old Zebrowski (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m), at just his sixth career start, has lifted the spirits of the team currently in lockdown at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge. Bred and co-owned by the Stud, the Michael,
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New Zealand’s Queen of the turf, Melody Belle, will be out to secure her crowning glory in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick next week after her brave fourth-placing behind Nettoyer in the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) on Saturday. The 10-time Group One
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The Gr.1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) had a distinct Kiwi flavour this year after Nature Strip (Nicconi) easily accounted for his opposition at Randwick on Saturday. Trained by expat New Zealander Chris Waller and ridden by expat Kiwi jockey James McDonald, Nature Strip is also part-owned by former
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was pleased with the efforts of classy juvenile Not An Option after he ran on late to finish third in the Gr.3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I was rapt with the run and 1100m is well short of his best,” Pike said.
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Doubtland has stamped himself as a colt with a bright future after toying with his rivals in the Gr.3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) at Randwick. Trained by Team Hawkes, Doubtland was sent into Saturday's race for two-year-olds off a debut win on the Kensington track at
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Multiple stakes winner Miss Federer (NZ) (Swiss Ace) has been named the 2019-20 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of The Year. The daughter of Swiss Ace was purchased out of Bradbury Park’s New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2 Yearling Sale draft by trainer Andrew Carston for $10,000. The
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Technology has been a godsend for Tony Pike in preparing his trio of Sydney runners for their Autumn assignments. Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt), The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux), and Sherwood Forest (Fastnet Rock) are all in the care of Sydney-based trainers after Pike elected to bring
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The administrative body for the thoroughbred code, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, are preparing for a return to racing once the alert level-4 restrictions of Covid-19 are repealed. The major code in a $1.6 billion industry that sustains 14,398 full-time equivalent jobs across the nation and
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A week into Covid-19 lockdown, Robert Wellwood, who trains in partnership with Roger James, is pleased when reflecting on the success of the stable this season. In just his second term in partnership with James, Wellwood is coming to terms with the season being halted but takes several positives
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There is an air of uncertainty as to when racing will return to New Zealand tracks as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, leading South Island trainer Michael Pitman has a clear picture of what it should look like upon its return. “We might have to race for
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