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Aucklander Kevin Mackenzie feels he has a duty to deliver the second leg of a remarkable family double as he ponders Melbourne Cup success on Tuesday. Mackenzie's nephew Grant Smith is a part-owner of Melody Belle, a brilliant winner of Saturday's Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes
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Amidst the excitement, glamour and high-class action at Flemington on Saturday it was the small South Island settlement of Mosgiel that played a major role in the outcome of two of the feature events. Mosgiel native and Te Akau Racing head trainer Jamie Richards experienced one of his biggest thrills
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Foxton trainers David and Emma Haworth came within a nose of a quinella in Saturday’s Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2200m) at Awapuni, headed by a breakthrough performance by Toms (NZ) (Towkay). The improving six-year-old won four races last season, including three of his last four starts, and he
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Attempting to repeat a spring double from two years ago, top-class galloper Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto) ticked the first box with a supreme weight-carrying performance in Saturday’s Courtesy Ford Redcraze Bowl (1400m) at Awapuni. The son of Per Incanto won the same race in November 2017, then lined
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Classy mare Marzemino (NZ)(Per Incanto) survived a late scare in Saturday’s Roger Gill Agriculture (1200m) at Pukekohe to make a winning start to what could be a career-defining campaign. The daughter of Per Incanto has made a big impression in lower grades in previous preparations, winning five races
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Injured jockey Donavan Mansour is in good spirits after a successful operation on his broken pelvis at Waikato Hospital on Thursday. The popular hoop sustained the injury after his mount reared up and fell backwards on to him at Te Aroha on Wednesday. “The results were fantastic, the surgery went
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Shirley Maude (NZ) (Fully Fledged) and Morellmac (Excelebration) combined to deliver a perfect result at Gore on Thursday for Lisa Vaughan. The pair are the only two active racehorses in the Ascot Park trainer’s stable, and they captured the Henderson Livestock Open (1200m) and the Thomas Green and Howl
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Group Two performer Yearn (NZ) (Savabeel) will kick-off her six-year-old season in the Roger Gill Agriculture 1200 at Pukekohe on Saturday, beginning her mission to try and add an all-important stakes victory to her resume. The daughter of Savabeel has won six of her 31 starts and has been placed
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Kiwi trainers will get the opportunity to scoop a $21,000 Karaka Yearling Sales windfall thanks to the generosity of Dunstan Feeds as the globally-respected feed merchant celebrates its 21st year of sponsoring the popular Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship. In a joint promotion with New Zealand Bloodstock and the Auckland
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Peter Williams is harbouring Group One ambitions with talented Per Incanto mare Marzemino (NZ). The Byerley Park trainer will produce Marzemino fresh-up in Saturday's Roger Gill Agriculture 1200 at Pukekohe, the first step of a campaign that could lead to multiple Group One races this season. "We&
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Jockey Donavan Mansour will undergo surgery today after suffering a broken pelvis in an incident around near the starting barriers at Te Aroha on Wednesday. “Donavan was on his horse behind the barriers ready to load into the starting gates. The horse reared up and went over backwards and came
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Jockey Donavan Mansour was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday, following an incident near the starting gates in race two at Te Aroha. The 34-year-old was aboard first-starter, Lets Roc, for trainer Karen Fursdon, when the mare reared and flipped near the starting stalls. Mansour has made a good impression since