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There will be one notable absence at Awapuni on Saturday, with the passing of Paul Guise on Monday. The Wairarapa horseman rode his pride and joy Nymph Monte (NZ) (Tavistock) in trackwork at Opaki racecourse on Monday morning, in preparation for his tilt at the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup
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Group Three winner Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to back-up at Ellerslie next Tuesday after running home well for fifth over 1600m at Te Rapa on Labour Day. “There was a bit of rain around in the late afternoon and the track really loosened up and that meant she
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Group One performer In A Twinkling (Fastnet Rock) took his winning tally to two when victorious in the NZB Ready To Run Sale Nov 21-22 (2100m) at Te Rapa on Monday. “He was very well within himself and it’s always a thrill to see a slightly out of form
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Matamata trainer Glenn Old has welcomed home Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner Bizzwinkle (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) from his two start Australian campaign, but not in the manner he had hoped. The son of Rip Van Winkle was showing promising signs in Australia in the care of trainer
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The plaudits Opie Bosson earned for his ride on Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) at Moonee Valley last Saturday has the champion New Zealand jockey seriously considering a winter stint riding in Australia. Last season’s New Zealand Jockey of the Year, Bosson guided Te Akau Shark to
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Outsider Hay Tiger (NZ) (Tiger Prawn) sprang a minor upset at Te Rapa on Monday when he prevailed in a blanket finish to the BCD Group-sponsored open handicap (1600m). The Glenn Old-trained seven-year-old came into the race off the back of an unlucky ninth in the Listed Matamata Cup (1600m)
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Matamata galloper Harlech (NZ) (Darci Brahma) added his name to the list of northern raiders bound for Riccarton next month when he dominated his three-year-old rivals in the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa. The Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained gelding, who is rated
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Expensive yearling purchase Dragon Leap (Pierro) underscored his potential staying talent when he stormed home on debut to score over 1400m at Te Rapa. Raced by Hong Kong couple Eugene and Karen Chuang under their Hermitage Thoroughbreds banner, the three-year-old gelding was an A$1,050,000 purchase out of
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The death on Friday evening of Sheryl McGlade saw the passing of a highly accomplished horsewoman and one of jumps racing strongest advocates. McGlade, who died in Waikato Hospital after battling deteriorating health for a few months, was well-known and respected, not only in racing circles, particularly within the jumps
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Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie is hoping that Monday’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa will provide him with confirmation of a stable double act in a Group One classic in Christchurch next month. Ritchie will produce Bella Mente (NZ) (El Roca) at Te
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Underrated galloper Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) put a smile back on trainer Graham Richardson’s face with an overdue victory at Ellerslie on Saturday after the popular Matamata horseman had lost an earlier victory in the enquiry room. The Richardson-trained two-year-old Devotioninmotion (NZ) (Proisir had finished first past the
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Unbeaten filly Travelling Light (NZ) (El Roca) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, earning clear favouritism for next month’s Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Bred and raced by Coll MacRury