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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
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Exaltation (NZ) (Not A Single Doubt), a three-year-old half-sister to star mare Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), turned in an impressive debut victory when winning the Helston & Associates Maiden (1200) at Riccarton on Saturday for trainer Jamie Richards. A $900,000 yearling purchase at Karaka by Te Akau principal David
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Cambridge galloper Sherwood Forest (Fastnet Rock) showed he will be a force to be reckoned with at Group One level next month when he stormed home to take out the Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The statuesque Fastnet Rock three-year-old has been touted as a
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Tenacious six-year-old Mauna Kea (NZ) (Per Incanto) scored the biggest win of his career to date when his never-say-die attitude paved the way for a gritty victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham. The Per Incanto six-year-old, who goes by the
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Pukekohe visitor Play That Song (NZ) (Showcasing) backed up an impressive debut win at Ruakaka earlier in the month with another dominant performance to take out the Listed Hanley Formula Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Nigel Tiley-trained filly had looked a complete professional as she went about
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A pair of bargain buys at the New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale in 2014 could lead to the biggest day in racing for Ashburton trainers Sarah and Matthew Smith. The husband and wife team headed north to Karaka five years ago to acquire some future racing stock and came home
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Secret Allure (NZ) (Zacinto) will attempt to add a fifth stakes victory to her tally when she lines up in the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. The daughter of Zacinto heads into Saturday’s feature off the back of a length
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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston has 12 runners heading to his home meeting on Saturday, including Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) hopeful Sorceress (NZ) (Showcasing). The three-year-old daughter of Showcasing was runner-up last start in the Guineas Trial (1400m) at Riccarton earlier this month behind Karalino (NZ) (Zacinto) who subsequently
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We’re assured no horses were harmed in the making of Ride Like a Girl but the same can’t be said for “equipment”. Sources tell me at least six expensive movie cameras were destroyed in the attempt — successful, I might add — to bring races to life on the big
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A shot at stakes company is on ice for promising filly Neon Moon (NZ) (Exosphere). But Matamata trainer Chad Ormsby is confident she can still make a splash on debut at Ellerslie on Saturday as she sets off on a path towards January's $1 million Karaka Million (1200m)
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Michael and Matthew Pitman are expecting another bold performance at Riccarton on Saturday from Ohio Showgirl (NZ) (Showcasing), whose debut victory on October 5 delivered early success for a new wave of Pearl Syndicates. Centred around the NZB Insurance Pearl Series, the syndicates were developed in partnership with long-time Pitman
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Matamata trainer Daniel Miller has a small team of horses campaigning in the south island, including lightly-tried four-year-old Sheezallmine (NZ) (Super Easy), the winner of four of her six starts. A last start winner at Riccarton, Sheezallmine will contest the Coupland's Bakeries Mile Trial (1400m) back at the