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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has confirmed high-class three-year-old filly Kali (NZ) (Darci Brahma) will head straight to the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month after her impressive winning performance at Ashburton on Saturday. Pike spent time with the Darci Brahma filly on Sunday
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Cambridge raider Kali (NZ) (Darci Brahma) overcame a wide run in transit to out-gun her three-year-old rivals as she scored a gritty victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton. The Tony Pike-trained filly has the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) as
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In just his first full season of riding and with just one winner under his belt, 28-year-old apprentice Joshua Kam secured the biggest moment in his fledgling career when he guided $43 outsider Sweet Treat (NZ) (Ekraar) to victory in Saturday’s Listed Staphanos Classic (1950m) at Rotorua. Unable to
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Ken Kelso isn't enamored with the prospect of running Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins) on a heavy track at Rotorua on Saturday but he's even less hung up on the alternatives. The Matamata trainer will saddle six-year-old mare Princess Kereru in Saturday's Gr.3 Sweynesse
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Saturday’s A$500,000 Bentley St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick could have a major bearing on the 2019 spring campaign for well-performed New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road (Myboycharlie). A highly creditable seventh in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last November, Sir Charles Road is currently 43rdin
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Group Two winner Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) is nearing a return to racing. The five-year-old mare rounded out her last preparation with a win in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) and took the next step towards resuming on raceday with an exhibition gallop between races at Matamata on Saturday. Co-trainer
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The Listed Staphanos Classic (1950m) at Arawa Park on Saturday has been a major aim for Verry Flash (NZ) (Zed) this spring, however, the well-related gelding could miss the Rotorua feature. The full-brother to dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) pulled up with a minor injury after his fifth-placing
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Affectionately known throughout Australasia as simply the “Great Race”, the legacy of the Melbourne Cup and its place in thoroughbred racing is one of triumph and of tragedy, of winners, losers and a myriad of colourful characters, sights, scenes and scenarios over its sparkling 158-year history. The 2015 running of
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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston will use Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton as the litmus test for Miss Federer’s (NZ) (Swiss Ace) Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospects. The daughter of Swiss Ace has impressed at her two starts this spring,
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Te Aroha’s meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been abandoned. The racecourse had received 124mm of rain in less than 24 hours and the decision was made to call off the meeting after a track inspection by Stipendiary Stewards and Club representatives on Tuesday.
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Short Fuse (NZ) (Per Incanto) began her preparation in the best possible fashion at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday, winning her 880m heat by a neck. “It was a nice trial and she did what she was asked,” trainer Graham Richardson said. “She was there for an outing and
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Group Three winner Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) will head south to Trentham later this month after missing the Listed Matamata Cup (1600m) on Saturday. Weather conditioners forced the hand of trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood with track conditions deteriorating to a Heavy11. “We had our fingers crossed the entire