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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)
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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
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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)
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Trainer Lance Noble is confident classy filly Bavella (Snitzel) will give Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) a decent shake, as she looks to book her passage to the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on November 16. A stakes winning juvenile,
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Matamata trainer Kylie Fawcett is pleased with last start Listed Matamata Cup (1600m) winner Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour) and believes the five-year-old can take the next step up in Saturday’s Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham. The daughter of Azamour, who
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Go Racing and Marsh Racing have joined forces to purchase the property formerly known as Monovale Farm, near Lake Karapiro just outside of Cambridge. The 58-acre property will be used as a spelling and pre-training facility for both parties, enhancing their current service offerings. “We had been looking
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Danielle Johnson will again be missing from the riding ranks for a while after suffering a further injury. The Cambridge-based jockey has suffered a slight crack to her collarbone. ‘’She’ll be off for a month,’’ her partner, trainer Stephen Marsh, said. ‘’It’s minor, but the doctors are
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Ross McCarroll may have retired his two most proven gallopers, but he showed at Rotorua last Saturday he has another round of ammunition to ensure he maintains a good strike-rate. The Cambridge trainer operates a boutique stable of no more than a dozen horses and maintains an impressive strike-
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Awapuni trainer Mark Oulaghan will once again return to New Zealand Cup week at Riccarton next month with Group One winner Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto). The son of Per Incanto will have his third tilt at the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m), a race that has held
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Group One winner Nicoletta (NZ) (Savabeel) has been retired to stud following her unplaced run in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera earlier this month. The daughter of Savabeel, who is owned by Lib Petagna’s JML Bloodstock, won five of her 32 career starts, including the