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Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) chief executive John Allen is stepping down from his role at the end of the year. “After five years as chief executive it is time to begin the search for a new leader to oversee the transition to TAB NZ,” Allen said. “This was a
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New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance, in association with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, has announced three new Triple Crown Series for the 2019-20 New Zealand racing season. Each series comprises three prestigious Group races, and each series will carry a bonus of $100,000 for any horse that can win all
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Mystery Creek trainer Neil O’Dowd has set promising jumper Aigne some lofty goals later this year after his impressive 7-3/4 length victory in the Team Wealleans Hurdle (3500m) at Arawa Park on Sunday. Although he was pleased with the win, O’Dowd admitted to feeling slightly anxious
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A double at Ruakaka on Saturday has kept the momentum going for Byerley Park trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy after experiencing their best result in the past season. The couple saddled up 20 winners from their stable last term, four more than 2017-18, and with about six weeks of
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It’s not often that a trainer leaves a racecourse with a smile on their face after finishing out of the money but that was the case for Waverley’s Bill Thurlow at Flemington on Saturday. Thurlow was reflecting on the performance of his Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner
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Class sprinter The Bostonian will head to Melbourne on Wednesday as he gets ready to tackle the Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on September 27. Trainer Tony Pike is pleased with how the Jimmy Choux five-year-old has come through his winter break after a successful
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Talented winter galloper Herengawe came of age at Awapuni on Saturday when he out-toughed his rivals to score his first win at stakes level when he took out the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m). Bred and owned by talented jumps rider Isaac Lupton, the Joanne Moss-trained
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Boom three-year-old Catalyst treated his three-year-old rivals with contempt when he produced a devastating home straight sprint to capture the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka. The Darci Brahma gelding overcame some trouble early in the run home to dash clear in
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Underrated mare Lucyinrio caused a minor upset when she outgunned a small but select field of open grade sprinters over 1200m at Ruakaka on Saturday. The lightly raced eight-year-old, who came north to a new Cambridge base with trainer Kylie Little when she moved there from Opaki late
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While Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow is being kept busy campaigning Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) aspirant Glory Days in Victoria, another quality mare is set to kick-off her spring campaign. Beyond The Fort has won three off her four career starts-to-date, including the Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m)
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It’s a busy life in the Moss-Lupton household. The alarm goes off at 3.45am every morning for Waverley trainer Joanne Moss and her partner, jumps jockey Isaac Lupton, in preparation for a busy day that includes milking 300 cows on their South Taranaki farm. “We milk twice
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Mum-to-be Consensus will take the next step towards a Victorian campaign when she tackles the Patron's Trophy (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. Served by Haunui Farm stallion Iffraaj in the leadup to Saturday's open sprint, Consensus is likely to find her second 1200m race