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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
Veteran trainer Bruce Marsh bows out of Singapore this weekend as he sends out his last team of runners at the Friday and Sunday race meetings at Kranji. The Kiwi handler brings down the curtain on a 14-year stint that has produced a haul of 416 winners since the
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Benefits of an unplanned run in Saturday's Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka could be two-fold for connections of rising star three-year-old Catalyst. Installed a $1.50 favourite on the TAB's opening market for the age-group feature, Catalyst
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Group One winner Wait A Sec will make a return to stakes company at Awapuni on Saturday when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m). The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained nine-year-old has been off the scene since his win in the
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A pair of brothers are set to back up at Wingatui on Thursday after disappointing at Riccarton on Saturday. Raise You Ten finished fourth on the weekend and Brian Anderton, who trains the gelding in partnership with his son Shane, is expecting a better showing when he lines-up in
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The Keith and Gavin Opie-trained Back In A Flash recorded her seventh win from just 13 starts, and first in open company, at Ellerslie on Saturday and she will now be set to tackle the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders (1400m) at Hawera next month. “We haven’
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Talented jumper Jackfrost may not be lost to racing just yet. The recently crowned New Zealand Champion Jumper was all but retired after injuring a suspensory ligament when campaigning in Australia earlier this year, but there are positive signs after recent stem cell therapy. “He’s had a stem cell
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Canterbury jockey Kylie Williams had a day to remember at Riccarton on Saturday. Not only did she pick up a winning double, she also secured her 700th career win in the saddle. Williams ticked up win number 699 aboard Morweka in the gavelhouse.com Open Handicap (1000m) before riding home
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Murray Baker has now been recognised with two of the highest honours in New Zealand racing, but he’s not about to rest on his laurels. Last year Baker was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame and on Sunday evening he picked up the Outstanding Contribution to
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While leading jumps jockey Aaron Kuru didn’t take out either of the feature jumps races at Ellerslie on Saturday he secured another milestone, recording his 100thNew Zealand win. He reached the milestone aboard the Shaune Ritchie-trained Bee Tee Junior in the opening event of the day, the Stella