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Talented gelding Exit Fee (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) returned to winning form with a late lunge to take out the A$120,000 TAB Highway Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. Although he had gone winless in eight runs dating back to another Highway Handicap victory at Rosehill in February of
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Promising galloper Bulgari (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) capped a run of consistent form of late with a last to first performance to take out the Trackside.co.nz 1500 at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Darryn and Briar Weatherley-prepared colt had been threatening to win at short notice with a series
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Promising juvenile filly Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) did just that at Ellerslie on Saturday when running over the top of her rivals to take out the MyRacehorse 1100 for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. The daughter of Almanzor jumped away well under Jasmine Fawcett, who elected to take her
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Last year’s Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) was one of the spectacles of the season, with Smug just nabbing Champion jumper West Coast on the line after the pair went head-to-head from the 800m. That effort told on Smug, who was sent for a spell after two
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Jumps fans will rejoice this weekend when they get to see Champion Jumper West Coast (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) return over fences in the Waikato Hunt Cup (3900m) at Te Rapa on Sunday. The Hamilton track has been a happy stomping ground for the 10-year-old gelding, who has
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Chris Waller has run into Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) enough times to know that taking on the front-running mare will bring most horses undone, and leaving her to her own devices will play into her hands. Finding a happy medium is something not even the champion trainer
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His current connections can't lay claim to coming up with his name, but they are hoping Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) can continue making a name for himself as a stayer of promise. The former New Zealander rises to 2400 metres for the first time this preparation in Saturday'
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Last start Group Three winner Lupo Solitario (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) will get an unexpected season finale at Ellerslie on Saturday in the JRA Trophy (1600m). Trainer and part-owner Danica Guy’s initial plan was to send him for a spell following his victory in the Gr.3 Easter Handicap
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Tony Dravitzki has been on quite the journey with Im Bartholomew (NZ) (Complacent) and he is hoping to continue his unbeaten run with the five-year-old gelding at New Plymouth on Saturday. “I bought him as a weanling off Gavelhouse and sold him to Australia after he trialled and
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Wexford Stables will be hoping family comes first at Ellerslie where they will rely on a pair of half-brothers for success in one of the main events on Saturday’s card. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will hold a decent hand in the JRA Trophy (1600m) with
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The buying power of major Australian-based players has been an almost unstoppable force in securing well-bred and stakes-performed New Zealand mares in recent seasons, but this week’s May Premium Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus bucked that trend. Five mares were offered on the online platform on
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Racing returned to Hastings Racecourse for the first time in 20 months on Thursday, with the track given a green tick of approval following a successful six-race card. Local racing fans flocked to the course to take in the returning meeting, the first since the second day of the