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In a vote of confidence, jockey Dylan Gibbons has delayed an end of season holiday in order to partner emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) in the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) at the Sunshine Coast next Saturday. Gibbons was due to take an overseas break following Saturday's Tattersall'
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In the twilight of her career, underrated mare Kaimai Queen (NZ) (Atlante) added valuable black-type to her record when second in Saturday’s Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m). Despite all four victories and the lion’s share of her career earnings coming on heavy tracks, Kaimai Queen started
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New Zealand-bred gelding Ready To Shine (NZ) (Better Than Ready) carried on his consistent run of form this season with an all-the-way victory in the A$160,000 Schweppes Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Benchmark 78 handicap was the eighth start of the season for
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Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) continued her late-career resurgence with a second consecutive win on Saturday, albeit not in the race her connections might have been hoping for. An impressive last-start success at Sandown on June 13 raised the possibility of a tilt at Saturday’s Gr.1 Tattersall’
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For the second year in a row, winter racing has brought the best out of talented New Zealand-bred gelding Stop The Rock (NZ) (El Roca), who scored an 80-to-one shock win in Saturday’s A$130,000 Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1700m) at Caulfield. At around this time
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Four years on from his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) triumph, Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) is enjoying a second wind as a seven-year-old and collected his fourth feature win of the season in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm. The
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Luckless in all of his first three runs this time in, Kiwi-bred gelding King Pedro (NZ) (Eminent) turned his campaign around in style in the A$160,000 Ranvet Stayers Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Tom Charlton-trained four-year-old had been plagued by bad luck
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Talented New Zealand-bred gelding Tarzing (NZ) (Tarzino) claimed his first Sydney victory with an impressive performance in the A$160,000 Irresistible Pools and Spas Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The son of Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino was a $250,000 purchase by Chris Waller Racing and Mulcaster
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Consistent mare Churchillian (NZ)(Churchill) did what she does best when leading all the way to claim her third career black type success in the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m) on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained daughter of Churchill has endeared herself to the racing public with her take
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A patient ride by Jasmine Fawcett resulted in Matamata mare Tenfoot Tall (NZ) (Staphanos) handsomely rewarding her many supporters when she took out the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2100m) at Tauranga on Saturday. The Vicki Prendergast-prepared four-year-old was having her first start beyond 1600m and was confidently backed
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Quondo (Wootton Bassett) once again showed his affinity for rain-affected going when recording his second consecutive win in the Aongatete Avo-ject 1200 at Tauranga on Saturday. However, it wasn’t an easy watch for favourite punters, who backed the three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett into a
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Promising filly Girlzgirlzgirlz (NZ) (North Pacific) broke her maiden status in fine fashion at Tauranga on Saturday when she showed her rivals a clean pair of heels from barrier rise in the opening act on the card, the Gartshore Construction Maiden (1200m). The Donna Logan-prepared daughter of North Pacific