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A rejuvenated Bradman (NZ) (Pins) will chase further course and distance success at Trentham on Saturday ahead of a final trip south to bring the curtain down on his career. The hardy eight-year-old came indifferent efforts to run his rivals into the deck earlier this month and a
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Trainer Tom Charlton has Group One winner Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth) heading to the feature race at Rosehill this Saturday, but it is a stablemate engaged in a support race could prove the stable's best staying prospect. King Pedro (NZ) (Eminent), who finished sixth in the 2025
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Group Three performer Diamond Jak (NZ) (Jakkalberry) has shown a propensity for jumping and he could make his raceday debut over fences in the coming month. The Mark Brosnan-trained seven-year-old was runner-up in his first hurdle trial last year and went one better at his second
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Highview Stud-based Mr Mozart has proved popular with breeders since retiring to his Waikato base and numbers-wise claims the strongest first-season sire representation at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale. Jamieson Park is the majority owner of the son of Snitzel, who has six
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It’s been a lucrative couple of weeks for promising jumper Jake (NZ) (War Decree). The five-year-old gelding broke through for his maiden victory on the flat at New Plymouth earlier this month and nine days later scored his second hurdle triumph when taking out The Helen Sanson
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Lord Spencer (NZ) (Zed) didn’t let the inclement weather rain on his parade at Te Aroha on Sunday, with the exciting jumper running out a dominant victor in the W L Robinson Livestock Steeplechase (3500m). The eight-year-old gelding was runner-up when making his steeplechase debut at
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It was a case of so close yet so far for Joliestar (Zoustar) and her connections, with the Cambridge Stud owned sprint star denied a famous victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot. The five-time Group One heroine jumped well from
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This time last year Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) was being readied for the Tattersalls Tiara and while her days as a Group One contender might be past, there is still money to be made. The daughter of Proisir, a last-start winner Sandown, will chase more of it in the
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While the Ipswich Cup was within his grasp and well in the market, co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have decided that a trip back to Sydney this Saturday is a better option for Golden Path (NZ) (Belardo). The six-year-old will be in the nominations for
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John and Karen Parsons’ stable foreman Mahipal Singh got his first taste of success as an owner at Riccarton on Saturday when Swey Loch (NZ) (Sweynesse) took out the Bain McCall Memorial Two-Year-Old (1000m), and he is now eager for more. A loyal employee, the Parsons were keen
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Five days before his half-sister goes through the Karaka sale ring in the NZB National Weanling Sale, Sunshineinmypocket (NZ) (Proisir) added a seventh win to his record with a blistering come-from-behind performance in the A$160,000 Cactus Imaging Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. Trained by
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Lightly-raced filly Getaway (NZ) (Shamexpress) showed she could be in for a profitable spring when she showed remarkable resilience to cling to victory in The Lawn Shed Winter Series – 3YO Final (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Kurtis Pertab-prepared daughter of Shamexpress was having just her fourth start