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Bill Thurlow has enjoyed some of his greatest successes at Ellerslie and will return to the Auckland track on Saturday with a promising filly on the rise in No Rain Ever. Thurlow tasted success on the Avondale Cup card when claiming the feature event with special mare Glory Days in
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Now 10 years old and with 90 starts under his belt across seven seasons of racing, the remarkable Pep Torque is showing no signs of slowing down. The Nadeem gelding will shoot for the 11th win of his career when he contests Sunday’s Affco NZ Ltd Wairoa Cup (2100m)
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An emerging star of New Zealand’s staying ranks has returned from a short summer break and will shoot for a pair of Group Two prizes at Ellerslie over the coming weeks. Trust In You began the season with one win to his name from 14 starts and a rating
Ascend The Throne (NZ) (Savabeel) scored his first stakes scalp when triumphant in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa earlier this month, and the Savabeel gelding will look to double his Guineas haul when he heads to Ellerslie on Saturday. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained
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Roger James and Robert Wellwood are still in awe of what Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) produced when winning last month’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie, and the Cambridge trainers are looking forward to stepping her out once more at the Auckland venue on Saturday. The
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Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler will head to Ascot Park with a number of strong chances on Saturday, headlined by promising filly Aberlour (NZ) (Mongolian Falcon), who will attempt to score back-to-back Guineas wins. The daughter of Mongolian Falcon became her sire’s first stakes winner when taking out
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The wine was flowing for Peter and Dawn Williams and owner Daniel Nakhle following Ellerslie’s TAB Karka Millions meeting last month, and they are hoping their run of luck continues at the Auckland track this weekend. The Williams’ trained Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) to victory in the
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Shaune Ritchie is bullish about kicking off a new association on a top note at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Cambridge horseman, who trains in partnership with Colm Murray, is looking forward to the debut chances of the Brendan and Jo Lindsay-bred and raced Tycoon Prince (NZ) (Written Tycoon) in
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While many of his sprinting rivals are set for a racing return in Saturday's Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) down the Flemington straight, I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) is slowly and quietly building out of the limelight at Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman's Pakenham base. Not
The Ciaron Maher stable is in no rush to get Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) to the big league despite the former New Zealand galloper holding an All-Star Mile wildcard. As part of his program to the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 16, Jimmysstar is set to
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Newly-crowned Group One winner Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) will continue her campaign in New Zealand after the mare’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) triumph last Saturday. Victory in the BCD Group Sprint came after luckless runs for second and third in the Gr.1 Railway (1200m)
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Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are following a familiar path back to their homeland with the New Zealand-bred Interlinked (NZ) (Savabeel) in the hope of completing unfinished Classic business. The expatriate Kiwi trainers will be represented by Savabeel’s son in the Gr.2 Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas (2100m)