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Progressive filly Moonlight Magic (NZ) (Almanzor) took a significant last-start step toward the goal of a third Group One winner for The Sunlight Trust with her breakthrough success at stakes level. The boutique Waikato operation of Murray and Meg Hardy and Paddy Preston bred and races the daughter of
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Following the partial abandonments of race meetings at Ellerslie on 10 and 20 April, Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) have announced the planned winter renovation of their newly installed StrathAyr track will commence immediately, with their May 25 meeting to be transferred to Pukekohe Park. The club said the decision comes
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Riverton galloper Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) will aim for back-to-back victories on his adopted home track of Otaki on Thursday when contesting the Listed ANZAC Mile (1600m). With few options for the highly-rated son of Per Incanto closer to home, trainer Kelvin Tyler opted to send
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John Blackadder will travel down to Phar Lap Raceway on Wednesday with the appeal of an Entain – NZB Insurance Pearl Series bonus for Yoshime. Yoshime has produced a pair of strong runner-up finishes to Rubicon Reigns and subsequent Rating 65 winner Contemplation Bay in early March and looks a
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Westbury Stud stalwart Swiss Ace continues to be a reliable source of winners and the Group One-winning sprinter was again to the fore at the weekend. His unbeaten son Domain Ace was an impressive juvenile stakes winner at Te Rapa on Saturday while Sabah Ace continued his march through
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Espadas could be destined for a future across the Tasman following his maiden victory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The three-year-old son of Ace High put in a pleasing performance for third on debut over 1200m at Pukekohe last month and was duly backed into $3.70 favouritism for
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Central Districts-based jockey Portia Matthews got her jumps season off to the perfect start with a winning double at Hawera on Sunday. In the first on the card, Matthews reunited with talented hurdler Harry Harrison (NZ) (Haradasun) who was aiming to extend his three-race winning streak over the
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Class galloper Sacred Satono (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) put his name firmly in the frame for a proposed Queensland Winter Carnival venture when he kicked off a new campaign with an impressive victory at Ellerslie in the opening event, the Barfoot & Thompson 1200. The Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley-trained
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Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman will look to add black type to Russian Satire’s outstanding pedigree page after a last-to-first win in Saturday’s Auckland Co-Op Taxis (1500m) at Ellerslie. Russian Satire (Russian Revolution) is raced by her breeder David Paykel and comes from an exceptional family.
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A week after becoming only the second New Zealand trainer to reach 2000 wins, South Island racing icon Michael Pitman teamed up with jockey Lisa Allpress to celebrate another notable milestone in Saturday’s Avon City Ford Rating 75 (2600m) at Riccarton. Pitman and his son and training partner Matthew
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