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Lance Noble had a bumper New Year’s Day race meeting 12 months ago and has the firepower for a repeat at Pukekohe on Monday, but weather and track conditions have dented the Cambridge Stud trainer’s confidence. Last year’s New Year’s Day card was staged at Te
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Robbie Patterson has already successfully raided the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) this season, and the New Plymouth trainer has another two northern staying features in his sights over the next few days. Patterson trained a career-best 50 winners last season and has started 2023-24 in a similar
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The race has begun to qualify for the $200,000 ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui in March, and local trainers Brian and Shane Anderton are keen to once again be in the mix. The father-and-son duo took out this year’s edition of the race with
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Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard made a big splash on Boxing Day with a rapidly improving three-year-old at the top of his game, and they are hoping New Year’s Day might bring something similar. The Matamata trainers struck Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1400m) gold at Pukekohe on
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The team at Cody Cole Racing got a much-needed boost over the busy summer racing period when they scored a winning treble at Arawa Park on Thursday. “We took six runners there and had three winners and two thirds, so it wasn’t a bad day,” trainer Cody Cole
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Stephen Marsh is confident of Velocious giving another bold account of herself at Pukekohe Park on New Year’s Day, although his confidence is tempered by an unfavourable forecast. The Cambridge trainer will run the daughter of Written Tycoon in the Gr.2 Skycity Eclipse Stakes (1200m) ahead of the
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A pair of rising stars of the South Island’s thoroughbred ranks faced their toughest test so far in the Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Heritage Cup (1600m) on Thursday, and they rose to the occasion and fought out a thrilling finish. Dazzling Miss and Jon Ol Rocco were unable to
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Talented New Zealand-bred mare Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) landed her maiden stakes victory when coming with a stunning late finish to plunder the Gr.3 Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday. The Joe Pride-trained mare had kicked off her five-year-old season with
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Town Cryer (NZ) (Tavistock) is presented with an ideal opportunity to open her middle-distance account when she takes aim at the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) on Saturday. The multiple stakes-winning daughter of Tavistock has been lightly tried beyond 1600m and trainer Roydon Bergerson is looking forward to this
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Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb (NZ) (Complacent) has seen a fair bit of the country over the last few months but will stick closer to home this week when she tackles the Landmark Homes City Of New Plymouth Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth Raceway on Friday. The daughter of
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Group One-winning trainer Paul Harris passed away suddenly on Boxing Day. The Rangiora horseman began his career training in partnership with his late father Ray, with the pair going on to win 85 races before Harris junior stepped out on his own. Harris went on to record 511 victories,
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Age has certainly not wearied Ken Rae and Krystal Williams’ senior gallopers The Buffer (NZ) (Reliable Man) and Zelenski (NZ) (Shocking), and the consistent pair pose a key threat in the Kurow Cup West Coast Steeplechaser (1400m) on Saturday. The Buffer has been a mainstay in the Rae/Williams stable