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Sunday's Dynes Transport Tapanui Cup (1335m) might be an unconventional lead-up to a Group One target but that's of little concern to Gore trainer Ellis Winsloe. Winsloe will produce in-form Iffraaj gelding Humbucker in the Tapanui Cup on his home track as a likely precursor to
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Robbie Patterson is expecting dramatic improvement from his stable star Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) at Trentham on Saturday. The Taranaki horseman is confident the seven-year-old will show her true form in the Gr.2 Bramco Granite & Marble Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) following an unplaced first-up effort in an open
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Lisa Latta has the distance bases covered in this Saturday’s feature events at Trentham where she has multiple representation in the stable’s quest for black-type success. The Awapuni trainer will first attack the Gr.2 Bramco Granite & Marble Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) with Old Town Road and
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Stable apprentice Diego Montes de Oca is hoping his favourite horse Rock Sensation (NZ) (Rock 'N' Pop) can show his rivals a clean pair of heels in Thursday's Agraforum Growing Innovation 1300 at Ashburton. Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman have engaged Montes de Oca for
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Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) returns to the races at Te Rapa on Saturday. The four-year-old will race for the first time since his Derby success in the open 1600m handicap after a long build-up necessitated by remedial work on his feet. Co-trainer Andrew Scott
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Group One winner La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) has returned to Simon and Katrina Alexander’s barn ahead of further Group One targets later in summer. The daughter of Vadamos had a pleasing spring preparation in New Zealand, placing in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and winning the Gr.1
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Group One targets await Levante (NZ) (Proisir) in the New Year, with a trip across the Tasman in the offing should she perform to her usual high standards. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare has performed with distinction in both of her starts in Australia, finishing fourth in both the
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Ulanova (NZ) (Santos) has a way to go to match the deeds of the best two-year-old through Stephen Marsh’s stable, but the unbeaten youngster has the potential to make a race of it. The current Double Tree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) $4 co-favourite delivered in style at
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Group One winner Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) has been retired. The evergreen gelding has given his connections an enjoyable ride over the last few years, however, a series of disappointing results spelled the end of his racing career in the mind of co-trainer and part-owner Graham Richardson. The Matamata
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Te Akau Racing’s three winners from the weekend could all be competing in feature events at the Auckland Thoroughbred Racing meetings over the Christmas-New Year period. Impressive three-year-old Wild Night (NZ) (Vanbrugh) is likely to contest the Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day, while the
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In the space of a week Casey Lock went from winning ribbons with Viktor Vegas (NZ) (Tavistock) at a Cambridge show to winning the Gr.3 Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa. “Last Sunday, I took him to Leamington where they had an adults ribbon day. We had a go