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Champion jumps trainer Paul Nelson will be in Australia rather than Christchurch this weekend as he watches his star hurdler The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) take on Australia’s best. Nelson won last season’s New Zealand jumps trainer title with 19 successes, including a startling eight prestige jumps races, but
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A Kiwi horse with humble breeding is starting to make waves in Australia. Cross Talk (NZ), a son of Keano, recorded his fifth win and first at stakes level in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. “He is an exciting
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Mark Walker has tentatively planned two steps ahead with his trio of Group One winners Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock), Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) and On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau). Te Akau’s head trainer will run all three of his spring contenders in this Saturday’s open 1100m handicap at Ruakaka
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It’s been a bittersweet start to the season for Darryn Weatherley – while he is excited to welcome his daughter Briar into a training partnership, he will be without the services of his star galloper Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca). The son of El Roca had returned in good order
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It’s fair to say Auckland-based breeder Don Goodwin has loved every minute of breeding and owning a champion racehorse. The octogenarian stole the show at Saturday night’s National Breeding Awards, sponsored by AGrowQuip, where his star mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) was named the Seton Otway Horse of
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Outstanding stallion Savabeel’s dominance has translated into yet another clean sweep of stallion titles for the 2021/22 season, headlined by an eighth consecutive Grosvenor Award as Champion New Zealand Sire. Waikato Stud’s superstar resident also claimed his seventh Centaine Award for worldwide progeny earnings and sixth Dewar
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If there was a prize for the biggest smile at Te Rapa on Saturday, then fledgling jumps jockey Portia Matthews would be a leading contender to take out the contest after posting her first win in the saddle aboard Keyboard Warrior (NZ) (Shamoline Warrior) in the Waikato Busy Bees Steeplechase
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Promising jumper Kajino (NZ) (Raise The Flag) impressed plenty of good judges when he produced an impeccable display to post his second win over fences when he took out the opening event at Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising eight-year-old son of Raise The Flag provided jockey Shaun Phelan with
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Popular jockey Robbie Hannam has called time on his career in the saddle and will start in a brand new job on Monday. Hannam, who rode 1100 winners in New Zealand and nearly 300 in India throughout his more than 40-year career in the saddle, will turn his hand to
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Despite it being the venue of his biggest failure, Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto) is a likely contender for the Gr.1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on the final day of the Victoria Racing Club carnival. Trainer John O’Shea said he was keen for the sprinter to
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