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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 13 February 2023
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Mott ready to Roch in Lightning
Jamie Mott's opportunity aboard Roch 'N' Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto) came about due to a fellow rider being suspended, but he is hoping to cement his position in the saddle aboard the mare who could be bound for England later in the year. Mott will partner
New Zealand
Newmarket tilt for Imperatriz
After a dazzling performance in winning Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, connections of star four-year-old Imperatriz have decided to raise the bar. The Mark Walker-trained mare will now contest the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on March 11, aiming
New Zealand
Family triumph for MacGregor at Riccarton
Veteran trainer Alby MacGregor got to savour a three-generational triumph when Times Ticking won at Riccarton on Saturday. Running for the first time past 1600m, Times Ticking defied 62kg to wear down Bully Boy to win the C S Stevens Memorial Banks Peninsula Cup (1800m). It was a special
Australia
Dee booked for Legarto in Guineas
Jockey Michael Dee has been booked for the plum ride on top class filly Legarto in next month’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained three-year-old will trial this week at Cambridge and will venture across the Tasman for the March 4 Flemington
New Zealand
Trainers ponder next move with Prowess
Roger James and Robert Wellwood have one confirmed Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) contender and will take their time before deciding if they double their hand. The Cambridge trainers have the progressive Mark Twain locked in for the March 4 three-year-old feature, but have yet to make
New Zealand
International options for Babylon Berlin
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote was pondering a raft of options for his bonny mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) on Sunday after yet another game performance with a familiar result. The five-year-old was runner-up to a white-hot Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) in the Gr.1 BCD
New Zealand
Pier ready for round one in Hobartville
Matamata trainer Darryn Weatherley was in Sydney on Sunday awaiting the impending arrival of stable star Pier (NZ) (Proisir) who will contest the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The winner of three of his five starts, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and
New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 12 February 2023
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Australia
Here To Shock scores on-speed Sandown win
Hardy five-year-old Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) was back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought on-speed victory in the Tile Importer Handicap (1400m) for trainers Ben and JD Hayes. The win provided the trainers with a consolation prize after they had suffered Group One
Australia
Po Kare Kare scores breakthrough Group win
Warwick Farm trainer Bryce Heys has a small but in-form team and the roll continued when four-year-old mare Po Kare Kare (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. The victory provided Heys with his first Group success, with
Australia
Cup Dream alive for So Unusual
Tony and Calvin McEvoy have a promising stayer on their hands in the form of Kiwi import So Unusual (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) who proved too strong in the Premier Signs Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The son of Unusual Suspect was a winner at Woodville for Fraser Auret in