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Despite providing trainer Chad Ormsby with some mid-race jitters, promising three-year-old colt Mana Nui (NZ) (No Nay Never) delivered when it counted as he claimed victory in the Gr.2 Dundeel At Arrowfield Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). The son of No Nay Never had cleared maiden ranks at his
New Zealand
Tevere (NZ) (Contributer) recorded her second win at just her fourth start at Te Rapa on Friday when winning the Dunstan Recovery Mash 1200. Bred and owned by Curraghmore Stud principal Gordon Cunningham, Tevere had displayed above average qualities when storming home to win her Maiden over 1200m in May,
New Zealand
New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Brando (NZ) (Savabeel) resumed in the best possible way when winning the Phill Cataldo Bloodstock 1200m at Te Rapa on Friday. Signalling his readiness when coasting home for fifth at the trials on 21 September at Cambridge, and smooth in the prelim,
Chris Waller is shooting for his fifth successive Turnbull Stakes at Flemington with Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) but the champion trainer has great respect for Incentivise (Shamus Award). Nine-time Group One winner Verry Elleegant and Incentivise meet for the first time in Saturday's 2000m feature with Waller saying
New Zealand
Trainer Tony Pike unearthed a pair of smart three-year-olds at Te Rapa on Friday in the form of The Landing (NZ) (Tivaci) and Pareanui Bay (NZ) (Lonhro), who provided the Cambridge horseman with a race-to-race double. First to strike was the well-bred Tivaci gelding The Landing, a half-brother to Group
New Zealand
To own a share in a Group One winner is a dream for any young racing fan, and for siblings Jamie and Casey Lock that dream has come true. Their father, trainer Peter Lock, purchased Sierra Sue out of Ardsley Stud’s New Zealand Bloodstock 2019 May Sale draft as
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Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson has a host of promising three-year-olds including Wakari (NZ) (Vespa) and Nest Egg (NZ) (Reliable Man) who will clash in Saturday’s Gr.2 Dundeel At Arrowfield Hawke's Bay Guineas (1400m). Wakari enters the Hastings contest as the $2.50 favourite on the back
New Zealand
For many stables and syndicators, horses recruited from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale and the lucrative prizemoney on offer in Australia are proving to be a winning combination. The honour roll for Karaka’s annual sale of two-year-olds famously features Australian headline acts such as Victoria Derby
New Zealand
Track conditions are expected to be ideal at Hastings on Saturday, where the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) is the highlight of the second day of the Hawke’s Bay carnival. While the opening day was run on a Slow8 track, a favourable forecast for Saturday should provide runners
Australia
Five-year-old Alamosa gelding Second Slip (NZ) has come through his runner-up finish in the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) and trainer Will Clarken will now have a throw at the stumps in the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) on Saturday week. The Kiwi import has proved a revelation since joining the
Australia
Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup has Kiwi-bred mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) right where he wants her ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. A winner of three races, the daughter of Sacred Falls has run well in all three starts this campaign and connections will be
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Last start winner Khufu (American Pharoah) will continue his progression towards the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai 49th New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) when he contests Saturday’s Gr.2 Dundeel at Arrowfield Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings. The Tony Pike-trained three-year-old broke through for his maiden