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Waipukurau stayer Tukituki holds a particularly special place in the heart of trainer Carl Taylor, who is hoping his run of success can continue at Tauherenikau on Saturday. A builder by trade, Taylor has had off-and-on involvement in the racing industry for many years, having trained his first winner back
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Passiflora will provide her connections with a sound guide at Tauranga as to where she sits in the three-year-old pecking order. Trainers Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie will see how their daughter of Farnan handles a rise in class in the Armory Standing At Mapperley Stud 3YO (1200m) before plotting
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Marotiri Molly has paid the price for her high rating in the Central Districts so far this spring and it will be a similar story in Saturday’s Valley Plumbing Redcraze Bowl (1400m) at Tauherenikau. The Group Two-winning mare is one of the top-rated gallopers in the region, particularly in
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Heather and Peter Crofskey are pinching themselves as they prepare to hop on a flight to Melbourne to watch their pride and joy Leica Lucy contest Saturday’s Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. “It is a dream come true,” Heather Crofskey said. “It (dreaming of racing a
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The path towards the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) has been near-faultless for Who Knows and the mare has one more box to tick before the big dance at Riccarton in a fortnight. After a successful campaign through the winter, culminating in a runner-up finish in the
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Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott went on a fact-finding mission to Pukekohe on Wednesday with I’munstoppable, and they got the answers they were after. The Group Three winner was victorious first-up over 1200m at Matamata earlier this month, and her trainers elected to test her going right-handed
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Taranaki galloper Herbert will be back on top of the book in open company at Tauranga on Saturday after starting his season competing at the elite level. The son of Sweet Orange went from a one-race winner in 12 starts to a six-race winner in 24 starts last season, racking
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Rangiora galloper Show Pony has been near-unbeatable so far in his four-year-old season and trainer John Blackadder is hoping his rise can continue up in grade at Ashburton on Friday. Showing promise early in his career, the Vespa gelding finished fourth in a Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at
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He may already have a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) win to his name but New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller says he still yearns to win the Flemington showpiece as much as anyone. Waller produced Kiwi-bred Zed mare Verry Elleegant to win the 2021 Melbourne Cup
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Trainers Ben, Will & JD Hayes will have one eye on Sydney and another on Melbourne as they prepare for one of the best week’s in racing. The Hayes camp will be chasing lucrative riches in Sydney this weekend, where Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto) contests the A$10 million
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New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR), in conjunction with the Racing Integrity Board (RIB), has today confirmed that all trials and race meetings at the RACE Awapuni track will cease for the remainder of 2025, as RACE Inc. and NZTR work towards a long-term plan for the sustainability of the track.
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The rescheduling of Monday’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) to Saturday at Tauranga could rule both of Andrew Forsman’s pair out of a trip south for New Zealand Cup Week. Forsman was set to line-up stakes placegetter Quondo and the lightly-tried Virgo Viva at Te