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Fresh from giving one Ellerslie Group One race a big shake, Steven Cole is hoping to do so again next weekend. Cole’s three-year-old Iffie Shows (NZ) (Showcasing) finished fifth at huge odds in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), and the Byerley Park trainer is hoping
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The Kam Transport Marlborough Cup (2000m) will have a new home away from home this year when its 100th running is held at Riccarton on Thursday. The Marlborough Racing Club (MRC) were set to celebrate the milestone event at its home track of Waterlea last year, however, the COVID-19
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Twenty-four hours on from winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) with Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) on Sunday, trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott were basking in the glory of a job well done. The training duo quite rightly celebrated the blue riband victory with close friends
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Trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard have plenty of options to mull over with Group Two-winning filly Tokorangi (NZ) after the daughter of Redwood finished seventh in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on Sunday. The filly was forced down onto the rail and didn’t get the
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Kevin Gray didn’t train the winner of the Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday, but he still took some comfort from the result, having bred race victor Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock). For the second time in the space of a couple of months, the Gray-trained
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In a desperate three-way finish to the blue riband Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), it was race favourite Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) who came out on top at the conclusion of a thrilling contest. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained colt had gone into the
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Punters who thought the result of the Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) was a foregone conclusion when installing glamour filly Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel) a red-hot $1.30 favourite for the race were left hanging on the result of the photo-finish to a thrilling contest in the
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A heavy downpour during the running of Sunday’s Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) proved no hindrance to exciting mare Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock) as she produced a flashing burst of speed to capture her second successive Group Three victory. The Tavistock four-year-old had taken out
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Within the space of just four days, a huge black-type double for three-year-old progeny of Contributer (High Chaparral) has rewarded years of hard work for Simms Davison and the Mapperley Stud team. The Matamata nursery has had its ups and downs since entering the stallion business almost
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Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker sent out the quinella in the Gr.3 Sharp Extensive IT Aspiration Quality (1600m), with six-year-old mare Missybeel (NZ) (Savabeel), a $61 chance, narrowly prevailing from more fancied stablemate ($5) She’s Ideel (Dundeel). Already the winner of last season’s Gr.3