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The Andrew Forsman-trained Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) secured her ticket across the Tasman with a dominant front-running win at Te Rapa on Saturday. The winner of two of her previous five starts, Single Red also placed in the Gr.2 David And Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m) and Gr.1
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Aylesbury trainer Richard Didham is licking his lips as winter racing draws closer. While many Kiwis are dreading the cold and wet months ahead, he said a couple of his runners will thrive on the more forgiving footing, including Candle (NZ) (Super Easy) and Speed Dial (NZ) (Time Test), who
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Kelly Van Dyk is disappointed her filly Places To Be (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) missed out on a start in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa, and she will now head to her Plan B at Ellerslie on Monday where she is excited about her prospects
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It was a true ANZAC Day for Te Akau Racing on Saturday, with the trans-Tasman operation scoring stakes success in both Australia and New Zealand. They started the day off strong in New Zealand where Drops Of God (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) won the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Cambridge Breeders’
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Kiwi-bred gelding Kronenbourg (NZ) (Vadamos) capped a big day for trainer Tony Gollan in Brisbane on Saturday with a boilover in the A$300,000 Listed Cricks Highway Brisbane Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm. It was Gollan’s fifth win on the card, following on from his earlier victories with
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Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have their sights set on the Queensland Winter Carnival after Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) added black type to his unbeaten record in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed ANZAC Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. The Kiwi-bred son of Ace High
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Central Districts mare Khanshe (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) put an unlucky effort at her last start well behind her when she produced a strong finishing burst to claim her biggest career victory, the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Fraser Auret-prepared five-year-old had caught the eye
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The Brian and Shane Anderton team and White Robe Lodge enjoyed a day for the ages at Riccarton on Saturday when they collected two of the three stakes features on the ANZAC Day card. Underrated mare Inflamed (NZ) (Ghibellines) kicked off proceedings by running down race favourite Iron Hawk (Written
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An exciting filly by former Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer was unearthed at Flemington on Saturday with Concord Connie’s (Contributer) stunning last-to-first demolition in the A$150,000 The Les Carlyon (1400m). The Benchmark 70 handicap was the third start for the Charlotte Littlefield-trained three-year-old, who ran second on debut
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Exciting filly Drops Of God (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) proved to be too good for her rivals at Te Rapa on ANZAC Day when running out a dominant victor in the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained three-year-old had shown plenty of
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Exciting filly Perlino (NZ) (Super Seth) added significant value to any future breeding career she may have when she strode clear to win the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The daughter of Super Seth is prepared by Te Akau Racing duo Mark Walker and
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It was a poignant win by Inflamed (NZ) (Ghibellines) in the Gr.3 Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton on Saturday, which came just hours after the passing of her dam Ortem Fire (NZ) at White Robe Lodge on Friday. Bred and raced by White Robe Lodge