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Wagering Performance Summary Consistent with the performance for the first two months of the quarter, October’s key results for TAB NZ’s were ahead of budget and ahead of last year. Domestic and overseas racing both continued to perform above expectation. Sport also performed strongly with the All Blacks
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Ballymore Stables have a big rap on three-year-old colt Grip and they are hoping he can show his class at Ellerslie on Saturday when he lines-up in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m). The Exopshere colt recorded his maiden victory at Pukekohe last start and Pam Gerard, who trains
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The Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has announced a number of key decisions and initiatives that were recently agreed upon at its 25 November Board meeting. “I’m excited by the options we have in front of us to create a vibrant future and implement actions to energise,
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Debutante Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) became the fifth individual winning two-year-old for Te Akau Racing this season when taking out the Uzabus & Coaches 2YO (1100m) at Otaki for trainer Jamie Richards under a confident Danielle Johnson ride. The daughter of I Am Invincible gave the leaders a start before
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Stephen Marsh looks to have a vice-like grip on the Gr.3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes (1600m) after winning the three-year-old feature for the third consecutive year at Otaki on Thursday. Subsequent Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Crown Prosecutor (Medaglia d'Oro) won the 2018 edition before
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He may be small, but he is mighty. That’s trainer Allan Sharrock’s summation of consistent galloper Tavi Mac (NZ) (Tavistock) after his Listed Courtesy Ford Levin Stakes (1200m) victory at Otaki on Thursday. The diminutive gelding only had five rivals in the race as a result of the
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Waikato jockey Lynsey Satherley is making a rare trip to Wanganui this weekend, lured south by a strong book of rides right up to stakes level – and the prospect of further black-type opportunities to follow. In a career spanning more than two decades, Satherley has had a total of only
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Leading Hong Kong trainer John Size will welcome talented three-year-old Bourbonaire (NZ) (Darci Brahma) to his stable after his purchase out of Stephen Marsh’s Cambridge barn. The son of Darci Brahma has had just five starts for a win and second placings in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000
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Summer racing is upon us and Paul Harris couldn’t be more excited. The Rangiora trainer will take a strong team south to Cromwell’s two-day meeting this weekend and he said he is excited to experience the Central Otago township for the first time. “It’s always a good
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Cambridge trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray have a staying filly of the future on their hands with Samina Bibi (NZ), a daughter of in-vogue stallion Reliable Man, an impressive debut winner at Te Rapa. Ridden by apprentice Wiremu Pinn, Samina Bibi sat three-deep throughout but bounded away from her
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Talented three-year-old Explosively (NZ) (Sweynesse) lived up to his name when winning on debut at Te Rapa on Wednesday. The Stephen Ralph-trained gelding exploded out of the gates for apprentice jockey Tegan Newman to take an early lead in the Website Angels 1200. The pair didn’t relinquish their advantage
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Venerable galloper Deerfield (NZ) (Falkirk) is in search of a first stakes victory when he contests Thursday’s Listed Courtesy Ford Levin Stakes (1200m) on what promises to be a rain-affected Otaki track. The seven-year-old has had a lengthy campaign which has netted five victories from seven starts this term