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Progressive mare One More Dance (NZ) (Sweynesse) dropped back in distance and picked up a lucrative maiden victory at Te Rapa on Saturday, claiming top honours in the TAB 1200. The daughter of Sweynesse had recorded three minor placings from seven starts, while her most recent effort was a game
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Emerging talent The Princie One (NZ) (Savabeel) continued her rapid rise through the grades at Wingatui on Saturday, schooling her rivals in the KB Contracting (1200m). The well-bred daughter of Savabeel commenced her career in the North Island with Mark Walker, finishing fourth in the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) as
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Grail Seeker’s (NZ) (Iffraaj) season has painted a pretty picture so far for Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, with her two starts in two Group Ones resulting in two wins. The imposing daughter of Iffraaj lined up a $32 chance in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) back
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Talented stayer Lombardi (NZ) (Verdi) made a stylish return in his new preparation on Wednesday at Riccarton Park, putting away a tidy field in the Rangiora Equine Veterinary Services (1600m). The son of Verdi recorded a pair of victories through the spring and placed in the Listed Sothy’s Spring
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Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) has conquered all before him at age-group level in New Zealand, and on Saturday, the star colt will take on the older horses in a star-studded edition of the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). In six starts as a three-year-old, Savaglee has won on five occasions,
New Zealand
Tony Pike has used the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) as a launchpad to Derby success on several occasions and he hopes to continue that trend with a pair of contenders on Saturday at Te Rapa. The Cambridge horseman has won the three-year-old feature twice with Rangipo and
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Sugah Sweet (NZ) (Zacinto) came desperately close to winning last year’s Listed Clubs NZ Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) and on Thursday she’ll get another chance at the Tauherenikau feature in a similar vein of form. The seven-year-old mare has been carefully handled with no more than six
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A number of Te Akau Racing fillies could put their hand up for a shot at upcoming stakes assignments at Riccarton Park on Wednesday. Hunter Durrant, who handles the South Island arm of Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson’s stable, has 14 runners engaged in the midweek meeting, including Group
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Roger James has unveiled an exciting prospect in his attempt to add a seventh $1.25 million Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) to his record, in the form of unbeaten three-year-old Oceana Dream. James has prepared half a dozen Derby winners in his career, the most recent being
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Progressive sprinting mare Ima Brazen One delivered on the promise she showed early in her career with an impressive victory at New Plymouth on Saturday. The daughter of Brazen Beau caught plenty of attention when spacing her rivals on debut in September 2023, but subsequently faced a setback, forcing her
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Powerful filly Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) was nothing short of sensational when taking out Sunday’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m). The daughter of Ten Sovereigns has established herself as the three-year-old to beat in the South Island after scoring a winning hattrick this preparation, including a gusty showing
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Underrated mare In Vegas (NZ) (Telperion) often steps up at the right time for Centaine Spittles and she did just that at Gore on Sunday, delivering a stylish victory in the MLT Gore Cup (2000m). A winner of five races prior to Sunday’s feature, In Vegas has shown her