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Fast-improving mare Acquarello produced the perfect dress rehearsal for her Karaka Millions Night assignment at Ellerslie on Sunday, putting away a compact field of class horses in the Auckland Co-Op Taxis (1400m). The daughter of Written Tycoon has scarcely put a foot wrong throughout her five-year-old term, finishing in the
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In a nail-biting finish to Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m), the roar of adoring connections was heard in the Ellerslie grandstand when maiden galloper Mustang Morgan (NZ) (Preferment) was found victorious. Coming into Sunday’s feature, Mustang Morgan had been improving through the distances and finished third behind Bourbon
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The future prospects for rising star Checkmate (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) continue to be uncertain for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, after the impressive three-year-old trounced his rivals in the Sunday’s Cloudsoft Accounting 1500 at Ellerslie. Having just his fifth start, Checkmate entered the three-year-old contest off the
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A short time ago, To Bravery Born (NZ) (Snitzel) was unlikely to get a shot at making the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) field, but the colt took his opportunity at Ellerslie on Sunday with a commanding victory in the Trackside.co.nz (1200m). To Bravery Born was
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The $1 million Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) is less than two months away and Te Akau Racing is hoping to unveil a couple of key prospects in Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. The first of their three-year-olds will be the lightly-tried Hakkinen, who comfortably
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Rising star Marotiri Molly (NZ) (Per Incanto) has defied the expectations of Matt Dixon already this season, and on Saturday at Trentham the Foxton trainer hopes she can continue that trend in the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m). The late-developing daughter of Per Incanto broke maiden status as a
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Classy mare Campionessa has flown the flag for Te Akau Racing at the top level for a number of years, but on Saturday at Trentham, her younger stablemate Qali Al Farrasha (NZ) (Almanzor) will get her time to shine contesting the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m). The Te Akau
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Promising juvenile Tale Of The Gypsy (NZ) (Written By) will head to Ellerslie on Sunday for the first time with an aim to return to the venue later this month for a shot at a million-dollar prize. The Written By filly entered her debut last Saturday at Te Aroha with
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Southern apprentice jockey Floor Moerman collected the biggest win of her brief career to date on the middle day of the West Coast circuit, guiding La Bella Nera (NZ) (Sweynesse) to victory in Wednesday’s Vernon and Vazey 0800 Truck Parts Reefton Cup (1400m). The Dutch native has been race-riding
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Glamour colt Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) will commence an exciting summer programme at Trentham on Saturday, taking his place in the Gr.2 Top Kat Roofing Levin Classic (1400m). The Oaks Stud galloper was undoubtedly the nation’s top three-year-old through the spring, winning the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas
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Progressive stayer Myla (NZ) (Swiss Ace) has hit a purple patch of form this summer, putting together a winning streak that trainers Moira and Kieran Murdoch hope she can extend in Friday’s Ray White Greerton (2100m) at Tauranga. The daughter of Swiss Ace doubled her winning tally this term
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Talented northerner Tide And Time (NZ) (Time Test) will make her southern debut for Krystal Williams at Reefton on Wednesday, taking on the Vernon and Vazey 0800 Truck Parts Reefton Cup (1400m). Tide And Time was previously in the care of Williams’ father Kenny Rae, of whom she trained in