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Ryan Thistoll is looking forward to the inaugural Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m) at his home course of Riccarton Park on Wednesday, where he will line-up synthetic specialist Strike Force (NZ) (Battle Paint). Strike Force has won four races over his favoured 1400m distance and two of them
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Progressive stayer Lombardi flew under the radar heading into his fresh-up run on Saturday at Riccarton and indicated there is plenty more to come this spring with a decisive win over 1400m. Prepared by Bruce Smith, Lombardi had been a model of consistency in competitive races from 1600 to 2600m
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Two promising additions to Allan Sharrock’s stable made a winning start to their campaigns at Hawera on Sunday, in the form of Street Gossip (So You Think) and Confetti (NZ) (Ocean Park). A five-year-old by So You Think, Street Gossip had raced in Australia for the duration of her
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Lisa Allpress saluted to the sky after a sentimental victory aboard Mike Breslin’s promising stayer Donnybrook (NZ) (Zed) at Riccarton Park on Saturday. Allpress has been one of the country’s top hoops for over two decades including winning four national jockeys’ premierships, and for much of her career,
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Local stayer Bosch (NZ) (Pentire) made amends for a luckless performance at Ruakaka a fortnight ago when powering to victory in the Alibaba’s Flying Carpets Stretch & Trim (2100m) on Saturday. The six-year-old by Pentire is prepared at the course by Michelle Bradley, who witnessed Bosch’s misfortune when
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Street Fightin Man (NZ) (Pure Champion) lived up to his name with a gritty performance from the front to score in the Christchurch Casino 29th South Island Awards – 13 September Open (1200m) at Riccarton Park on Saturday. A seven-year-old by Pure Champion, Street Fightin Man has found a purple patch
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The opening stakes race for the season delivered an incredible finish between a trio of talented gallopers, but after a tense wait, the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) went the way of Adrian Bull’s Jay Bee Gee. Jay Bee Gee had run in just one race
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The new season of racing in the winterless north at Ruakaka kicked off in fitting style, with a dead-heat in the opening event between promising three-year-old’s Chicago Jack (All Too Hard) and I’m All In (NZ) (Zoustar). I’m All In, trained by Stephen Marsh at Cambridge, was
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Michelle Bradley has found plenty of success of late on the road with Sulabella (NZ) (Proisir), and the capable mare will return to her home track at Ruakaka in search of a winning hattrick. Now a six-year-old, Sulabella has been a reliable member of Bradley’s barn, posting five wins
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Peter and Jessica Brosnan are making the most of an exciting opportunity with up-and-coming steeplechaser Auld Jock during the Grand National Carnival in Christchurch over the next week. Auld Jock has come a long way in a short period of racing this year, winning a maiden hurdle and maiden steeplechase
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New Zealand Horse Ambulance Trust are on-course assisting our equine athletes in their time of need, so the industry is preparing to give back during their “Here For The Horse” campaign from August 1. Established in 2016, the NZHAT was initially the brainchild of equine veterinarians Dr. Peter Gillespie and
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Kenny Rae will start a new chapter in his training career on Saturday, with his successful term in partnership with daughter Krystal Williams having come to an end. Rae has been training since the late eighties, accumulating nearly 400 wins, with 132 of those coming since 2016/17 alongside Williams