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Progressive mare Flamebird (NZ) (Shooting To Win) made up for an unlucky run in stakes company at her last start to register career win number four when she dashed home to take the Stella Artois 1500m Championship Qualifier (1400m) at Pukekohe. The Brendan and Jo Lindsay-owned daughter of Shooting To
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Lightly raced sprinter Is That So (NZ) (Sufficient) made a welcome return to winning form when he showed plenty of determination in a tight finish to take out the open sprint at Trentham. The Clinton Isdale-trained seven-year-old was having just his sixteenth start in a career that saw him put
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A desperate finish to the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) saw exciting three-year-old Lupo Solitario extend his career record to three wins from just four starts as he defeated talented filly Orchestral by the barest of margins in a thrilling conclusion to the age-group feature. While it wasn’t plain
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Waitak (NZ) (Proisir), one of last season’s well performed three-year-olds made a powerful statement at Te Rapa on Saturday when he opened his summer campaign with a comfortable victory. After finishing third in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) as a two-year-old, Waitak went on to win
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Enigmatic galloper El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking) capped off some consistent form and provided trainer Stephen Marsh with a winning black-type double when he bolted clear to win the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. Marsh had produced promising three-year-old filly Glamour Tycoon (AUS) (Written Tycoon) twenty minutes
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike spent Sunday morning contemplating some mixed results from the racing action at Pukekohe twenty-four hours earlier where his stable picked up an impressive victory with Rudyard in the last race on the day after some frustrating placings earlier. A sensational ride from Ryan Elliot secured victory
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Unbeaten three-year-old December (NZ) (Shamexpress) stamped himself as a galloper to watch over the next few months after taking the next step in his development at Wanganui on Saturday. The strapping son of Shamexpress had won both of his trials for trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood before stepping out
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Rejuvenated galloper Semper Magico (NZ) (Per Incanto) continued a sparkling run of form when he strode clear for a decisive victory in Saturday’s John Turkington Forestry/Waipine Logging Bulls Country Cup (2040m) at Wanganui. In the hands of apprentice Jessica Allen, who made good use of her 3kg allowance
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Progressive galloper Uderzo (NZ) (Vadamos) made the best possible start to a new campaign when he powered through the heavy underfoot conditions at Tauranga to claim a comfortable victory in the Tauranga Hardware Plumbing Handicap (1200m). Carrying topweight of 59.5kgs, the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding had
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Promising three-year-old Leroy Brown (NZ) (Ace High) sang a winning tune at Tauranga on Saturday as he broke his maiden status despite attempting to throw the victory away with some wayward home straight actions. The Steven Ralph-trained son of Ace High spent most of the last 300m of the 1400m
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Veteran galloper Gino Severini (Fastnet Rock) capped off some consistent form with a determined performance to take out the Gr.2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. In the hands of Central Districts rider Chris Dell the 10-year-old son of Fastnet Rock travelled comfortably on the Heavy9 track surface which
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Debutant Velocious (Written Tycoon) lived up to her name when she downed a handy field of juveniles in the first race at Te Rapa on Saturday. Carrying the moniker that means speedy or fast, Velocious was just that as she ran down race favourites Red Sea and Bellatrix Star in