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The familiar tangerine and blue colours of Te Akau Racing showed once again they will be a powerful presence in South Island racing over the next two months as they unleashed some serious contenders for higher honours later in the spring at Riccarton on Saturday. First up was Gr.1
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The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) reminded racegoers just what a class jumper he is when he strode away from his rivals carrying the topweight of 71.5kgs to capture the CLC Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4800m) at Te Rapa. Given a blowout on the flat over 2200m at Rotorua on Tuesday, the
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Trainer Stephen Marsh looks to be in for a good spring with a pair of promising gallopers after Burn To Shine (So You Think) and Financier (NZ) (Tavistock) provided the quinella in the Ardrossan 1200 (1200m) at Te Rapa. Both horses had looked good in their brief careers to date
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Punters got it spot on in the feature event at Te Rapa on Saturday, as favourite Dragon Leap defeated second elect Skew Wiff in a thrilling finish to the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m). The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott trained seven-year-old had looked to be peaking
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Underrated mare Shelbyrock’n (NZ) (Rock 'N' Pop) carried the colours of her home province to an upset victory in the main event at New Plymouth on Saturday, the ITM New Plymouth Interprovincial (1600m). The Shane Brown-prepared mare has come of age during her current campaign with a
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Exciting three-year-old Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) displayed his classic credentials once again with another front-running demolition of his rivals to take out the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. After winning with ridiculous ease at the venue a fortnight again, punters were quick to send
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Trainer Tina Egan was hard at work on raceday at New Plymouth on Saturday but was looking forward to getting home and celebrating the win of her stable star Chajaba (NZ) (Keano), who showed plenty of determination to take out the open 1200m event on the card. The seven-year-old son
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Last start Gr.3 Easter Handicap (1600m) winner White Noise (NZ) (El Roca) made an emphatic start to his latest campaign with a comfortable victory at Ruakaka. Apprentice Donovan Cooper made good use of his 4kg claim to reduce the handicap on the multiple stakes winner to a featherweight 52.
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A change of stable environment seems to have worked the oracle for talented mare Jodelin Gal as she made her way back into the winners’ enclosure at Te Rapa on Saturday when successful in the Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate Day 26 August (1200m). Having her third start for the Stephen
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Prince Alby improved from a game effort in last weekend’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton to charge home out wide and win the major flat event at the venue on Saturday, the Heatstore Open Handicap (1800m). Prepared at Riverton by Kelvin Tyler, the progressive five-year-old looked a
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Awapuni trainer Mark Oulaghan provided the highlight of the final day of the Riccarton Grand National meeting as he produced a winning double in the feature jumps events with stablemates West Coast and Berry The Cash. Rugged stayer West Coast was shooting for back-to-back titles in the Racecourse Hotel Motor
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Awapuni visitor Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) claimed the first stakes race of the new racing season when he came with a determined late run to capture the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton. The Lisa Latta-trained five-year-old had been blocked for a run when finishing seventh