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A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all. The daughter of Satono Aladdin took her seventy-strong The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate on a whirlwind ride in autumn, winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham before crossing the
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Ascot Park trainer Sally McKay couldn’t be happier with her quality sprinter Henry Hubber (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) ahead of the Listed Property Brokers – Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui on Boxing Day. It will be the five-year-old gelding’s second tilt at stakes level, having placed in
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Riverton trainer Stephen Blair-Edie is hoping Christmas comes early when he takes his quintet of runners to Gore on Sunday. The Good Shepherd (NZ) (Power) will spearhead his charge on the Christmas Eve meeting in the Dynes Transport Limited Tapanui Cup (1335m). The six-year-old gelding takes two placings into the
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As one door closes, another opens, and that is the case for leading New Zealand eventer Amanda Pottinger. The Kiwi horsewoman recently called time on the eventing career of her star thoroughbred Just Kidding, who took Pottinger to the lofty heights of competing at some of the most iconic competitions
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Regally-bred filly My Annie Belle (NZ) (Snitzel) is set to make her much anticipated debut at Matamata on Friday in the Cunningham Decorating Services (1200m). The three-year-old daughter of Snitzel is a half-sister to 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) and stakes winner Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock), and breeder-owner
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In-form Christchurch mare Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) will head across the Cook Strait this week to try and snare some northern spoils. The daughter of Ghibellines will tackle Saturday’s Gr.2 Bramco Granite & Marble Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham and trainer Lance Robinson believes she is up
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Regally-bred mare Manifique (NZ) (Savabeel) will get her chance to continue her family’s stakes legacy when she heads to Trentham on Saturday to tackle the Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m). The daughter of Champion New Zealand stallion Savabeel is out of four-time Group One winner Shez Sinsational
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It’s been a tough couple of years for Group One-winning stayer Ocean Billy (NZ) (Ocean Park) and breeder-owner-trainer Bill Pomare, but the tide is turning and the son of Ocean Park is set to resume racing at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Rotorua pair were sent on a whirlwind
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Riviera Rock has been runner-up in the last two editions of the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) and trainer Graham Eade would like to breakthrough for that elusive victory at Wingatui in February. The Riverton trainer has earmarked the February 2 assignment and believes they are on target for the
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Former Trackside presenter Jason Tan was delighted and humbled to be part of a fitting finale to the decorated career of Damien Oliver. He was at Ascot in Perth on Saturday to cheer Oliver to victory in the last three races on the card, and most especially Munhamek’s fairytale
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Patience paid big dividends for Robyn and Russell Rogers at Te Rapa on Saturday when their mare Zecora broke through for her maiden stakes victory in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). Bred by the Waikato couple under their Kendayla Park banner, Zecora had shown plenty of promise, winning
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Te Akau Racing will hold a strong hand in each of the three stakes races at Te Rapa on Saturday. Leading their charge will be a four-pronged attack in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m), where Romancing The Moon ($3.30), Cognito ($5.50), and Aris Aris ($6) fill