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The good times continue to roll for Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain with his first crop Northern Hemisphere representatives breaking new ground. The multiple Group One-winning son of Kodiac is the only freshman sire in Europe to have produced a brace of Group winners following the latest success of
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Mark Oulaghan has moved on from the disappointing outcome of the Great Northern Hurdle (4200m) and is looking forward to an unexpected opportunity with Berry The Cash. The Awapuni trainer has been around the jumping game long enough to not get too despondent when bad luck comes knocking, as it
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Lance Noble is keen to test the versatility of his well-performed sprinter-miler Habana this preparation. Cambridge Stud’s private trainer has the son of Zoustar in good order to resume at Ellerslie in Saturday’s open 1400m handicap, appropriately named in the honour of farm resident Almanzor. Noble will be
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Well-bred filly Sister Cynane promises to continue Wexford Stables’ successful partnership with the three-year-old’s owner. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have forged a Group-winning association with Eugene Chuang’s Asian-based operation Hermitage Thoroughbreds, with their latest representative to open her season at Taupo. A high-priced yearling, Sister
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Stephen Marsh may have temporarily lost the services of his star youngster Velocious, but he still has enough firepower to be a major force to be reckoned with in upcoming age group features. The Cambridge trainer was forced to call a halt to her three-year-old program following below par efforts
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Windsor Park Stud graduate Grinzinger Belle produced another quality first-up performance at Flemington to add to her stakes record. The Danny O’Brien-prepared representative was successful in last season’s Gr.3 Vanity Stakes (1400m) off a break and successfully resumed in the Gr.2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m)
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Taranaki trainer Allan Sharrock’s upcoming top-flight prospects can take turns for the better across two venues this weekend. Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) will resume at New Plymouth on Saturday in his first step toward the defence of his Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) title while Islington Lass (NZ) (Proisir)
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Kim Reid will get a decent line on Hi Yo Sass Bomb’s (NZ) (Complacent) prospects at the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival when the talented mare steps out on her home track this weekend. The New Plymouth trainer will run the daughter of Complacent in Saturday’s Seaton Park
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Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto has reached another memorable milestone in his decorated stallion career. The leading son of Street Cry sired his 400th individual winner on Sunday when the Masterton nursery’s homebred Rue de Royale was successful for trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy at Bendigo. While it
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As part-owners of star performer Imperatriz, Waikato couple John Elstob and Denise Bassett understandably had high hopes ahead of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards. Held in their hometown of Hamilton, the husband and wife’s expectations were surpassed on Sunday by their glamour mare and they
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Group One performer Archaic Smile has taken significant benefit from her first-up outing and another top showing is expected from the filly at Hastings. The daughter of Saxon Warrior finished runner-up in her three-year-old debut last month and will bid to go one better in Saturday’s Gr.3 HBPB
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Quality mare Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock) is back on track to open her spring campaign ahead of a later than originally anticipated involvement in the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival. Tavistock’s daughter will resume on Saturday in the Harcourts Bream Bay (1400m) at Ruakaka where stablemate and Gr.