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Local star Humbucker (NZ) (Iffraaj) provided a poignant result on Saturday with a successful defence of his title in the $50,000 MLT Gore Cup (2000m). Winning rider Jasmine Fawcett wore a black armband following the loss of part-owner Alison Hazlett on the morning of the race. Fawcett proceeded to
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A first-time winner at Group Three and Group Two level in his previous two starts, Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) took his career-best campaign to even greater heights in Saturday’s Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham. Even before the start of this breakthtaking breakthrough season, the Taranaki gelding had
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Roger James and Robert Wellwood turned their Wellington Cup Carnival fortunes around with an impressive victory by Sudbina (NZ) (Almanzor) in the Gr.3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Sudbina’s Desert Gold heroics came seven days after a frustrating afternoon of near-misses for
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The team at Waikato Stud is gearing up for an exciting few weeks, both on the racetrack and in the sale ring. The familiar white, blue and green colours of the Waikato Stud racing team are set to feature prominently in two brand-new $350,000 races, starting at Trentham on
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Proven black-type performer Illicit Dreams has bounced back from a failed Group One mission over 1600m and brings last-start winning form into Saturday’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m). Illicit Dreams won the Listed Champagne Stakes (1200m) as a two-year-old last May, then kicked off her three-year-old spring with two
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Waisake has had his share of ups and downs in the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m), but the Taranaki nine-year-old is set to step out as favourite for the 2024 edition of the famous two-miler at Trentham on Saturday. The Zed gelding had his
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Canheroc (NZ) (El Roca) will be seeking to add another trophy to trainer Chris Wood’s mantle when he heads to Trentham on Saturday. The Cambridge trainer is still admiring the silverware Canheroc won in the Listed Marton Cup (2200m) at Hastings earlier this month, but he is hungry for
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Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson believe Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) has turned into the perfect package ahead of the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Their decision to send her for a spell mid-spring following her subpar performance in the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m)
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Perfect Scenario is set to return to Wingatui next month to try and retain his crown in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age (1600m) following his win at the Dunedin track on Saturday. Lumbered with a 62kg topweight impost, Perfect Scenario was given some weight relief courtesy of apprentice
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Emerging three-year-old Renegade Rebel (NZ) (El Roca) stepped up from a last-start maiden win and scored a determined front-running victory in Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. The El Roca gelding has made marked improvement with every start since finishing at the tail of a five-horse field in
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Two Group Ones at Trentham and the eagerly anticipated reopening of Ellerslie provided plenty of potential highlights across a blockbuster weekend of racing, but top-class mare Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) towered above all other talking points with a commanding performance in Sunday’s Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic Preview (1400m). The dual
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Te Akau Racing’s dominance of the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Levin Classic (1600m) continued at Trentham on Saturday with Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) clinging on in an unforgettable finish. Those familiar tangerine colours have towered over the $500,000 three-year-old feature in recent times, collecting five wins since 2017