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Group One-winning trainer Paul Harris passed away suddenly on Boxing Day. The Rangiora horseman began his career training in partnership with his late father Ray, with the pair going on to win 85 races before Harris junior stepped out on his own. Harris went on to record 511 victories, highlighted
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Over the next three months, Hall of Fame horseman Graeme Rogerson could be racing for more than $4 million in prizemoney with two members of his Tuhikaramea stable. As well as training in partnership with his wife Debbie, Rogerson also part-owns the reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Sharp
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Kingsclere Stables are hoping to sing a winning tune at Pukekohe Park on Boxing Day, with their talented three-year-old trio headed by Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m). Orchestral indicated her promise early as a two-year-old, scorching into second on debut ahead of
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After mastering the step up from Rating 65 to open class in the $50,000 Print House Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, in-form five-year-old Lingjun Xiongfeng (The Factor) has a Group Two feature on New Year’s Day in his sights. Previously a placegetter behind Pinarello in the
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After leading all the way to claim his first black-type win in last year’s Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m), Sagunto (NZ) (O’Reilly) returned to defend that crown with an even more spectacular front-running performance at Trentham on Saturday. Sagunto defied $20 odds for his narrow victory
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When Stars Align (NZ) (Zoustar) and Unbridled Joy (Snitzel) kicked off their careers with a quinella in the Japac Homes (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday, adding their names to a bumper list of two-year-old talent in the Te Akau Racing stable this season. Premiership-leading trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson
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In-foal mare Mazzolino already has that motherly glow according to trainer Stephen Marsh, and he is hoping she can translate that into Group One success at Pukekohe on Boxing Day. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced four-year-old is a full-sister to Go Racing’s multiple Group One-winner Atishu, and they would
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has elected to pit his handy filly Impendabelle against the boys at Pukekohe on Boxing Day. A last start runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), Impendabelle will bypass her own sex in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) in
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With more than a dozen runners on Saturday and a similar number again on Boxing Day, the Te Akau Racing team is barely going to have a chance to catch their breath over the Christmas long weekend. Boxing Day has played a key role in the tangerine juggernaut’s incredible
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Former northerner Diamond Girl (NZ) (Rock 'n' Pop) announced her arrival on the South Island scene with a remarkable front-running performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Shoe Clinic Handicap (1400m) at Ascot Park. The daughter of Rock ‘n’ Pop began her career in the Ruakaka stable of Chris
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Under-rated filly Still Bangon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) stepped up to stakes class and prevailed in a nail-biting finish to the Gr.3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Trained by Stephen Autridge for owner-breeders Paul and Maureen Guise, the daughter of Satono Aladdin came into Saturday’s black-type
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A commanding victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa completed a rare fillies and mares’ feature double for Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer). The Te Akau Racing mare became only the fourth horse to win the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) and the Cal