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Robert Dennis is heading to Riccarton on Saturday on the brink of a career milestone, but the change in surface for the 10-race card has put the Ascot Park trainer in unknown territory. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing statistics credit Dennis with 99 winners from 814 career runners. His hopes of
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Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have already trained more winners this season than any other year in their partnership, and Saturday’s Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa could deliver another milestone for the Wexford Stables team. O’Sullivan and Scott sit in third place
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Val Di Zoldo’s (NZ) (War Decree) victory in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday showed what a difference a year can make. The $150,000 fillies and mares’ feature capped an autumn black-type double for the War Decree mare, who was a last-start winner
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Riviera Rebel (NZ) (Pure Champion) has been a special horse for rookie trainer Brooke Kincaid, who had her first taste of black-type success in Saturday’s Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) at Riccarton. Kincaid went into partnership with Riverton trainer Graham Eade at the beginning of this season.
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Local trainer Anna Furlong played a starring role at Riccarton on Saturday with a winning treble, headlined by Betty Spaghetti’s (Stratum Star) first black-type success in the Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m). It was a deserved breakthrough for the Stratum Star mare, who had previously finished
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Saturday’s Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie capped a rapid and popular rise to stardom for Waverley visitor Doctor Askar (NZ) (Derryn). The time-honoured $150,000 feature was the fifth win in a row for the Derryn gelding, who has now earned $271,145 from a 15-start,
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Kiwi Skyhawk’s (NZ) (Contributer) last-gasp thriller in the Gr.3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday delivered a milestone result for his trainer Stephen Marsh. Having also won the Listed Skycity Star Way Stakes (1200m) with unbeaten two-year-old Little Black Dress earlier on the Ellerslie card,
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The 600km journey from Christchurch to Riverton paid off on Saturday for Michael and Matthew Pitman, who kicked off the annual two-day Easter fixture with three wins including a $44 upset by Makabar (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the feature sprint. Makabar went into the Riverton Butchery Aparima Handicap (1200m) with
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Local mare Third Decree (NZ) (War Decree) picked a lucrative day for a big-race breakthrough, going from last to first in the $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. It was the second running of the Southern Alps Challenge, which was established last season by Entain
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Saturday’s Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) capped a remarkable four-win sequence at Trentham for Slipper Island (No Nay Never), whose trainer Tony Pike now has his eye on an even bigger prize at the Wellington track. As recently as January of this year, Slipper Island was an underachiever
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Te Akau Racing ran rampant at both New Zealand venues on Saturday, culminating in a runaway by Dream Of The Moon (All Too Hard) in the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. The $80,000 three-year-old fillies’ feature was the third win on the Riccarton card for trainers Mark
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A trip to Trentham for Saturday’s Life Direct 2YO (1300m) was something of an afterthought for Peter, Kim and Shaun McKay, but the Matamata family struck gold in the $35,000 race with their bargain buy Faultless (NZ) Tivaci . The McKays and the late Trevor Luke paid just $6,