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Stephen Marsh is building towards the second and third days of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival with a bit more confidence after a pleasing trial by El Vencedor on the Cambridge synthetic track on Friday. El Vencedor was one of last season’s breakout stars, improving throughout a 10-start
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Saturday’s Riccarton meeting is shaping up to be a busy afternoon for dual licenceholder Samantha Wynne. Wynne has rides in six of the nine races, including four that she trains herself – Let Me Loose, Peecee Pussycat, Iffin Doubt Dance and Zacat. Wynne has a small team in work at
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A convincing victory by Diamond Jak (NZ) (Jakkalberry) in the $50,000 Savabeel 2100 capped a special hour at Te Rapa on Saturday for Matamata brothers Peter and Mark Brosnan. The two trainers collected wins in back-to-back races on the Te Rapa card, starting with Ima Wonder’s (NZ) (Eighth
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Previously a stakes winner at the ages of two, three, four and five, Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) kicked off her six-year-old season on a perfect note when she defeated a star-studded field in Saturday’s Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The high-class daughter of
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Local filly Diablo Blanco (NZ) (Super Seth) produced a bold audition for Christchurch’s upcoming spring features with a runaway victory in Saturday’s CJC Feature Nominations Close 27 August Three-Year-Old (1200m) on Riccarton’s synthetic track. The $40,000 race was the first three-year-old appearance for Diablo Blanco, whose
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The New Zealand thoroughbred industry has lost one of its most influential figures of the last two decades with the passing of Kevin Hickman after a long illness. Tributes to the Valachi Downs principal have flowed from around New Zealand and Australia, including from Gareth Downey, who was Valachi’s
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Fortuna Racing flagbearer Leaderboard has the opportunity to contest showpiece jumps races on both sides of the Tasman over the coming weeks, beginning with a shot at the A$400,000 Ecycle Solutions Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat on Sunday. The American-bred son of Street Cry has been an
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A three-year-old race on the Riccarton Park synthetic track on Saturday will be used as a stepping stone towards spring stakes targets for highly talented local filly Diablo Blanco. The daughter of Super Seth goes into Saturday’s CJC Feature Nominations Close 27 August Three-Year-Old (1200m) as the winner of
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Lisa Latta will attempt to become the most successful trainer in the history of the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) when she saddles the defending champion Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) in the 2024 edition of the time-honoured Riccarton feature on Saturday. Latta has won the Winter Cup
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Nine years after his first taste of success in one of the South Island’s most time-honoured races, Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler will return to Riccarton on Saturday with three live chances for another win in the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations 127th Winter Cup (1600m). Tyler won the Winter
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The South Island’s reigning champion stable will be out in force when the Grand National Carnival kicks off at Riccarton on Saturday. Michael and Matthew Pitman topped last season’s South Island trainers’ premiership with 54 wins, earning themselves a sixth-place finish overall on the national standings. The father-son
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Dusty Road (NZ) (Shamexpress) gave Graeme Cameron his first taste of Group One racing last year, and the Cambridge owner-trainer is keen to shoot for the stars again after a dominant performance in Saturday’s Woods Contracting (1400m) at Te Rapa. Cameron arrived at Te Rapa on Saturday with eight