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An online purchase of $4700 has turned into more than $63,000 in stakes with synthetic specialist Doubtful Sound (Not A Single Doubt), who played another starring role in Friday’s $32,000 Red Nose Raceday 26 July Rating 65 (1600m) at Riccarton. The son of Not a Single Doubt
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Trentham’s feature jumps races have been a happy hunting ground for Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal in recent seasons, and the Hastings trainers are heading into the 2024 edition on Saturday with the firepower to continue that trend. Nelson and McDougal’s stable star The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) is
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Despite the absence of an unbeaten three-year-old who has lit up the last two Ruakaka racedays, the local father-daughter duo of Kenny Rae and Krystal Williams are set to play a big role again during Saturday’s ITM/Gib Winter Championship Finals Day. Dan Vegas (NZ) (Per Incanto) scored spectacular
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Apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland brought up the 100th win of her career with a well-timed finish aboard Aljay in Saturday’s Beard Brothers Handicap (2200m) at Hastings. Sutherland headed to Hawke’s Bay on Saturday with 99 wins to her name, and she had a frustrating start to the day
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A few days after the loss of legendary Hawke’s Bay studmaster and administrator Tom Lowry, his nephew Guy played a starring role on Saturday with Wewillrock’s scintillating victory in the Group One Turf Bar Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. Tom Lowry died on Monday at the age of
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First-season sire Ferrando was credited with his first winner when Grove Street led all the way for an upset victory in Saturday’s Sign Central 2YO (1100m) at Hastings. Saturday’s $35,000 two-year-old sprint was the third career start and first for more than seven months for Grove Street.
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Winter warhorse Justaskme is already a two-time winner of the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m), and New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock is using Saturday’s Valley D’Vine Restaurant Handicap (1400m) at Hastings as a springboard into another shot at the local feature on July 20. Justaskme won his first Opunake
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Shaun Phelan is set to be represented by leading contenders at both New Zealand race meetings on Saturday, despite the likely scratching of his six-race winner Enchanted Elle. The daughter of Jakkalberry is entered for the Beard Brothers Handicap (2200m) at Hastings, where the 4kg claim of apprentice jockey Rihaan
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Solidify has been finding his feet over middle-distances this autumn and winter, and another bold performance in Saturday’s John Young Family (2200m) at Te Rapa could be a stepping stone towards a Group One target in the spring. The son of Redwood was a stakes-winning autumn two-year-old in last
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Exciting local three-year-old Dan Vegas (NZ) (Per Incanto) added a second victory to his unbeaten record with another dominant front-running performance in Saturday’s Truweld Engineering 3YO (1400m) at Ruakaka. The well-related gelding turned heads at the previous Ruakaka meeting on June 8, leading all the way for a smart
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In his first New Zealand steeplechase start in almost three years, Te Kahu (NZ) (Zacinto) made a stunning return to the big stage and defeated champion jumper West Coast in Saturday’s Animal Health Direct Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m). The Zacinto gelding announced his arrival as a big-time steeplechaser
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Moira and Kieran Murdoch’s renowned beach training has turned around the careers of countless gallopers over the years, and former Taranaki star Shamus (NZ) (Shamexpress) added his name to that list in Saturday’s $40,000 Northpine Waipu Cup (1400m) at Ruakaka. The highly talented Shamexpress gelding was a