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The two-year-old race staged by the Levin Racing Club at Otaki every November has a proven record of unearthing top-level talent, and Te Akau Racing is hoping for more of the same with Sunday’s Levin Jumpouts 2YO (1100m) winner Kinnaird. The late-spring juvenile event boasts four subsequent Group One
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Stephen Marsh has his sights set on further feature-race success, with his proven performer Provence (NZ) (Savabeel) confirmed for Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The Cambridge trainer took his black-type tally for the first four months of the season to seven when Ammirati (NZ) (Savabeel)
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New stakes winners for resident stallions Redwood and Tarzino were celebrated by Westbury Stud at the weekend. The former’s homebred daughter Pulsatilla (NZ) (Redwood) produced a dominant performance to land the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie while Tarzino’s strapping son Tshiebwe (NZ) romped
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A sparkling gallop between races at Ellerslie on Saturday has completed Crocetti’s preparation for another round of major summer sprints. The speedy five-year-old cruised through his 1000m exhibition to the satisfaction of trainers Danny Walker and Arron Tata and regular rider Warren Kennedy. “They timed him to run 58
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Shan (NZ) (Almanzor), but few would have expected it to come at the expense of a $1.50 favourite and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year. That was exactly what happened in the Gr.3 Bayleys Great Northern Challenge Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday as Mary Shan flew
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A rails-hugging ride from Warren Kennedy has provided promising filly Pulsatilla (NZ) (Redwwod) with her first success at stakes level as she captured the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie. The Gerry Harvey bred and owned daughter of Redwood had started her career in fine fashion
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Race favourite Tshiebwe (NZ) (Tarzino) followed a perfect script as he galloped his way into contention for the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) in January with a strong performance to take out the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday. The Allan
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Unbeaten filly Circus Dancer (NZ) (Circus Maximus) defied $25 odds to keep her perfect record intact in the Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui on Saturday. The $80,000 three-year-old fillies’ feature was the second start for the Cody Cole-trained filly, whose only previous appearance produced a maiden
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Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae is working backwards from the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m) after Vegas Queen (NZ) (Proisir) kicked off her four-year-old season on a winning note at Ellerslie on Saturday. The NHR Group 1300 was the first appearance for 252 days for Rae’s stable star,
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Two-year-old Incandescent (NZ) (Per Incanto) put himself in the frame for the rich TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in late January with a comprehensive victory in the opening event at Ellerslie on Saturday, the Independent Traffic Control (1100m). With the final field of 14 for the $1million two-year-old feature determined
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Dealt With stamped himself as one of the most exciting three-year-old prospects last season, earning himself a slot in the inaugural $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), but he was withdrawn at the 11th hour through injury. It was a bitter pill to swallow for his connections, with the son
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A dominant last-start victory confirmed travel plans for Tellum to head south for a first crack at a black-type feature. The promising filly will bid to continue her hot run of form in the Listed O’Leary’s Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) on Saturday, with Lynsey Satherley booked for the ride