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In form gelding Wolfgang has secured a plane ticket across the Tasman this week to tackle Saturday’s Gr.2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) at Caulfield. The six-year-old son of Puccini has been faultless this preparation, winning both of his starts, including downing Australian raider Rolls at Matamata last week.
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Inglewood Stud is in the running to defend its title in the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m). Gus and Bianca Wigley’s North Canterbury nursery bred and sold last year’s winner Velocious, whose subsequent victory in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) earned her Champion Two-Year-Old honours. Inglewood homebred Vega
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Donavan Mansour has defied the odds and has made a winning return to the saddle after a five-year absence as a result of what was deemed to be a career-ending injury. In October 2019, Mansour was airlifted to Waikato Hospital after sustaining a broken pelvis and numerous internal injuries after
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Group Three performer Chattahoochee (NZ) (Reliable Man) continued his good run of form at Tauranga on Saturday when placing in the Team Wealleans 1600, putting him in line for a potential trip across the Tasman. The grey gelding settled in just behind the speed for jockey Lynsey Satherley, who asked
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Promising filly Connello (NZ) (Time Test) backed up a strong showing in stakes company at her most recent start with a comfortable win over 1200m at Hawera on Saturday. The daughter of Little Avondale Stud stallion Time Test had finished fifth first-up in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1400m) at
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Trainers Ben and Ryan Foote collected an early winning double at Tauranga on Saturday with a pair of gallopers that look destined for bigger things. While he may have only had two rivals in the opening event on the card, two-year-old colt Vega For Luck put on a confident front-running
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A special week got even better on Saturday for trainer Robbie Patterson and owner-breeders Eddie and Nicola Bourke and Allan Piercy. They teamed up for back-to-back victories at Hawera with The Hottie in the Gr.3 Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) and Belles Beau in the Energy Ford Hawera
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Visiting Australian jockey Harry Grace recorded his first win in New Zealand with a dominant performance by Sacred Pearl in Saturday’s NZFLL Egmont Cup (2100m) at Hawera. The 25-year-old crossed the Tasman to continue his long-running association with Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) contender Rolls, who he guided to
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There was no mistaking the most popular victory at Tauranga when promising three-year-old filly Sexy And I Moet had the grandstand rocking as she glided to the winning post in the Ultimate Mazda 3YO (1300m) for her connections, the Heels & Hooves Syndicate #2. The eye-catching daughter of Pierro is
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Andrew Forsman always intended to aim Positivity at Saturday’s Gr.3 Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington, but the Cambridge trainer has been caught off guard by what his rising star stayer has already achieved this spring. The Almanzor mare has made a big impression in her first two starts
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Graeme Rogerson has seen promising signs that Sharp ‘N’ Smart is rediscovering the form that earned him Horse of the Year honours as a three-year-old, but Saturday’s Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington will put his resurgence to the test. The Redwood gelding won five of his eight