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The testing track conditions at Rotorua on Sunday posed no issue for Rudy Liefting’s jumpers, with Mont Ventoux and Renegade Fighter securing the two open contests by sizable margins. The Pukekohe Park horseman struck first in the Team Wealleans Hurdle (3000m) with Mont Ventoux (NZ) (Nom de Jeu), a
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Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae has a great record campaigning horses in the South Island and he is hoping that will continue this spring when he heads to Riccarton with Saturday winner Illicit Dreams (NZ) (Vancouver). The well-travelled four-year-old had been in great form on her home track over winter, placing
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The Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley training partnership had plenty to celebrate on Saturday when they produced a superb quinella in the feature event at Ruakaka, the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), with stable runners So Naive (NZ) (US Navy Flag) and Toruk Makto (NZ) (Eminent). So
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Taranaki representative Tobias (NZ) (Complacent), carrying the black and gold hoops of the Taranaki province, proved too tough in a slogging finish to the ITM New Plymouth Interprovincial (1600m) on Saturday. Apprentice rider Ellie Sole made good use of her 4kg claim to reduce the seven-year-old’s weight from 61kgs
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It may have taken a few more races than expected but there couldn’t have been a more fitting result for local trainer Allan Sharrock as his great mate Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) provided his mentor with his 1000th New Zealand win in the training ranks at New Plymouth
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Stratford trainer Tina Egan was charging to the bar at New Plymouth on Saturday to celebrate Chajaba (NZ) (Keano) taking out the New Plymouth Building Supplies 1400. The eight-year-old son of Keano jumped well and was taken straight to the front by apprentice jockey Ciel Butler, who quickly handed up
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Amber Riddell may be following her parents’ footsteps into racing, but the newly licensed apprentice jockey is keen to plot her on path in the industry she loves. The daughter of Group One-winning jockey Jonathan Riddell and former jockey and trainer Trina Marshall was always destined for a career in
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John Bell came close to picking up a lucrative prize during the week at the Cambridge Synthetic, and he will now switch his focus over the fences on Sunday with rising jumping star Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine). Spanish Lad (NZ) (Shocking) represented the local horseman in the Richard Bright Memorial
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Talented three-year-old I’m All In (NZ) (Zoustar) will be tested in stakes company for the first time at Ruakaka on Saturday, lining up in the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Prepared by Stephen Marsh at Cambridge, I’m All In has been successful in two of
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Tony Dravitzki has only one nagging worry with Tobias (NZ) (Complacent) ahead of Saturday’s feature contest at New Plymouth. The Stratford trainer has his son of Complacent in prime order for the ITM New Plymouth Interprovincial (1600m), in which he will chase his fourth consecutive victory. “He’s in
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Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray scooped the major Cups last season with Mahrajaan (Kitten’s Joy), and with the ultimate two-mile contest now on their radar, he will appear for the first time this season at Ruakaka on Saturday. After being purchased out of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training