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Rising talent Zormella (NZ) (Almanzor) contested the NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie last month, and on Saturday she will return to the Auckland venue as a key player in the Gr.3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m). The daughter of Almanzor was a late inclusion in the southern hemisphere’s
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Dual Group One winner Belclare’s (NZ) (Per Incanto) return home for a three-race campaign didn’t go to plan earlier this year, and now she is back on the other side of the Tasman to try and get her preparation back on track. She was reunited with former trainer
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Kiwi Group One-winning sprinter Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) has landed in Perth ahead of next week’s A$5 million The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot Racecourse. Owner-breeder Daniel Nakhle accepted the Trackside NZ and Perth Racing’s offer to fill their slot in the rich feature, and co-trainer Danny Walker, who
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It is full steam ahead for the connections of El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking), as the star galloper jets off to Hong Kong on Thursday in preparation for the Gr.1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on April 27. El Vencedor has been unstoppable in New Zealand’s middle-distance
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Time was always going to benefit Mehzebeen (NZ) (Almanzor) and the Almanzor mare continues to emphasise that in her five-year-old season. She was bred and sold by Pencarrow Stud and at Trentham furthered her black-type record with victory in the Listed Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) for trainers Mark Walker
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Pier (NZ) (Proisir) may have fallen just short of winning Saturday’s Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m), but trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley couldn’t have been happier with their returning star ahead of a potential campaign in Queensland. As a three-year-old, Pier won a competitive Gr.1 New
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Sidelined jockey Darren Danis passed the first test in his journey to return to the saddle when he competed in the Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Race at Mount Maunganui Beach last Saturday. Danis sustained a fractured C4 and C5 vertebrae following an incident at the Waipa trials in November last year,
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International racing journalist Andrew Hawkins’ imagination was captured by two things as a child, thoroughbred racing and the Canberra Raiders, and on Saturday he was able to combine his two loves. As a teenager, with the hope of one day racing his own horse, Hawkins designed a set of silks
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Multiple Group-winner Nereus is being set for a Queensland campaign after powering into second in Saturday’s Listed Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) at Trentham. The Waikato Stud-owned son of Savabeel has a strong affinity with the Upper Hutt course, having won the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2400m) last
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Quirky three-year-old Croupier has one more box to tick to book his passage to Brisbane. He might be a handful at times but has an abundance of ability and comeback trainer Andrew Campbell has plans in place for Ace High’s son to showcase that talent at the Queensland winter
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Michael McNab earned a great deal of praise after Force Of Nature (NZ) (Savabeel) won Sunday’s Inspire Racing Sprint (1200m), but the top jockey was quick to credit his mount who made a big impression when resuming in the Te Rapa contest. A lightly-raced four-year-old, Force Of Nature was