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Te Akau pair sneak into Karaka Million

Posted on January 16, 2021
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Te Akau have bolstered their numbers for the $1M Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) next week with a good result at Tauranga on Friday. Trainer Jamie Richards contested the Ray White Papamoa 2YO (1200m) with Millefiori and Sneaky Shark, and both have earned enough money to make it into the 14-horse field for[...]

Posted on January 16, 2021
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Hunta Pence will be out to make it three stakes victories on-end when he contests the Group 3 Dixon & Dunlop Trentham Stakes (2100m) on Saturday. The Patrick Campbell-trained gelding was victorious in the Listed Wanganui Cup (2040m) in November before recording a nose victory in the Group 3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) at Awapuni last[...]

Posted on January 16, 2021
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Kelvin and Aimee Tyler will have a two-pronged attack in the Dunedin Casino Waikouaiti Cup (2200m) at Wingatui on Saturday, and they think both are in with a winning chance. City Slicker will head into her weekend assignment in a fresh state after spending 10 days in the paddock following her wins at Riccarton and[...]

Posted on January 15, 2021
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Taranaki trainer Allan Sharrock is hoping his diminutive sprinter Tavi Mac can provide the movie fairytale finish to Saturday’s Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. “It’s the old battler’s tale. The little horse from humble beginnings up against the expensive Fastnet Rock mare, and she’ll take some beating too,” Sharrock said[...]

Posted on January 15, 2021
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Horses emanating from New Zealand made an impact at Caulfield on Wednesday, winning four of the eight races. Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr unearthed yet another New Zealand-bred Melbourne metropolitan winner as I’m Thunderstruck arrived in the shadows of the post to win on debut in the Neds Filter Form Plate (1200m), a three-year-old[...]

Posted on January 15, 2021
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The Otaki stable of Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard boasts the best strike-rate in New Zealand this season, and a quality quartet of runners at Trentham on Saturday could further embellish their impressive record. Benner and Wynyard have won 15 races so far this season, which puts them in 16th place on the national trainers’[...]

Posted on January 14, 2021
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Evergreen sprinter Enzo’s Lad will be vying to record his third victory in the Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained gelding won consecutive editions in 2018 and 2019, before finishing runner-up last year behind Avantage. He will meet the talented mare again on Saturday,[...]

Posted on January 14, 2021
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Guy Lowry reckons he has talented Atlante three-year-old Basarwa in the best condition he could possibly have him in going into Saturday’s Group 1 Devan Plastics Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Lowry, who trains in partnership with Grant Cullen, has produced Basarwa for a debut win at Hastings and a second placing to race rival[...]

Posted on January 14, 2021
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While remarkable stallion Zed continues to put Grangewilliam Stud’s name in lights on both sides of the Tasman, the next generation gets its time to shine with Derryn’s first yearlings going under the hammer at Karaka 2021. Grangewilliam can lay claim to New Zealand’s highest-ranked sire in Australia this season, with Zed currently sitting in[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
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The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Elephant and Gone West have headed to the spelling paddock in preparation for bigger assignments next season. Promising four-year-old Elephant extended his unbeaten streak to four at Ellerslie on Saturday in the Otakiri Reserve 1500. It was his third start this preparation and his trainers have decided to put him[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
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It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel. Eleven-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle headed into her 1200m heat with plenty of condition, but pleased Richards with her runner-up effort ahead of her Group 1[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
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Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s 1200m trial victory at Matamata on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie later this month. The Group 1-winning three-year-old sat in the trail behind Mannie’s Power before jockey Leith Innes asked him to improve at the[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
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Kevin Myers has long been one of the greatest supporters of country racing in New Zealand, and few horses embody that support better than Overtheriver. The astute Wanganui horseman loves taking teams to the rural circuits, none more than the West Coast of the South Island in the first two weeks of January. Of the[...]

Posted on January 12, 2021
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Inglewood Stud moves into a new era this year with the first yearlings by War Decree going through the sale ring. The North Canterbury nursery helped to raise the profile of South Island breeding by standing Zacinto from 2012 until his move north to Valachi Downs in 2018. He has sired 68 winners from 135[...]

Posted on January 12, 2021
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Riccarton trainer Meg Cunneen broke through to record her first victory when Mamma Sans won the Alex Hayward/Noel Wafer Pow Memorial (1810m) at Kumara on Saturday. Cunneen (26), the daughter of Mid Canterbury rugby centurion Paul Cunneen, who bred the mare in partnership with Eric Parr and races her himself, boasts a strong equestrian background.[...]

Posted on January 12, 2021
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Riding horses may be how Chad Ormsby makes his living, but it is riding bulls that is his biggest passion. That passion took him north to compete in a rodeo near Whangarei over the weekend where he was involved in an incident that resulted in a broken leg and a trip to Waikato Hospital for[...]

Posted on January 12, 2021
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Maria Farina kept her unbeaten record intact at Ellerslie on Sunday in the Blue Bubble Taxis 1200 and now a Group 3 target beckons the promising filly later this month. The Darryn Weatherley-trained three-year-old settled to the rear of the field for Weatherley’s jockey son Sam. The pair were last turning for home, however, Weatherley[...]

New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau pair sneak into Karaka Million

Hunta Pence eyeing stakes three-peat

Tyler mares primed for Waikouaiti Cup

Tavi Mac steps into Seabiscuit role

Kiwi recruits make presence felt at Caulfield

Strike-rate standouts set for big day at Trentham

Enzo’s Lad vying for Telegraph three-peat

Basarwa primed for Levin Classic tilt

Derryn yearlings add new element for high-flying Grangewilliam

Browne duo head for a spell

Te Akau to the fore at home trials

Aegon set for Karaka Million

Myers avid fan of West Coast circuit

War Decree to fly southern flag at Karaka

Cunneen records maiden training victory

Ormsby sidelined following rodeo incident

Stakes targets beckon promising filly

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