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Hayes keen to conquer Ellerslie again

Posted on January 21, 2020
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Victorian trainer David Hayes will be in New Zealand later this week as he puts the finishing touches on three-year-old colt Conqueror ahead of Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m). The good looking son of Fastnet Rock and Kiwi Group 1 winner Diademe will be out to replicate his year older former barn-mate[...]

Posted on January 21, 2020
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Trainer Tony Pike is confident smart two-year-old Not An Option will be hard to beat in Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie. The attractive colt by Not A Single Doubt has won two of his three starts to date, including the Group 2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m). Despite having his colours lowered[...]

Posted on January 21, 2020
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Former top jockey Grant Cooksley is hoping to help maintain the recent strike rate of his apprentice, Masa Hashizume, at Avondale on Wednesday and also kick a $500,000 yearling purchase off on a winning note. Hashizume has notched three wins from his last seven rides and will be aboard stable representative and last-start winner Here[...]

Posted on January 21, 2020
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Consistent Group 1 galloper Wyndspelle is likely to be aimed towards an elite level target on his home track after another strong performance when narrowly beaten into second in Saturday’s Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) behind all-the-way winner The Mitigator. The son of Iffraaj has won the best part of $700,000 in prizemoney under the[...]

Posted on January 21, 2020
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An approach made to former successful trainer Don Sellwood several years ago has led to a Taranaki couple, Rodger and Christine Hassall, having a strong involvement in Karaka Million night at Ellerslie on Saturday. Racing under the Hassall Family Trust ownership, Hasstobemagic will contest the Karaka Million 2YO Classic (1200m) and Madam Hass will start[...]

Posted on January 20, 2020
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Shaune Ritchie came close to a big double at Trentham on Saturday, but left the meeting knowing his smart filly Jennifer Eccles is still on the right path for a return trip to the course in March to contest the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m). Following on from her win[...]

Posted on January 19, 2020
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Twenty-four hours on from securing the first Group 1 win of his riding career, jockey Shaun McKay is still coming to terms with the achievement. The amiable 23-year-old was taking time on Sunday morning to let the achievement sink in after booting home one of his favourite horses, The Mitigator, in Saturday’s Group 1 Thorndon[...]

Posted on January 19, 2020
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Trainer Michael Pitman was bursting with pride after his class sprinter Enzo’s Lad went within a short neck of tearing off his third consecutive victory in the time-honoured Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday. Bidding to become just the third horse to achieve the feat in the 121-year history[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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Underrated stayer Soleseifei completed a fairytale result for the Lupton family when she carried the colours worn by the legendary Kiwi to victory in the Group 3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, thirty-seven years after the Snow Lupton-trained Waverley wonder scored in the event. Prepared at Waverley by Snow[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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The Group 1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham has always been one of the McKay family’s favourite races, but on Saturday it became much more special. The Mitigator delivered a third victory in the time-honoured feature for Matamata trainer Peter McKay, who had previously won it with Alamosa in 2008 and Puccini in 2015.[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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Feisty mare Avantage showed all her fighting qualities when she overcame a wide barrier and a plucky southern rival to take out the Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. Prepared by Jamie Richards for owners the Te Akau Avantage syndicate, the Fastnet Rock four-year-old gained a measure of revenge for the[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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A copybook ride by Opie Bosson paved the way for promising filly Showbeel to add a valuable black type success to her career record when she took out the first feature race at Trentham on Saturday, the Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m). The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained three-year-old had finished[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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National Jockey’s Premiership leader Kozzi Asano continued a white-hot run of form when he guided Lightning Jack to an upset victory in Saturday’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m). Asano, who won the last five races on the card at the New Plymouth meeting on Friday, carried on the winning roll by taking out the first[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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Te Akau Racing’s quest to win the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) for the fourth year in succession was bolstered considerably when Cool Aza Beel ensured his place in the field with a dominant victory at Tauranga on Friday. The Jamie Richards-trained son of Savabeel made light work when defeating his three rivals in the Matamata[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
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Rich Hill Stud, near Matamata, is celebrating its 25th year in operation and managing director John Thompson is looking forward to launching the first crop of yearlings by Vadamos, a Group 1 winning son of Monsun who is well represented at Karaka. The high-class miler has 46 offspring catalogued across the three books of the[...]

Posted on January 17, 2020
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Apprentice jockey Kozzi Asano is flying at the moment, in more ways than one. The Canterbury-based hoop has been clocking up a fair few frequent flyer points of late travelling around the country and he was once again rewarded for his efforts at New Plymouth on Thursday. Asano bagged five wins on the six race[...]

Posted on January 17, 2020
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Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will be looking to plunder some Wellington spoils on Saturday where they will contest three feature races at Trentham. Mongolian Marshal will tackle Group 1 company in the Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) and his trainers have been impressed with the way he has been working since his fourth-placing[...]

New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hayes keen to conquer Ellerslie again

Failure Not An Option for Karaka Million aspirant

Plenty of Avondale interest for Cooksley

Otaki likely for Wyndspelle

Big Karaka Million night for Taranaki owners

Ritchie close but no cigar

McKay hungry for further Group 1 success

Enzo’s Lad just inches short of Trentham three-peat

Soleseifei completes dream result in Wellington Cup

Special Thorndon victory for McKay family

Te Akau take Telegraph with Avantage

Bosson nails first Trentham feature on Showbeel

Asano takes Gore feature on Lightning Jack

Cool Aza Beel secures Million berth

Vadamos the first of new wave at Rich Hill

In-form jockey stays loyal to Southern connections

Cambridge quartet tackle Trentham features

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