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Two from two for Paradigm Shift

Lightly raced New Zealand six-year-old Paradigm Shift made it two wins from just two starts when he held out a storming late run from race favourite Funtonic at Ruakaka. The Daniel Miller-trained son of Showcasing made a belated raceday debut at Matamata back in April and caught the eye when producing a gritty effort to[...]
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Te Akau stars return

The 2020/2021 season will live long in the memory of Jamie Richards. The Matamata trainer, who heads Te Akau's racing operation, sits atop the New Zealand Trainers' Premiership with 157 wins and nearly NZ$6 million to his credit this term. While dominant in New Zealand, Richards also experienced success across the Tasman, posting four wins,[...]
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Bishara banking more bucks

New Zealand trainer Nick Bishara knows what it is like to loosen the reins on a stable talent to enable them to reach their full potential. The Auckland horseman initially prepared star mare Verry Elleegant to win two of her three starts in New Zealand before her partial sale and relocation to Australia. A part-owner[...]
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Talented galloper to make raceday return

The well-travelled Cheval Prometteur will make his raceday return at Ruakaka on Saturday after an injury enforced layoff. The six-year-old gelding suffered a stress fracture in a cannon bone last year when preparing for the Group 3 Jarden Stakes (2000m) and New Zealand trainer Catherine Cameron has taken a cautious approach with his return. “We[...]
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Charlie the horse to watch at Awapuni

A more measured campaign is poised to pay dividends for Wairarapa galloper Charlie Horse in the coming weeks. That's the prediction from New Zealand trainer Stacey Dougan as she goes about putting the finishing polish on the Zacinto seven-year-old gelding ahead of Saturday's IPL Marketing/Nelson Pine Industries 1600 at Awapuni. “COVID stuffed me up with[...]
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Rogerson: From seaside to trackside

Get yourself to the Chatham Islands, that's the message from Graeme Rogerson. The New Zealand trainer has just spent a week on the archipelago, 800 kilometres east of New Zealand's two main Islands, with former top jockey Jimmy Cassidy, and their wives. “Anybody who hasn't been there should go there,” Rogerson said. “We just went[...]
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