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Llanacord wins nail-biting Lowland Stakes

The Stephen Nickalls-trained Llanacord landed the Group 2 Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on Wednesday to provide the Rangiotu trainer, who part-owns the three-year-old filly, with his biggest moment in racing. The daughter of Contributer had run out a dominant eight-length winner in maiden grade over 2040m at Whanganui last month and[...]
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Montre Moi ready to capitalise in Derby

Otaki trainer Johno Benner believes it's far from a vintage running of this year's Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), but he's hardly complaining. Benner and his partner Hollie Wynyard will produce two-win Showcasing gelding Montre Moi in Sunday's Classic, which will either be run at Ellerslie if the Government drops Auckland from its[...]
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Levante slick from gates

High-class mare Levante ran out a ready winner of her 1230m heat at the Rotorua trials on Tuesday and most importantly jumped away cleanly from the starting gates and will be seen back at the races on Saturday week. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained four-year-old missed a place for the first time in her nine-start[...]
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Guineas tilt for Mo’unga

Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neesham is looking forward to lining up New Zealand-bred colt Mo'unga in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The Savabeel three-year-old has just had the one start for Neesham, running third behind Tagaloa and Aysar in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington last month. Mo'unga was[...]
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Fleetwood Maca on song ahead of Lowland

Punters should disregard Fleetwood Maca's last two runs when assessing her chances in the Group 2 Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on Wednesday according to co-trainer Pam Gerard. Fleetwood Maca has shown plenty of ability to date, most notably when pushing boom filly Amarelinha to 1-1/4 lengths in the Group 2 Eight[...]
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Marsh out to plunder Hastings gold

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is heading to Hastings on Wednesday to try and record more Group honours with Zee Falls, but he could be back in Hawke's Bay in just a matter of days in search of bigger spoils. Hastings has been included in New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and Auckland Racing Club's contingency plan for[...]
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Derby Day call to be made Friday

Racing Administrators remain hopeful that Ellerslie will be the venue for this year's Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), but a call as to whether the bumper race meeting can proceed at Auckland's premier course on Sunday will be made as late as Friday afternoon. What at this stage looks to be a minor[...]
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Late Derby contender to be On Display

The Danny Walker-trained On Display is likely to be a late nomination for Sunday's Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) after his final serious hit-out on Tuesday morning. Based in South Auckland, Walker said his training operation hasn't been affected too much by entering Alert Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions, but racing this weekend, in[...]
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Stakes test first-up for Mana Nui

Matamata trainer Chad Orsmby is looking forward to lining up debutant Mana Nui in the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at his home track on Saturday. Orsmby admits the two-year-old colt faces a stiff task against his more practiced opponents, which includes the likes of undefeated Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winner On The Bubbles[...]
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