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Castletown Stakes favourite sold

Carbonados, the warm favourite for Saturday's Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui has been scratched due to his sale to Australia. The Allan Sharrock-trained son of Belardo had been a dominant debut winner on his home track at New Plymouth earlier in the month, where he was the heavily supported favourite on the back of[...]
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Didham looking to the future

New Zealand horseman Peter Didham is now without his stable flagbearer, but he's hopeful there are a few on hand to step into her shoes. Didham's ability has been shown to best advantage in the last 18 months by House Of Cartier, who this season won the Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m) and[...]
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Hokkaido impressive on debut

The aptly named Hokkaido credited Satono Aladdin with his second Southern Hemisphere winner from limited representatives when he made an impressive debut at Otaki, New Zealand, on Thursday. Trained by co-breeder and part-owner Gary Vile, the two-year-old sat in the trail before rider Masa Hashizume angled off heels in the straight and, whilst avoiding a[...]
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Ima Roca Bee takes Ryder Stakes

Talented filly Ima Roca Bee produced an undeniable finish in testing conditions to take out the final stakes race of the 2020/21 racing season, the Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki. The two-year-old daughter of El Roca had looked to be rounding into some useful form when narrowly beaten in the Listed Castletown[...]
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Pike stable strikes at Whanganui

Lightly raced Cambridge visitor Danger Strykes confirmed she has big future ahead of her with a comprehensive victory in the Listed John Turkington Forestry Ltd Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Whanganui on Saturday. Handled confidently by rider Ryan Elliot, the Tony Pike-trained filly settled nicely on the outer behind a hot speed set up by race[...]
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Greene Flaunting a fourth stakes winner

Promising juvenile filly Flaunting became Hamilton trainer David Greene's fourth stakes winner when she took out the Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui on Saturday. The daughter of Showcasing has amassed a strong record in her short career, which includes two wins and a placing from just four starts, with her only unplaced result coming[...]
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Flaunting takes out Castletown Stakes

Te Rapa visitor Flaunting coped best with the testing Heavy11 track conditions prevalent at Wanganui on Saturday as she slogged through the mud to take out the Listed John Turkington Forestry Ltd. Castletown Stakes (1200m). The Showcasing filly had not been seen since finishing near last in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in[...]
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Calmer Cinzento ready for Castletown

A noticeable change in attitude is giving Hastings trainer John Bary optimism for a bold showing from Dalghar filly Cinzento in Saturday's Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui. Bary describes Cinzento's demeanour as far more mellow as she prepares for the first two- year-old stakes race of winter. “She's a grey and[...]
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