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Mustang Valley excels in Awapuni feature

Impressive last start Hastings winner Mustang Valley lifted her game several notches on Saturday as she claimed her first success at stakes level when taking out the Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1550m) at Awapuni. The four-year-old daughter of Vanbrugh had been competitive at the highest level during her three-year-old campaign where she numbered[...]
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Barnes reaping rewards following move

An admirable mix of talent and hard graft were rewarded when Courtney Barnes successfully combined with leading filly Lickety Split at Ruakaka on Saturday. The 28-year-old jockey made the decision 12 months ago to head north to Waikato to further her career and dedication to the cause delivered her biggest result on Saturday. Barnes regularly[...]
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200 Wins For Courtney Barnes

Getting to 200 career victories wasn't a big thing for New Zealand jockey Courtney Barnes at the beginning of the season, but it's definitely been on her mind in the past few weeks. The 27-year-old brought up her 199th victory aboard Red Rufus at Riccarton on June 25, but went winless at Rotorua, Cambridge, Riccarton,[...]
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Revitalised Barnes enjoying riding

Racing's COVID-19 enforced break was tough on many New Zealand racing professionals, but jockey Courtney Barnes said it was probably a godsend for her. The 26-year-old from Mosgiel, near Dunedin, started her riding career strongly as an apprentice for the Anderton family of White Robe Lodge. She scored 23 wins in 2012-13, her second season[...]
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Windsor upsets in Timaru Stakes

Lightweight runner Windsor made it three wins from three starts in his latest campaign when he led all the way to take out the Listed Speights Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Formerly trained at Awapuni by Roydon Bergerson the Alamosa five-year-old joined the Terri Rae stable in mid-2019 after winning three times in the north.[...]
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