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Top mares retired, stud beckons

Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn has been retired and is likely to be sold as a broodmare prospect in the coming months. Prepared by Karen Fursdon for the majority of her career, Yearn's biggest win came when landing the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) in late 2019, while she also boasts a[...]
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Etah James thriving ahead of Sydney Cup

Kiwi mare Etah James is in fine fettle heading into Saturday's Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) and has thrived since joining the Sydney stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace according to the seven-year-old mare's former trainer and part-owner Mark Lupton. The Matamata horseman receives regular updates from Annabel Neasham, the Warwick Farm stable foreperson[...]
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Yearn thriving ahead of local assignment

High-class mare Yearn will contest Saturday's Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m) at Matamata and trainer Karen Fursdon is confident of another bold performance. The last-start Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) placegetter is in career best form, having won the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) in late November and finished within a length of the[...]
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Luptons savour stakes successes

Matamata owners Mark and Cath Lupton are hoping their dream run will continue in Saturday's Group 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The Luptons' quality mare Yearn will chase back-to-back stakes wins in the fillies and mares' feature, having claimed a career-best victory in the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) at[...]
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Yearn grabs deserved stakes success

Ultra-consistent galloper Yearn finally put it all together in stakes company to record a deserved success at Group level when she took out the Group 2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The Karen Fursdon-trained Savabeel mare had previously finished in the placings on three separate occasions at stakes level[...]
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