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Talented filly ready for stakes company

New Zealand trainer Stephen Autridge believes the trip away to Wanganui on Saturday which resulted in a comfortable victory for his talented filly Aris Aris has her primed for a possible stakes target at her next start. The lightly raced daughter of Contributer had the option of tackling the Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders'[...]
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Perfect start for Savile Row

Valachi Downs stallion Savile Row made the perfect start to his career as a sire when his daughter Perfectly Suited scored on debut at Wanganui on Thursday. The juvenile was sent straight to the front in the Whanganui Chronicle 2YO (1200m) by jockey Bridget Grylls and the pair didn't relinquish their advantage, with Perfectly Suited[...]
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Autridge in search of more Karaka Gold

Stephen Autridge has twice celebrated victories in New Zealand's richest juvenile event and will on Saturday be bidding to halt the run of his former employer in the Ellerslie feature. During his successful stint with Te Akau, Autridge prepared the subsequent multiple Group One winners Melody Belle and Avantage to claim successive Karaka Million 2YO[...]
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Karalino bags fortuitous Group success

Five-year-old mare Karalino landed the Group 3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders' Stakes (1400m) for trainers Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer in a dramatic finish to the fillies and mares feature at Riccarton on Wednesday. Race favourite Providenceprovides had shot clear and was being hailed the winner when she collided with the running rail and became[...]
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Business model change for Valachi Downs

Matamata thoroughbred nursery Valachi Downs is set to return to a boutique breeding and racing operation following a number of years of growth and business diversification. “Kevin and Jo Hickman are refocusing Valachi Downs as a more private and smaller nursery and racing stable with the same goal of producing, selling and racing elite racehorses,”[...]
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Lily out to prove Oaks candidacy

Well-related filly Lily's Lady contests Saturday's Listed Fasttrack Insurance Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth and trainers Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer are hopeful the daughter of Contributer can bank some more black-type and emerge as a serious Oaks contender in the process. Despite being a maiden after four starts, Lily's Lady boasts a last[...]
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Threading a path to the Oaks

Needle And Thread had her crowning glory at Ellerslie on New Year's Day when taking out the Group 2 Royal Stakes (2000m) and now trainers Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer are wanting to extend her reign. The Valachi Downs trainers are trying to thread a path towards the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New[...]
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Mile switch for talented Communique

In-form mare Communique looks one of the better chances in Wednesday's Group 2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton, although the daughter of Redwood has had an unorthodox preparation for the $230,000 feature. Prepared by Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer, Communique was initially on a path towards the Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup[...]
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