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Cavallo Veloce back to winning form

Former good three-year-old Cavallo Veloce put nearly two years’ worth of frustration behind him when he bounced back to winning form with a dominant display over 1200m at Awapuni. The Peter McKay-trained galloper had last sighted the winner’s enclosure at the same venue back in March 2019, however a series of niggling issues including problems[...]
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Marton Cup next for Grand Bouquet

Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is hoping to put Grand Bouquet’s Group 3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) campaign back on track with a bold run in Saturday’s Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni. Bred in the purple by Waikato Stud’s Garry and Mark Chittick, by Savabeel out of Group[...]
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Three-pronged Awapuni assault for McKay

Matamata trainer Peter McKay will take three horses south to Awapuni’s meeting on Friday, including Group 1 winner The Mitigator. As a result of track conditions, McKay has elected to bypass the Listed Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) with the son of Master Of Design in favour of the Robertson Prestige/Humphries Construction 1550 at Awapuni. “We[...]
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Sam Collett has an eye for design

Leading New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett hasn’t been idle during the country’s near two-month lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just two days into lockdown the Matamata hoop decided to follow her passion and enrolled in an interior design course. Interior design has been a growing passion for Collett, which was heightened last[...]
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