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Double Cup delight for Myers

Kevin Myers' stable successfully defended its crown in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) with rising staying star Aljay prevailing in a driving finish at Riccarton dominated by Central Districts raiders. The Wanganui trainer had triumphed in last year's edition of the Martin Collins-sponsored feature with Mondorani, who was unplaced in his title defence[...]
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Coupland’s target for Burnvue

New Zealand trainer Lance Robinson has big plans at the Riccarton November carnival for Saturday's New Zealand Cup Trial (1800m) winner Burnvue, but not for the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m). The seven-year-old is instead being set for the Group 3 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) on November 9 as Robinson doesn't think he'll be[...]
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Barrier setback for Latta’s Champagne pair

New Zealand trainer Lisa Latta once operated a Riccarton stable but that hasn't stopped the Palmerston North trainer from getting visitor's draws with her promising two-year-olds Diss Is Dramatic and Cheveux. The pair started from barriers 13 and 15 respectively in last month's Ladies Bracelet (1000m) at Riccarton when they finished second and third behind[...]
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Burgie crashes Reputabelle’s party in Warstep Stakes

Reputabelle's bid for a rare clean sweep of New Zealand's South Island's autumn three-year-old filly features was impressively thwarted by up-and-comer Burgie in Saturday's Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. A commanding winner of the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m) and Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) in her last two starts, Reputabelle[...]
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Reputabelle continues on winning way

It may not have been the five-length romp of her last start success but leading New Zealand's South Island three-year-old filly Reputabelle was even more impressive as she took out the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained daughter of Pins was looking for her fourth win in[...]
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Weight the query for The Gift

Trainer Robert Dennis has only one concern with The Gift ahead of the MLT/Three Rivers Hotel/Pioneer Tavern Fireside Cup (1335m) at Gore on Friday – weight. The four-year-old mare has been lumbered with 60kg in her final lead-up race to the Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton later this[...]
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Family affinity to the fore with Reputabelle

With a dominant performance at Wingatui by a rising star of the South Island's three-year-old ranks, Michael and Matthew Pitman have added some black-type glow to a highly successful family association. The Riccarton trainers saddled Reputabelle for a runaway victory in Saturday's Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m), powering clear in the hands of Tina Comignaghi[...]
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Pitman fillies out to enhance reputations at Wingatui

Michael and Matthew Pitman will attack Saturday's Wingatui features in threes. The Riccarton trainers will produce Reputabelle, Roussanne and Show Me Champagne in the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m), with Rock Sensation, Wild Rover and Seikrid the stable's trio contesting the ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m). Matthew Pitman rated promising Pins filly Reputabelle as the[...]
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