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29 October 2012

Rudy On The Mark With Savabeel Filly

Rudy Liefting’s unwavering faith in his Savabeel filly Ray’s Girl was rewarded at Riccarton with a black-type victory. The Listed Soliloquy Stakes placegetter raced away with yesterday’s Listed Canterbury Stakes to stake a genuine claim …

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29 October 2012

Dragon Breathes Fire In Trophy

 “Awesome!” was how jockey Zac Purton described Ambitious Dragon after Hong Kong’s two-time Horse of the Year had swept aside a high-class field to take the Gr 2Sha Tin Trophy (Handicap) at Sha Tin Racecourse …

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27 October 2012

Silent Achiever In Memorable Mile Win

O’Reilly’s high-class daughter Silent Achiever showed Australians her quality with her Gr.2 Crystal Mile victory at Moonee Valley today. The four-year-old gave a strong second-up performance to win over 1600 metres and press her claims …

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26 October 2012

O’Reilly Unearths Another Top Prospect

Champion sire O’Reilly produced another potential Group One propsect at Hastings where High Fashion cut a quality figure. The Garry Chittick-bred filly had finished third on debut earlier this month and showed pleasing improvement yesterday. …

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24 October 2012

Week Shaping Up Nicely for Scott Richardson

Scott Richardson Bloodstock and WS sired progeny combined for their second winner in the space of three days when Shape Up (No Excuse Needed) flew home for the win over 1200m at Te Aroha this …

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23 October 2012

Diademe One To Follow

A bright staying future has been predicted for the Savabeel mare Diademe, who struck early in her career at Te Rapa. The patiently-handled four-year-old had finished runner-up in her two previous appearances and was a …

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23 October 2012

Sacred Falls Preserves Perfect Record

Sacred Falls didn’t have things go all his own way at Te Rapa yesterday but still retained his perfect record. The good-looking colt stretched his unbeaten record to five in the Gr.3 Sarten Memorial, in …

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20 October 2012

Aspinal Deserved Stakes Winner

Pins’ daughter Aspinal finally broke through at black type level when she won the Listed Lion Red Plate. The six-year-old is in the closing stages of her racing career and was a deserved winner of …

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18 October 2012

Agent’s Ability No Secret

Agent continued his hot run of form this preparation with further success at yesterday’s Canterbury meeting. The lightly-tried WS-bred and sold five-year-old completed a winning double for jockey Corey Brown when they proved slick for …

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15 October 2012

Hollywood Emulates Glamour Mum

It may have not have the Gr.1 Goodwood Handicap, but young mare Hollywood matched one of her mother’s feats by winning at Morphettville. The four-year-old daughter of dual Gr.1 winning star Glamour Puss recorded her …

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13 October 2012

Sacred Falls Maintains Perfect Record

Despite giving connections an early fright, boom O’Reilly colt Sacred Falls has pulled up from last weekend’s stunning Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas win in fine fashion. Dato Yap Kim San’s colt looked down and out …

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13 October 2012

Shopaholic Retired

Waikato Stud’s multiple black-type winning racemare Shopaholic (Pins) has been retired to stud. Prepared by Danny O’Brien, Shopaholic smartly replicated the Australian black-type success achieved by her dam Splashing Out (O’Reilly), carving out her own …

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