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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 …
Read MoreMagic Tricks One to Follow With Confidence
Magic Tricks again showed she was a mare to follow with confidence after another strike at Tauherenikau on Thurssday. The Garry Chittick-bred 4YO used her pace to good effect to post a first-up victory over …
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No Excuse Maggie Headlines Top Day
WS graduate No Excuse Maggie capped a grand day for the Matamata farm with a dominant victory in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes at Hawera this afternoon. They grey mare bolted away with the day’s …
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Smart day at the Office for O’Reilly
Vitalico completed a smart day at the office for O’Reilly on Friday, with three winners being struck across Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The 7YO galloper Vitalico produced a gritty win at Kranji for Mark …
Read MoreI Do Back In Style
Buoyed by Shez Sinsational’s Gr.1 Spring Classic success, Allan Sharrock’s confidence again was on the mark at Hawera today. The New Plymouth trainer had expected I Do to return to racing on a winning note …
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Sacred Falls Simply The Best
The superlatives were flowing for O’Reilly’s undefeated son Sacred Falls after a stunning victory in the Gr 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas at Hastings. The WS-bred and sold colt looked down and out after going down …
Read MoreNo Excuses Needed Plays Starring Role
No Excuse Needed made his present felt on premier day at Hastings when his strapping son Aldebaran Star ran the lower grade sprinters into the ground. The WS graduate was too slick for his Rating …
Read MoreLopov Latest Stakeswinner For Savabeel
Five-year-old Lopov, a brother to Gr 1 Queensland Derby winner winner Brambles, won his first stakes race at Kalgoorlie in the recent Listed Kalgoorlie Cup. The Adam Durrant-trained son of Savabeel claimed the Western Australia …
Read MoreShowing Off In Style
Savabeel mare Showing Off will be on the trial of black type in the near future after adding to her record at Hastings recently. The four-year-old produced an impressive finish to down a strong field …
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Rolling Pin Flattens Stakes Field Again
Pins’ son Rolling Pin made it back to back black-type when claiming the Gr 2 Shannon Stakes in eventful fashion at Rosehill recently. The five-year-old heavily bumped Offenders about 50 metres from home en route …
Read MoreQueen Rules At Riccarton
Emerald Queen became the latest black-type winner for champion sire O’Reilly with her runaway victory in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes. At just her second appearance, the Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong-trained filly romped clear …
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Pins Strikes First Stakes Winner for Season
Gwenda Markwell’s under-rated galloper Rolling Pin struck Pins’ first stakes winner for the season and a major surprise when scoring an all the way win in the Gr 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle’s Broadmeadow …
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