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No Tricks Looks the One To Beat
Mac Ryan The Informant 10.1.15 Successive top results against top opposition point to No Tricks being the horse to beat in the New Zealand Bloodstock Airfreight Stakes at Riccarton Park tomorrow. The Jason Bridgman-trained filly …
Read MoreLees Happy With Lucia Valentina’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes Form
Horseracing.com By: Thomas Hackett April 9th, 2015 Savabeel mare Lucia Valentina is yet to record a win this preparation, but trainer Kris Lees has still been happy with the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Stakes lead-up form. …
Read MoreKiwi Karma lowers Affleck’s boom in round one
Michael Lee 03/04/2015 In a thrilling dash to the line in the $250,000 Group 3 Dester Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (1200m), smart filly Kiwi Karma upstaged arch-rival and former stablemate Affleck to land the first Leg …
Read MoreRain won’t dampen Richardson’s parade
Graham Richardson won’t be disappointed if there is a further easing of the ground at Tauranga. The Matamata trainer said his talented mare Queens Rose was in the right order to make her presence felt …
Read MoreSoon-to-be-sidelined Du Plessis making most of chances with Emerald Queen
Mark Du Plessis is eager to make the most of his Group-race opportunities in the coming weeks as he counts down the days to shoulder surgery. The leading South Auckland jockey is scheduled to go …
Read MoreWorld’s best to partner Diademe
Crack international jockey Ryan Moore will team up with a WS graduate on day two of The Championships at Randwick this Saturday. The champion English rider has been booked for the Murray Baker and Andrew …
Read MoreKiwi filly chasing Classic success in Sydney
Roydon Bergerson has no doubt that his filly Savaria can be more than a match for her Aussie rivals in Saturday’s Gr.1 $A1 million Australian Oaks. The Palmerston North trainer takes confidence from Savaria’s last-start …
Read MoreSmashing making good early impression
Smashing may not yet have enjoyed the racing success of her mother, but she is nevertheless fashioning a tidy record of her own. The Pins filly won for the third time from nine appearances for …
Read MoreTaurus a top Trentham hope
Taurus has been a grand servant of Evan and JJ Rayner’s stable and he promises to continue his good work at Trentham on Saturday. A six-time winner and multiple black type placegetter, he is a …
Read MoreWS dominates group one outcome
WS went so close to the perfect Group One result in Saturday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. Only a neck separated the home-breds Diademe and Sports Illustrated at the end of the Te Aroha feature. …
Read MoreMares don’t make it easy
Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have had issues to work through with their quality pair of Diademe and Sports Illustrated ahead of Saturday’s Group One feature at Te Aroha. The Cambridge trainers have had to …
Read MoreScrutinize a colt for the future
Thoughts of Group One three-year-old targets are already on Team Te Akau’s radar with their regally-bred WS graduate Scrutinize. The youngster returned a perfect debut performance at Matamata this afternoon with a powerful finishing run …
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