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9 April 2015

Taurus 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 …

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9 April 2015

WS 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. …

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1 April 2015

Mares 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 …

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1 April 2015

Scrutinize 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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30 March 2015

O’Sullivan the toast of three countries after big win with Aerovelocity in Japan

THE INFORMANT’s Dennis Ryan writes Paul O’Sullivan is the toast of three racing jurisdictions after he produced Aerovelocity for a stunning victory in the Gr. 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Japan’s Chukyo racecourse. The Sha Tin-based …

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30 March 2015

Pins 6yo Aerovelocity Creates Gr.1 History in Japan

Special WS Release Pins 6yo Aerovelocity Creates Gr.1 History in Japan

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27 March 2015

Progeny continue to splash out

The superbly related Splashing Out was a high-class race mare for WS and she’s continuing to do an outstanding job at stud. The winner of the Gr 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes and runner-up in the …

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27 March 2015

BMW to Serve as Guide for Silent Achiever’s Arc Mission

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: The world has come to Sydney for the BMW, so it is the right race for defending champion Silent Achiever (O’Reilly) to find out if she measures up to the best race …

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25 March 2015

Procurement earns a shot at Te Aroha

Procurement’s last-start second at Wellington has given her connections the confidence to press on to a higher level with the mare. The Cambridge O’Reilly four-year-old was narrowly beaten by The Diamond One in the Gr.3 …

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24 March 2015

Cassidy booked for Lucia Valentina

Lucia Valentina will have a new rider if, as expected, she backs up in Saturday’s $A1.5 million Gr.1 BMW Stakes at Rosehill. “Jim Cassidy will be on her with Hugh Bowman suspended,” said Bruce Perry, …

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24 March 2015

O’Sullivan makes another foray into Japan

NZ RACING DESK: Hong Kong-based Kiwi trainer Paul O’Sullivan has no false illusions about the enormity of the task ahead of his star New Zealand-bred sprinter Aerovelocity in Sunday’s Gr.1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen in Japan. Though …

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23 March 2015

Pins Power on Show

Pins Power: 1 weekend – 6 winners – 3 countries AUS (Agent & Press Play) HK (Packing Pins) NZ (Antonio Lombardo, Eternity & Zippin)

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