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17 July 2016

Beckham scores tough win at eagle farm

The elegantly-bred Beckham overcame testing conditions at Eagle Farm yesterday to further his record. The WS-bred and raced son of Pins posted a gallant performance under leading jockey Jeff Lloyd for the sixth win of …

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17 July 2016

Stud graduate wins in style

Lightly-tried three-year-old Il Paco looks a horse to follow with confidence after his tidy winning performance at Te Rapa yesterday. An encouraging fourth on debut in the autumn, the chestnut returned in style with a …

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4 July 2016

Double strike for pins

WS stalwart Pins produced a winning double in Melbourne yesterday with Pin Your Hopes and Makatiti successful at Caulfield. The former is in career best form for trainers Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra with three …

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1 July 2016

Track test awaits joby

Stakes performer Joby is back in winning form and his part-owner and trainer Bryce Newman is now keen on a stern test of the four-year-old’s versatility. The WS graduate was successful for the fourth time …

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23 June 2016

Spring return tipped for War Affair

Former Singapore Horse of the Year War Affair is making quiet progress toward a spring return to racing. The injury-troubled New Zealand-bred son of the late O’Reilly hasn’t raced for nearly a year and is …

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24 April 2016

High Hopes for Blueblood

Tony Pike has particularly high hopes for the beautifully-bred WS four-year-old Snowdrop. The Cambridge trainer produced her for a first-up victory at Ellerslie on Saturday and is expecting her to continue on a path to …

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24 April 2016

Savabeel gelding Victory Magic among nine for Queen Mother Memorial Cup

Today’s headline race is the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup but there are some class acts on the 10-race Sha Tin undercard, too, not least the HKG3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup (Handicap), which features a …

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24 April 2016

All In Vogue (Pins) adds name to NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series four way

All In Vogue (NZ) (Pins) raced to an 18-to-one upset win in Saturday’s $50,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, ending the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series with a four-way tie. …

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24 April 2016

All In Vogue scores timely Warstep Stakes victory

A touch of divine intervention could well have been at play on Saturday when Central Districts raider All In Vogue proved her recent form all wrong with a powerful performance to take out the Listed …

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21 April 2016

WS Sired Pair fight out NZB Southern Filly Title

In a desperately close finish to the 2015-16 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the winner of Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton will claim at least a share …

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20 April 2016

Relaxed Aerovelocity “a good sign” for Purton

Aerovelocity missed out on last month’s G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen – a race the gelding won in 2015 – after suffering an untimely bout of colic whilst in Japan. But this week, Hong Kong’s Champion Sprinter …

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17 April 2016

Pins oh so close to feature race double

Pins was denied a stakes double at Riccarton on Saturday afternoon by the barest of margins. The WS stallion’s daughter No Pushover was a dominant winner of the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes and in the …

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