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Well-related Savabeel colt Savagram (NZ) (Savabeel) stamped himself as a three-year-old of considerable promise with an impressive debut victory at Canterbury on Wednesday, putting himself in the frame for a potential tilt at the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained
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Unbeaten Group One winner Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will face a significant weight impost when she makes her Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The Mark Walker-trained filly was unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile in New Zealand, culminating in the Gr.
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Queensland jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor continued to make himself at home in New Zealand when producing a polished ride aboard Sharapova (NZ) (Grunt) to win the Rotorua & Bay Of Plenty Hunt Life Members 1950 at Rotorua on Wednesday. The Margaret Falconer-trained mare travelled strongly throughout for Wilson-Taylor,
Exciting three-year-old Shalabiya (NZ) (Brazen Beau) will head to Ruakaka on Saturday as the $2.10 favourite for the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), but the jockey who has been aboard for her impressive start to racing will be in the opposition camp. Warren Kennedy
After three decades in the saddle, Kylie Williams is preparing to bring the curtain down on her riding career, with the veteran jockey set to have her final rides at Riccarton later this month. The 46-year-old has five rides at Oamaru on Friday, where a race has been
Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley is hoping She’s No Saint (Prague) can continue her progression when she steps up to stakes company in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on her home track. The daughter of Prague has won both starts this preparation, breaking her maiden
Five-year-old mare First Chorus (NZ) (Ghibellines) continued her winter winning spree with her third victory in succession at Caulfield on Saturday when saluting in the Travis Harrison Cup (1800m) for trainer Lindsey Smith. The New Zealand-bred daughter of Ghibellines was perfectly handled by apprentice Luke Cartwright, who
Six-year-old mare Prima Bella (NZ) (Per Incanto) continues to enjoy a strong campaign, relishing the fast tempo set by Beast Mode (Better Than Ready) to power over the top in the Ranvet Handicap (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday. Trainer Matthew Smith will now thrust the daughter of Per
Race favourite Lord Spencer (NZ)(Zed) left it late but managed to rally and out-finish gallant pacemaker Brucie (NZ) (Raise The Flag) to take out the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 151st Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. The JJ Rayner-prepared son of Zed had taken out the
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Oamaru’s meeting on Friday will kick off the new racing season for the lower South Island, and Riverton trainer Ebony Turner is hoping to continue her winning momentum. She was once again in the thick end of the battle for the Gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award last season
Evergreen galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will continue his preparation towards his racetrack return with a jump-out at Flemington. The nine-year-old, prepared by Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes is scheduled to compete in a 1000m jump-out on Friday morning. Mr Brightside is
It may have been too much to expect lightning to strike twice for Josh Shaw but Chart The Stars (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) has showed she has inherited a good measure of the family ability. The Levin trainer reached Group One heights with the U S Navy Flag mare’
After three decades in the saddle, Kylie Williams is preparing to bring the curtain down on her riding career, with the veteran jockey set to have her final rides at Riccarton later this month. The 46-year-old has five rides at Oamaru on Friday, where a race has been
Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley is hoping She’s No Saint (Prague) can continue her progression when she steps up to stakes company in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on her home track. The daughter of Prague has won both starts this preparation, breaking her maiden
She won’t have top billing at her first three-year-old race at Caulfield this Saturday, but the unbeaten New Zealand filly Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) may soon demand the honour if she returns as is hoped in the Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). Wearing the tangerine and white
A third straight Feehan Stakes could be on the cards for popular Trelawney Stud bred mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai), who is back in work ahead of the Spring Carnival. The Ciaron Maher-trained and Tony Ottobre-owned nine-year-old was last seen at the races in
He stopped short of comparing him to his famous sibling, but Ethan Brown says he’ll be shocked if In’kantosstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) doesn’t progress to “at least” metro class after the full brother to Jimmysstar won in dominant fashion on Tuesday. “He is a very nice horse,
It has not been smooth sailing with the Mitch Freedman-trained Asakura (Churchill), who fell ill after returning home from his spell following his fourth placing in The Kiwi on March 7. But the Ballarat trainer was happy with what he saw from the gelding in two jumpouts in the
Trainer Nikki Burke’s patience with progressive New Zealand-bred mare Perfect Ten (NZ) (Tavistock) is being rewarded, with the Gr.3 Tesio Stakes (2040m) emerging as a spring target for the six-year-old. Perfect Ten continued her outstanding preparation with an authoritative victory over 1800m at Caulfield on
High-quality mare She’s A Dealer (Ace High) will be given an early opportunity to strike again at the top level, with the daughter of Ace High set to trial ahead of a crack at next month’s Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. The five-year-old
A couple of weeks ago, jumps jockey Emily Farr elected to call time on her riding career and circled the Grand National Festival of Racing at Riccarton as her swansong, but she didn’t get the fairytale ending she was hoping for. On the opening day of the carnival she