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Vernanme

Genuine Vernanme deserves winning trick

The ever-reliable Vernanme has gone close to a Group One prize on multiple occasions this preparation and will chase a degree of compensation this weekend...
Mali Ston

Weatherley has an eye on Sydney with Mali Ston

The prospect of a heavily rain affected track at Tauranga this Saturday may see the connections of Group One performer Mali Ston firming up plans...
Alabama Gold

Alabama Gold too speedy in Matamata feature

Local runner Alabama Gold broke his maiden status in emphatic fashion when he led from go to whoa to take out the Group 3 Fairview...
Ess Vee Are

Are we going to the Derby? Ess Vee Are

Promising three-year-old Ess Vee Are has entered Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) calculations after his win in the Dunstan Horsefeeds 2100 at Te...
Gingerbread

Surprise packet now chasing black type honours

Gingerbread’s emergence against the older horses this preparation may cause a rethink of future plans for the promising daughter of Vanbrugh. Trainer Vicki Prendergast has...
Mali Ston

Weatherley hoping his luck holds at Trentham

Sam Weatherley enjoyed his biggest pay day as a jockey at Ellerslie on Saturday and is now looking forward to another potentially rewarding meeting at...
Pin Me Up

Richards collects another Karaka Million feature

On a night he has made somewhat his own in recent years, trainer Jamie Richards scooped a second NZD$1million prize at Ellerslie on Saturday when...
Mali Ston

Mali Ston strikes in incident packed Rich Hill Mile

Lightweight runner Mali Ston produced a performance that had to be seen to be believed when he weaved through traffic to take out the Group...
Beaudz Well

Travel restraints prevented Zed’s Cup double up

Zed may well have had two runners in this year’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) had it not been for the current complications of trans-Tasman...
Dark Destroyer

Dark Destroyer ready to fire in Guineas

Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are looking forward to heading south to Christchurch with promising three-year-old Dark Destroyer to contest the Group 1...
Oseleta

Fabulous five for Marsh

Victories by Oseleta at Awapuni and Global Currency at Tauranga on Saturday capped off a wonderful 24-hour period for trainer Stephen Marsh who had also...
Five Schillings

Maiden training win for Doran

Amy Doran’s faith in a mare who bled and then put her leg through a fence has led to her first victory as a trainer....
Justaskme

Special result for Sharrock in Opunake Cup

Local trainer Allan Sharrock gained a special result on his home track on Saturday to round out a record-breaking season for his New Plymouth-based stable....
Dream Queen

Local trifecta in Ruakaka juvenile contest

Ken Rae and his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro provided the first three runners home in Saturday’s two-year-old feature at Ruakaka. Race favourite Dream Queen and rider...
Pam Brindley

Brindley thrilled to be part of first synthetic track win

It had nowhere near the same value as the Group One success she covets, but popular owner Pam Brindley was nonetheless thrilled to play her...
Champagne Princess

Father-and-son combine to win inaugural polytrack race

It’s been a while coming for New Zealand to have its first raceday on a synthetic track, but for Darryn and Sam Weatherley it was...
Francesca

Promising filly opens her account at Pukekohe

Lightly raced three-year-old Francesca overcame a buffeting in the home straight at Pukekohe on Sunday to register her first career victory. The daughter of former...
Maria Farina

Stakes targets beckon promising filly

Maria Farina kept her unbeaten record intact at Ellerslie on Sunday in the Blue Bubble Taxis 1200 and now a Group 3 target beckons the...
Tinker Mcphee

Alexander hoping for Guineas fairytale

Comeback trainer Katrina Alexander is hoping to cap a fairytale return to racing when saddling Tinker Mcphee, the $3.10 favourite, in Saturday’s Group 1 Barneswood...
Sam Weatherley

In-form Weatherley to make Riccarton impact

Jockey Sam Weatherley is making the most of his opportunities at present and heads to Riccarton on Saturday full of confidence. The 21-year-old has ridden...
Chad Ormsby

Patient approach with unlucky Moana

Chad Ormsby knows he was unlucky not to return from Hastings with a Guineas win on the board as a trainer, but he was thrilled...
Major Tom

Major Tom takes out Riccarton feature

Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae enjoyed a red-letter day at Riccarton on Saturday as two of his three-horse team that he had brought south from his...
Vainglory

Cole seeking more glory at Te Rapa

Matamata horseman Cody Cole already has a win on the board since the resumption of racing and he is hoping to strike again while the...
Sam Weatherley

Refreshed Weatherley looking forward to return

Apprentice jockey Sam Weatherley is champing at the bit to get back raceday riding. The Waikato hoop will enter the senior jockey ranks next season...
Jennifer Eccles

Jennifer set for more Gold

Bargain filly Jennifer Eccles will be out to maintain her lead in the lucrative New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series when she contests...