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We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of racing’s bright young stars, Megan Taylor ❤️
Megan was a hardworking and determined young woman with so much love for the horses and the community around her. Her infectious smile and bubbly personality will be sorely missed.
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We're not sure how much the horse was sold for but we'll let you know if we ear anything! 👂
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In case you missed Melody Belle's strapper Nicole Shailer become overwhelmed with emotion from her win in the Gr.1 Harcourt's Thorndon Mile. 😭
@TeAkauRacing
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How it started Vs How it’s going 💪
From legs like this as a foal, to the A$10M Golden Eagle for
@WaikatoStud
👏
📸 - Mark Evans via Twitter &
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W are all very saddened to hear of the passing of Yong Chew this evening. A much loved member of the racing community, Chewy was so brave and courageous to the end. May he rest in peace. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family and many friends at this difficult time ❤️
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Congratulations to Samantha Collett who etched herself in a rare piece of racing history today claiming her 1000th win 😍
An extraordinary achievement when you consider her parents, Jim Collett and Trudy Thornton, both have more than 1000 career wins to their names 😲
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Wearing the original uniform of
@CambridgeStud
, Mark Forbes led in the final Sir Patrick Hogan-bred horse through the ring at
@KarakaChat
Karaka Yearling Sales ❤️
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On August 9, we remember a special young man who was taken too soon, Taiki Yanagida. 🤍🕊️
A talented jockey, son, brother, and friend will forever be missed amongst the New Zealand racing community.
His dedication, kind nature and big smile will never be forgetten.
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During Waikato Thoroughbred Racing’s first meeting of the season at Cambridge, the industry honoured Taiki Yanagida by observing a minutes’ silence, nearly a year since his tragic passing.
Please join our racing community as we honour Taiki's lasting legacy. 🕊️
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The Derby winning reception for
@WexfordStables
trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott after a huge win by Rocket Spade at
@Ellerslie_Races
today!
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Jockey Craig Grylls lands his plane down the Ruakaka racecourse straight accompanied by apprentice Wiremu Pinn!
Not a bad skill to have, beating the Auckland traffic for the races today🛩
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It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of an absolute stalwart member of the Thoroughbred community, Sir Patrick Hogan.
Our thoughts and condolences are with his beloved Justine Lady Hogan and the family at this difficult time ❤️
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RACING NEWS | As he prepares to resume his role as a globe-trotting Twenty20 cricket coach,
@Bazmccullum
received a fitting send-off this week from his other major passion.
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The face of a jockey who has just ridden her 1000th winner!! 👏🏼
Congrats
@deejohnson123
, you’re an absolute star ⭐️
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An update of a different kind from co-trainer
@RobertWellwood
on
@CambridgeStud
and
@WaikatoStud
’s Hanger 😂
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Star sprinter Imperatriz became the first-ever horse to complete the Group One Triple Crown at Moonee Valley on Saturday 😍
She has also won more Group One races in 2023 (5) than any other thoroughbred in the world!
What a SUPERSTAR ♥️
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There was a beautiful and emotional tribute held at yesterday's
@KarakaChat
Yearling Sales, Mark Forbes adorned the original
@CambridgeStud
uniform as he led the final Sir Patrick Hogan-bred horse through the ring now named in his honour ❤️
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$4.5million, Ellerslie Racecourse, 2025. The Southern Hemisphere's richest 3YO race is here 🔥
Presenting 'The NZB Kiwi'- New Zealand's first-ever thoroughbred slot race, launched today by NZTR, Entain and TAB NZ.
@TAB_Racing
|
@KarakaChat
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Nominations are out for the Sportsman of the Year and our very own James McDonald is rightfully on the list!
Do you think he deserves to be the first jockey to take home the supreme award? We sure do!
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One of the most naturally gifted riders New Zealand has ever produced, Michael Walker has retired from the saddle ❤️
Michael notched up over 2,000 career wins, including 25 at Group 1 level and 1,144 on New Zealand tracks 🏆
We wish him the very best for the future 🙌
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Vale Dean Holland
We are thinking of the Australian industry as they mourn the loss of outstanding rider, Dean Holland, whose life was tragically taken today. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and fellow participants.
It is with tremendous sadness that Racing Victoria and the Victorian Jockeys Association confirm the passing of 34-year-old jockey Dean Holland as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at Donald Racecourse today
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Hear
@mcacajamez
post-race thoughts on a very gallant
#Catalyst
, who went down by the barest of margins to
#AlligatorBlood
at
@FlemingtonVRC
on Saturday!
#bringontheguineas
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PROBABEEL - not only a multiple Group 1 winner, also doesn’t mind tossing a rugby ball around in her spare time.
What a Kiwi 🏈
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Let’s just take a moment to appreciate how many Kiwi-bred horses took out feature races in Australia today! 👏
@WindsorParkStud
@littleavondale
@CambridgeStud
@TrelawneyStudNZ
@WRLStud
@NZTBA1
@nztba
@CurraghmoreNZ
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The New Zealand racing industry is in mourning tonight following the death of Taiki Yanagida shortly after 8pm NZTime. Our deepest sympathies are with his mother Kayano and sister Chiaki and Ayano.
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It’s been a nervous week of waiting for Tayla Mitchell but she’s held on to claim the 2022/23 Apprentice Jockey Premiership with 67 wins, one clear of her good friend and fellow apprentice Kelsey Hannan! 😍👏
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.
@WexfordStables
Stables's Lance O'Sullivan shows us how he'll be spending the next four weeks while in lockdown and gives a simple message for viewers - let's band together.
(Ft. one very cute cocker spaniel, Freddie... 🐶)
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Congratulations to Sam Spratt who brought up her 1000th win in New Zealand today at Matamata 😍
In a career spanning over two decades Sam has recorded 18 Group One wins, 8 aboard champion galloper Mufhasa 🙌
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A taste of raw emotion from the strapper as Melody Belle kicked clear to claim her 8th Gr.1 win in yesterday's Windsor Park Plate. 🔔
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Hall of fame jockey Lance O’Sullivan’s still got it!
57 years young and doesn’t mind a pull up 💪🏼
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Congratulations to Stephen Marsh
@marshracing
who brought up his 1000th New Zealand winner in his training career at Ruakaka this afternoon! 👏🥂
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Three O'Sullivan Hall Of Fame Members 🤩
Paul O'Sullivan joined his father Dave and brother Lance in the New Zealand Racing Hall Of Fame on Sunday.
With
@WexfordStables
still in operation, the family tally of winners is beyond 7,000 and counting! 😮 👏
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This evening the racing township of Matamata unveiled the horse and jockey sculpture created out of 100% scrap metal by talented artist Adrian Worsley (pictured).
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Commentator George Simon didn’t cover himself in glory in the final stages of his call on the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes, but he had good reason as Denby Road, the horse that he and wife Maryanne bred and race, saluted in the Gr.3
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.
@JamieRichards3
left New Zealand at the peak of his powers to take up a rare opportunity in the training ranks at the
@HKJC_Racing
. He spoke with
@Em_April
at the recent
@KarakaChat
Yearling Sales about the transition to Hong Kong racing.
Full interview:
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Young gun Kurtis Pertab is a talented horseman who at the age of 21, manages a successful racing and training business. Having already notched up 11 wins from 36 starters, Kurtis is a trainer on the rise! 👏
Watch Full Video 👉
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What an exciting time for the New Zealand Racing industry!
Today NZTR announced it’s funding for the 2023-24 racing season, highlighted by a $20.3 million increase, taking NZTR’s total stakes funding to $90.8 million. 🙌
READ MORE:
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RACING NEWS | Ex-pat Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett set a new personal record at Newcastle on Saturday when she booted home five winners on the eight-race card.
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COMEBACK KID - MAIJA VANCE
Jockey
@maijavance
was told she may never walk again after her fall in October aboard Zedsational, and she has done that and more. Maija talked us through her recovery process.
For the full video.
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She is just something else 😍
Legarto using all those fighting qualities to snatch the Gr.1 Australian Guineas in breathtaking fashion for Ken and Bev Kelso 🙌
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It doesn't get much better of a day than what
@Forsman_Racing
has had on both sides of the Tasman today 🤩
First solo Group One victory, Mustang Valley - Gr.1 Livamol Classic, Mr Maestro - Gr.3 Caulfield Classic, Aegon - Gr.3 Moonga Stakes, Saint Bathans - Benchmark 80 ✔️
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VALE | We are saddened to hear the news of South Island trainer Neill Ridley's passing yesterday. A true gentleman and a well-respected individual in the racing industry.
Our thoughts are with Neill's family and friends.
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She's done it! What a fantastic performance by Imperatriz in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes
@TheValley
😍
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Young kiwi
@MitchWhelan_
was accepted into the latest intake of
@FlyingStartNews
for the 2023-2025 period. We spent some time with Mitchell to learn about his racing journey so far 🏇
Watch the full video 👉
@marshracing
|
@CambridgeStud
|
@WRLStud
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Apprentice jockey Chelsea Burdan heading down to the Whanganui races today flown by the part-time pilot and jockey Craig Grylls ✈️
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“I’m very proud, it’s a real honour to be recognised for the things I’ve done on the track."
Hall of Fame jockey Opie Bosson was justifiably proud to be recognised in the 2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list for his contribution to racing.
👉
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What a performance by Pennyweka! She takes out the Gr.1 Australian Oaks for Jim Wallace and the Galloping Wekas Syndicate in the hands of Damian Lane 😍
The kiwi filly Pennyweka becomes a dual Oaks winner, taking out the Group 1 Australian Oaks! 🥝
@LaneDamian
wins back to back editions of the race.
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17 year old Aoife Brennan has taken the opportunity of a lifetime traveling with Mr Maestro and She's Licketysplit for trainer Andrew Forsman and is doing a seriously impressive job! 👏
Emily and Mick weighed in on her efforts on today's episode, check it out below 👇
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OUR PEOPLE | Whanganui jockey Thomas Russell was involved in a horrific track work incident which left him a quadriplegic. We caught up with Thomas 6 years on from that fateful day in 2014.
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#onehorsemanyhearts
- THE NZ RACING INDUSTRY COUNTS | With a $1.6bn contribution to the NZ economy, over 600,000 Kiwis enjoying our sport each year, more than 58,000 participants & just shy of 15,000 FTE jobs - it’s fair to say we’re a pretty big industry!
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The queen of New Zealand racing capped a remarkable spring by recording her ninth career Gr.1 victory and sixth of the year ❤️
Securing three Gr.1 victories and a Gr.2 from four starts in Melbourne, the star mare is in the conversation of our greatest-ever race mares ⭐️
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We've added a new feature to serve punters and participants!
From early Oct we will begin adding Steward's Vision that will allow you to see what the stewards see from several camera angles.
Expect a 3-4 day delay post-meeting for vision to be added.
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Two years ago Rosie Myers was in a battle for her life after an accident at the Foxton trials and now the former jockey is enjoying life as a mum.
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Great effort by
@Forsman_Racing
‘s Aegon in the Champions Mile, finishing 5th behind Hong Kong’s horse of a generation and now the highest prizemoney earner in
@HKJC_Racing
history, Golden Sixty! 👏🏼
Genius ride! Golden Sixty wins his third straight FWD Champions Mile under a supreme
@Vincenthocy
steer for Francis Lui! 🏆🏆🏆
#FWDChampionsDay
|
#HKracing
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Molly Bloom storms home to take out the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas for
@WexfordStables
under a superb ride from Joe Doyle 😍
It's the first Group One winner for
@RichHillStud
standing stallion Ace High 🙌
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All five of
@RichHillStud
’s standing stallions have produced a Group One winner in the last 14 months 😍
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RACING NEWS | Melody Belle will depart for Sydney on Monday as she gets ready to tackle the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) next Saturday at Rosehill where she will have the services of leading rider James McDonald.
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Legarto! An amazing victory in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas
@FlemingtonVRC
for Ken & Bev Kelso and Michael Dee! 😍
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HORSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS | Congratulations to our 2019/20 NZ Horse of the Year, Melody Belle.
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Baker/
@ForsmanAndrew
strappers
@aleishalegg
and
@emihia
go above and beyond to keep the stable's equine stars at their best, but the early mornings and long days are all worth it when it's followed by Group 1 success.
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Legarto sends a warning to her Australian rivals with a comprehensive victory in this afternoon's Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup, the star mare piloted by
@RyanEll98744011
for Ken & Bev Kelso. 🤩 👏
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Superstar Imperatriz broke her own track record to win the Gr.1 Moir Stakes at The Valley last night 😍
Imperatriz ran 56.47 sec, breaking her own 1000m track record 🙌
“Credit to the team ... she’s a privilege to ride,” jockey Opie Bosson said.
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When you see a horse at the races do you ever think about the number of people it took to get the horse to that stage? Every racehorse has a massive team behind it and each one has a part to play in our industry.
#onehorsemanyhearts
💗
Read more here -
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Big news in the New Zealand training ranks as talented young horseman Sam Bergerson is set to join Mark Walker in a training partnership
@TeAkauRacing
🏇
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CAMBRIDGE JC - SYNTHETIC TRACK BUILD COMMENCES
Exciting day as the topsoil starts to be removed on the course proper for the build of the synthetic track at Cambridge Training Centre
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Great shot of the team behind the barriers finding a bit of shade from the camera tower at Tauherenikau today. ⛱
📸: Tony Kim
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He was recently inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame for his achievements in the saddle and
@opie_bosson
has been given further acknowledgment of his contribution to the thoroughbred industry, being named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 👏
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Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon, whose list of achievements included a Melbourne Cup victory and multiple Singapore training premierships, has passed away.
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What a ride by Craig Zackey aboard Tokyo Tycoon to make it a seventh straight Doubletree by Hilton
@KarakaChat
Million 2YO for
@TeAkauRacing
!
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ROCH 'N' HORSE once again upsets all and holds off Nature Strip to win the Gr.1 Champions Sprint at Flemington for the team at Little Avondale Stud 😍
📸 - World Horse Racing
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The NZTR Members’ Council has appointed Rodney Schick as an NZTR Board Director, effective immediately. Schick brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise, having run his own large-scale Stud Farm operation, for more than 20 years with his wife Gina.
📖
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Congratulations to
@mcacajamez
for riding his first winner of this years English stint!
#makeusproud
http://t.co/98T5UOEo59
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The Andrew Forsman-trained Mustang Valley was on a plane back to New Zealand on Sunday after an excellent run for fifth in the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.
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Congratulations to Michael McNab who has taken out the Jockey Premiership for the second year in a row in a record-breaking 2022/23 season of personal wins 😍
Recording 164 wins including 17 black-type wins, he also set a new record for stakes wins in a NZ season at 4.7M 🙌
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Congratulations to Michael McNab who surpassed his highest season wins today at the Cambridge Synthetic, picking up three wins aboard Nereus, Timing and Hasstobefast 😍
Last season was his previous highest notching 144 wins and taking out the Jockey Premiership 🙌
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Three of the first five Group One races of the season have fell to progeny of Proisir who stands at
@RichHillStud
.
Pier triumphed in the Gr.1 2000 Guineas, and Legarto in the Gr.1 1000 Guineas. Adding to Dark Destroyers win in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy 🙌
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“To say we are delighted is an understatement."
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing has confirmed racing will resume at Ellerslie Racecourse on 14th January 2024 following a successful set of trials on its course proper on Monday.
📖 Read more:
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Together, we remember a very special individual of our racing family in Taiki Yanagida. ❤️ 'Tiger' will always be remembered as not just a jockey, but an exceptional person.🐯 Taiki 'Tiger' Yanagida - Forever 28 🐯
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“I am looking forward to the opportunity, it is going to be a good challenge."
@brad_taylor29
is set to return to NZ to take up the role of General Manager of Racing with Race, the operator of
@AwapuniRacing
and
@WgtnRacing
📖 Read more:
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"Here we go, somebody's coming...can't see a thing"
Thank you Davey Mac for your vast contribution to the racing code!
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The future of New Zealand racing is set to ignite next summer, with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR), TAB New Zealand and Entain combining forces to launch the Southern Hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race – ‘The NZB Kiwi’.
@KarakaChat
|
@TAB_Racing
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As winning jockey
@ShaunPhelan3
returned he checked on his partner
@EmilyJRF
who was thrown on the last and was being tended to by medics. He said “are you ok?” and she quickly answered “yea, did you win?” 😂 Got to love jumps jockeys 💪
The Phelans have a handy jumper on their hands in Cochise ($6.40)! He may not have gotten it all his own way on debut but it didn't matter as he had too much class for his rivals in the second at Hastings
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Congratulations to all new inductees into the New Zealand Racing Hall Of Fame! 🙌
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The girls dominate Tauherenikau.
Another successful day for the female jockeys as they won the 8 races on the card for the 2nd time this season headed by Rosie Myers winning 4. 🙋♀️
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Having her first race-day ride in March, Kelsey Hannan has made a dominant start to her career as current leader of the apprentice premiership 😍
Link to full interview with Kelsey 👉
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She’s Licketysplit looks every bit on target for the Gr.1 Schweppes One Thousand Guineas in 10 days time!
@Forsman_Racing
@LaneDamian
@WindsorParkStud
@LeighHawkins00
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A gallant effort from the big showy chestnut
@TeAkauShark
to finish into 3rd in the
@CoxPlate
.
Well done to all connections! 🦈
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PREMIERSHIP WINNER - CHRISSY BAMBRY | Congratulations to Chrissy Bambry who takes out the 2019/20 Newcomer to Training award in only her second season of training!
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Congratulations to Te Akau Racing's Mark Walker who has taken out his sixth New Zealand Trainers Premiership after a record-breaking 2022/23 Season 😍
Mark set a new all-time record for wins in a season, reaching a remarkable milestone of 203 victories
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This week we're highlighting some of the outstanding moments of the 2022/23 season, what better way to start than Pennyweka capturing the nation's hearts by taking out the New Zealand Oaks and Australian Oaks Double 😍
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The Wizard of Woz put on an absolute clinic today 🧙♂️
Warren Kennedy created history at Pukekohe Park this afternoon, claiming a record setting seven wins, including four features and the Gr.1 Sistema Railway 🤩
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New Zealand will be represented by
@Forsman_Racing
's Aegon in the 2023
@allstarmile
after he gained a wildcard into the $5 million feature at
@TheValley
on Saturday, March 18 🤩
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Hear what apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell had to say about that viral moment aboard Yellow Jersey at Tauranga on Saturday which saw the leading apprentice quickly turn into a rodeo rider! 😱 👇
Full interview with Tayla here 👉
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About last night... 😍
Imperatriz made it Group 1 win number FIVE in the William Reid Stakes
@TheValley
!
@opie_bosson
delivered a typically masterful ride for Mark Walker &
@TeAkauRacing
! ⭐
Read more 👉
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