Cloud nine for classy Kiwi Avantage
Cloud nine for classy Kiwi Avantage by New Zealand Racing Desk Avantage does it again Image: Trish Dunell
Despite being delayed a week, the G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) lived up to its billing as one of the races of the season, as plucky mare Avantage made it Group One win number nine with a thrilling victory.
The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old started a red-hot favourite in the contest that was raced at Te Rapa on Saturday after the Te Aroha meeting last week was abandoned after race three due to a slippery track.
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Super seven G1s for Avantage, challenger misses kick big time
Super seven G1s for Avantage, challenger misses kick big time by New Zealand Racing Desk Opie Bosson helps Avantage win the BCD Group Sprint Image: Trish Dunell
In what most pundits deemed a match race between Avantage and Levante, it was marvellous mare Avantage who triumphed as she made it seven career Group One wins when taking out a superb victory in the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.
The opportunity to see two of the best mares racing in New Zealand at present go head-to-head was thwarted when Levante effectively put paid to her chances when she missed the start by a conservative eight lengths.
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Hawke s Bay horse trainer John Bary now raising his sights with Serena
21 Jan, 2021 10:12 PM
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Serena and jockey Leah Hemi cross the line three-quarters of a length clear of Grand Mayson at the finish of the Rating 74 race over 1340m at Wanganui last week.
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Hastings trainer John Bary is keen to tackle black type races now with last week s impressive Wanganui winner Serena.
The 4-year-old Swiss Ace mare capped off a string of minor placings with a decisive three-quarter length victory in a Rating 74 race over 1340m.
That success followed three thirds and a second from her last four starts, the most recent of those runs being a close second behind Dawn Jessie over 1600m at Hastings on New Year s Day.
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Racing: Waipukurau couple back in the winning groove
7 Jan, 2021 08:33 PM
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Hastings-trained Pablo Esk completed a winning double on his home track when beating the grey Motivation in the main race at the Hawke s Bay New Year s Day meeting.
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It has been a long time between celebratory drinks for Waipukurau thoroughbred owner-breeders Peter and Ann Evans but they were back in the winners circle at Hastings on New Year s Day.
The couple bred and share in the ownership of Bold Iris, who capped off two good minor placings with a deserved maiden success in a 3-year-old maiden race over 1200m.
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