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Sprint distances the key for Yaldi

Group Two winner Yaldi will return to the races on Saturday at Tauranga in the Triton Pacific Owens Plate (1200m), with a view to sticking to shorter trips.

High-priced juvenile set to make debut

There’s plenty of anticipation ahead of regally-bred colt Hostility’s raceday debut at Matamata on Wednesday.

Sires audition for Tajana at Matamata

Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray’s filly Tajana has the opportunity to end her juvenile campaign at the highest level after Wednesday’s AKW Farrier Ltd 2YO (1200m) at Matamata.

Connors’ Melbourne Cup dream alive and well

Raymond Connors has collected every major two-mile prize in New Zealand, and now he is dreaming of a possible tilt at Australasia’s most coveted staying scalp, the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).

Sires’ locked in for classy two-year-old

Classy juvenile Landlock turned a few heads when pushing million-dollar colt Return to Conquer right down to the wire in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m), but the performance came as no surprise to his trainer Cody Cole.

2025 Sistema Stakes: Race History

The juveniles start their run in the Sistema Stakes run at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Outovstock on track for another Manawatu feature

Group Three-winning stayer Outovstock will use Saturday’s $350,000 COMAG Wairere Falls Classic (1500m) as a stepping stone towards a tilt at his second Manawatu feature crown.

Cambridge Stud strikes with another Hello Youmzain first-starter

For the second time in as many months, Cambridge Stud has won a two-year-old race at Ellerslie with a first-starter by their rookie stallion Hello Youmzain.

Class mare chasing elite title in swansong campaign

Town Cryer will have an opportunity to better last year’s runner-up finish in the Gr.1 HKJC World Pool New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) next month, in what will be the penultimate start to her final racing campaign.

Tauranga test for NZB Kiwi contender

The $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) is fast approaching, and the Canterbury Jockey Club’s contender Domain Ace will ready for the rich feature with a 1400m hit-out at Tauranga on Friday.

Kheir buys into NZ Oaks favourite

Prominent Australian owner Ozzie Kheir is looking to repeat history in this weekend’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa, after buying into the $1 million Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) favourite Leica Lucy on Monday.

Brazen mare back on track at New Plymouth

Progressive sprinting mare Ima Brazen One delivered on the promise she showed early in her career with an impressive victory at New Plymouth on Saturday.