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Group One winner La Crique showed a change in home has done nothing to hinder her spring preparation when she put in an eye-catching runner-up performance in her 1100m heat at the Taupo trials on Wednesday.

Top Expat-Kiwi jumps jockey Aaron Kuru will be clocking some miles in the air this weekend aiming to take Trans-Tasman feature jumps victories, first when he returns to New Zealand shores to partner with Nedwin and The Cossack at Te Rapa on Saturday.

Jakama Krystal put on a jumping clinic at Arawa Park on Tuesday when comfortably taking out the Team Wealleans Hurdle (3000m).

Imperatriz’s impending trip across the Tasman is full of optimism following her pleasing hit-out at the Taupo trials on Wednesday.

Discovery Bay achieved targets set for him by trainer Bruce Harvey last season and will take his first step toward higher honours this term when he resumes at Taupo on Wednesday.

Kiwi apprentice jockey Kelsey Hannan has hit the ground running in Australia, riding her first winner within a matter of hours of arriving in the country.

Carrazana looks a three-year-old to follow through his spring preparation following a dashing performance by the gelding to open his winning account on the Kensington track at Randwick over 1300m.

Stakes-winning filly Loch Katrine will kick-off the new season for a new stable when she heads to Taupo on Wednesday.

Leading apprentice jockey Kelsey Hannan is heading across the Tasman this week to test the waters in Australia, where she will be on loan to Murray Bridge trainer Michael Hickmott.

Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal are making the most of Rotorua’s meeting postponement to prepare for Te Rapa on Saturday where they will have several of their talented team featuring in the iconic Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4800m).

Cambridge trainer Ken Harrison is dreaming of bigger things with Husk and King Khan following their quinella in the PSP 2000 at New Plymouth on Saturday.

Guy Lowry is hoping fitness will be on Wewillrock’s side when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday to contest the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m).