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New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will escape New Zealand’s winter chill for a couple of weeks as he heads to North America for a well-deserved break, and he is looking forward to welcoming back some of his stable stars on his return.

Hawera trainer Anna Clement is having a season to remember.

Promising mare Watch Out kept her unbeaten record intact at Phar Lap Raceway on Sunday, continuing Karen and John Parsons’ 100 percent success rate with the four-year-old’s family.

Stakes targets are looming on the horizon for Stallone following his win at Awapuni on Saturday.

Classy three-year-old Devastate returned to winning form at Ruakaka on Saturday when taking out the One Tree Point 3YO (1400m) for trainer Andrew Forsman.

Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson left Phar Lap Raceway a happy man on Sunday following Adannaya’s win in the Dianne Goodeve Open (1200m).

Zelenski added another Cup to his owner’s mantle when he took out the Dunstan Horsefeeds Waimate Cup (1600m) at Phar Lap Raceway on Sunday.

Apprentice jockey Wiremu Pinn displayed his supreme talent at Sandown on Saturday, notching his first metropolitan winner in Australia before going on to post a treble.

Rick Wells added plenty of local flavour to Ruakaka’s meeting on Saturday, with the Northland trainer scoring success in the Mathias Currie Insurance (1200m) with Patricia.

Consistent campaigner Paisley Park rewarded trainer Graham Richardson’s decision to head north to Ruakaka on Saturday with victory in the Marsden Metals Bream Bay Sprint (1400m).

The Listed Wayne Wilson (1600m) may have been something of a consolation prize at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but a spectacular performance by New Zealand-bred Antino has eased any disappointment for his trainer Tony Gollan and got him thinking about spring carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne.