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Matamata trainer Jim Collett is looking forward to heading south to Hastings on Thursday where promising juvenile Basel Warrior will make his debut in the PGG Wrightsons Livestock 2YO (800m).

Stratford trainer Tina Egan will head to New Plymouth on Saturday with Chajaba in the hopes that he can turn the tables on Justaskme in the Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m).

Ellerslie’s newly developed StrathAyr track passed its first test on Monday since remedial work was undertaken following several slips on the surface earlier this year.

Caitlin Johnson has embraced the opportunity since entering into partnership with Fred Pratt over the past 18 months and the Hastings trainers are hopeful for a strong showing at their local meeting on Thursday.  

Glenn Old will head to Thursday’s Hawke’s Bay meeting with high hopes of a winning double.
The Matamata trainer will make the long trip south with the in-form Kaimai Queen and promising two-year-old Thankgoditsfriday, who has trialled well ahead of her debut.

There has been a changing of the guard at the New Zealand Equine Academy (NZEA).

Nominations for the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards, to be held at the Don Rowlands Event Centre in Cambridge on July 27, have been announced.

Wexford Stables’ well-performed pair of Waitak and Dragon Leap are progressing well toward new season targets.

Michelle Bradley had to settle for second in her hometown feature over the weekend and she’s hoping to go one better with capable mare Sulabella at Pukekohe Park on Wednesday.

With 168 wins to their name this season, Te Akau Racing’s Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have already sealed the trainers’ premiership, and they already have their eye on continuing their dominance into next term.

A Randwick double and a winning turn at Caulfield completed a rewarding weekend for Cambridge Stud. 

Racing at Ruakaka is well-suited to Patricia and the local mare sprinted to her fourth win at the course for Rick Wells on Saturday.