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RACEFORM BACK FOR NEW RACING SEASON

RaceForm is scheduled to be back on sale Thursday July 30.

“With industry-wide support, our team will bring punters everything they need in a single weekly volume to enable them to find winners.” - editor Dennis Ryan

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Tradition takes a hit in new-look gallops calendar

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Maroney and Bosson combine for grand Championships final

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Monday timeline for racing activities green light

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Jockeys’ camaraderie endures Covid-19 restrictions

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Big day for kiwi trained runners @royalrandwick today.
Melody Belle @TeAkauRacing in the Doncaster Mile.
Quick Thinker @ForsmanAndrew and Sherwood Forest @PikeRacing in the Australian Derby.
The Chosen One in Chairmans.
Not An Option @CambridgeStud in the Kindergarten Stakes

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Cambridge trainer Murray Baker has claimed his fifth Australian Derby victory, with Quick Thinker digging deep for fellow Kiwi Opie Bosson to claim the Randwick classic... (Read the full story on our Facebook page)

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From the editor ✍🏼

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· All provisional planning based around current 4-week lockdown

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Key points from today’s NZTR communication to stakeholders

· If training resumes in May, anticipate trials in late May & return to racing in July.
· Reduced network of venues, initial focus on racing near horse populations.

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· North Island jumps racing to resume, unlikely in South Island due to likely travel restrictions.
· Group & Listed race pattern still a work in progress.
· NZTR payroll & contractor costs reduced by 20%, CEO by 25%, Directors by 100%.

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· Free racing, flexible programmes with initial racing over shorter distances.
· Minimum stakes retained, reductions higher up the chain aimed at a spread of returns to owners.

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Go Woody!

Well done to Tony Gillies & team for your win with Woodsman at Warrnambool yesterday. Great to see you keep the Kiwi flag flying during these difficult times.

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Important message.
Please note that Raceform will not be published while NZ racing is in shutdown. Rest assured that Raceform will be back bigger and better as soon as racing resumes.
We're all in this together, keep well everyone out there.

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Tony Pike has confirmed the All Aged Stakes at Randwick in three week's time for The Bostonian.
"It's a $600,000 race on his doorstep so it's an obvious target," Pike told Raceform. “Sherwood Forest was good too, he's right on target for the Derby."

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Opie Bosson has been suspended until April 2 for interference on Te Akau Shark. He also faces a stewards' inquiry into the tactics he adopted in remaining wide in the running on The Shark.

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Racing's version of Lonely Planet. Under an empty Tauranga grandstand, Danielle Johnson prepares to unsaddle Scott Base after an emphatic Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy win.

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Jennifer delivers the best of highs for Clark & co

Satisfaction on a scale never before experienced has been something for syndicator Adrian Clark to savour in the wake of the Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks victory by Jennifer Eccles.

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New Zealand stars lock horns at Rosehill

After each scoring impressive Group One victories in Sydney over the last three weeks, Te Akau Shark and Bostonian are on a Rosehill collision course.