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Article: Kevin Robertson,  – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Photo: Kenton Wright, Race Images While trainer Stephen Marsh may be away in Hong Kong putting the finishing touches on El Vencedor in his bid to win the Gr.1 QE II Cup (2000m) on Sunday, he enjoyed a red-letter day at Te Rapa on Saturday as promising filly Ardalio claimed the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud […]

Well-related colt Tardelli (I Am Invincible) will make a return trip to Wellington in his bid to add a black-type victory to his burgeoning record.

All of the King’s horses for all the King’s Men, Ardalio’s been picked to do it again – this time for the NZB Kiwi. 

Six years after landing a Group Three prize on Karaka Millions night with Ardrossan, trainer Stephen Marsh and jockey Michael McNab kept it in the family with his exciting daughter Ardalio winning Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy at Ellerslie.

A decade after winning his hometown Cup with Maygrove, prominent Wellington owner Lib Petagna was back in the spotlight again on Trentham’s biggest day of the year on Saturday.

Lib Petagna’s Elsdon Park will offer its third draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka later this month, and the Matamata nursery has upped the ante, with their consignment nearly doubling their previous offerings.

In a blockbuster edition of the Gr.2 Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas outsider Midnight Edition and Yaldi went to the line as one.

Saltcoats has posted his first victory on Australian soil when coming with a sustained run at Randwick on Saturday.