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What was worth noting from the trials from all over the country for the week ending 2/5/2024

With three Group 1s, Auckland's Premier Meeting at Alexandra Park on Friday, May 3 promises to be a beauty.

With four second placings from just five starts, Biggles is overdue to break maidens in Race 4, the Fahey Fence Hire Pace, at Addington tonight.

Finally the Australian pacers get draws they can work with at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

As if facing Ladies In Red wasn’t a big enough challenge, buzz Kiwi mare Aardies Express will have to overcome a horror draw in Saturday night’s $200,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Mile at Menangle.

Rangiora trainer Tom Bamford will line up four runners at today's Rangiora meeting, including stable star Rakero Rocket in the Waimakariri Businesses Rangiora Winter Cup.

What should happen at Winton on Saturday is no guarantee.

Mid Canterbury reinsman Gerard O’Reilly could offer punters some value at tonight's ANZAC weekend race meeting at Addington.

Barry Purdon has been training great horses long enough to know tonight’s $110,000 Dawson Harford Taylor Mile could look very good, or very bad, for Merlin after just 200m.