Pacing princess Millwood Nike is aiming at the New Zealand Cup

12 June 2024
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New Zealand’s princess of pacing is ready to return and trainer Nathan Purdon says unbeaten mare Millwood Nike is going to be aimed at the New Zealand Cup in November even after more than six months on the sidelines.

Millwood Nike is one of the great Down Under pacing fillies of all time, having won all 17 of her starts with her Sires’ Stakes Championship victory in November one of the most dazzling performances of either code in the recent history of New Zealand racing.

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