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Star mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) pleased trainer Stephen Marsh with a strong performance to win her second trial this preparation over 1100m at Taupo on Sunday. The returning four-year-old had been given a quiet outing when stepping out at Cambridge earlier this month and had a more
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Former Western Australian star Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice) kept his perfect Melbourne record intact and completed a rare feature double in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Catanach’s Jewellers PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Bred in New Zealand by his high-profile Perth owner Bob Peters, Cosmic
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Victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Remembering Diatribe Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield capped a consistent run of form for Taka Speed (NZ) (Savabeel), and the New Zealand-bred gelding also passed an important stamina test. Previously a four-time winner between 1400m and 1800m, the Savabeel gelding had attempted
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Lightly raced mare Attractiveness (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) capped a breakthrough campaign with her second straight Rosehill victory on Saturday, setting up a potential shot at black type in the autumn. Previously a winner and placegetter from four starts between November and January, the New Zealand-bred daughter of Hello Youmzain
Australia
New Zealand-bred galloper Rise At Dawn (NZ) (Almanzor) has been ruled out of the spring after suffering a bowed tendon. The Lindsay Park-trained six-year-old had made an encouraging start to his latest preparation, finishing runner-up in both of his appearances. The tendon injury is a
Australia
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes is looking forward to the upcoming spring campaign of Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). While technically still in winter, the Caulfield meeting on Saturday has a touch of spring about it, especially the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m)
New Zealand
Exciting three-year-old Shalabiya (NZ) (Brazen Beau) will head to Ruakaka on Saturday as the $2.10 favourite for the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), but the jockey who has been aboard for her impressive start to racing will be in the opposition camp. Warren Kennedy
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Well-related Savabeel colt Savagram (NZ) (Savabeel) stamped himself as a three-year-old of considerable promise with an impressive debut victory at Canterbury on Wednesday, putting himself in the frame for a potential tilt at the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained
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Unbeaten Group One winner Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will face a significant weight impost when she makes her Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The Mark Walker-trained filly was unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile in New Zealand, culminating in the Gr.
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Queensland jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor continued to make himself at home in New Zealand when producing a polished ride aboard Sharapova (NZ) (Grunt) to win the Rotorua & Bay Of Plenty Hunt Life Members 1950 at Rotorua on Wednesday. The Margaret Falconer-trained mare travelled strongly throughout for Wilson-Taylor,
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Evergreen galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will continue his preparation towards his racetrack return with a jump-out at Flemington. The nine-year-old, prepared by Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes is scheduled to compete in a 1000m jump-out on Friday morning. Mr Brightside is
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Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley is hoping She’s No Saint (Prague) can continue her progression when she steps up to stakes company in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on her home track. The daughter of Prague has won both starts this preparation, breaking her maiden