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Major King (NZ) (Per Incanto) stamped himself as a horse with a big future in feature sprints in Singapore after he lumped 58.5kgs to win the Class 3 race over 1200m on the Polytrack at Kranji on Saturday. At the start jockey Manoel Nunes was mindful of the big
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Even with the retirement this week of outstanding sprinter Eduardo (Host), Joe Pride is assembling a strong team for the spring and untapped colt Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) might just put his hand up to join it. Despite having relatively small numbers in work, Pride consistently produces top performers with exciting
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Chris Waller will have up to seventeen runners at Rosehill, five of them Group One winners, but it is one horse that has him especially excited. When asked to nominate the galloper he is most looking forward to seeing on Saturday, Waller didn't hesitate to name Kovalica (NZ)
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Dual Group One winner Militarize (NZ) (Dundeel) is set to make his seasonal return in The Run To The Rose with trainer Chris Waller increasingly lukewarm on pitting him against the older horses in the Theo Marks Stakes. The colt is an acceptor for both races and while he was
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Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin on Monday. Postponed from its original schedule of Friday
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A week at the beach beckons for The Everest second favourite I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel), who has recovered well from his first-up third placing in Saturday's Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Peter Moody on Monday morning released his stable update to his co-
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The winkers go back on Little Brose (Per Incanto) as he returns to Caulfield for a tilt at the Gr.3 McNeil Stakes (1200m). The McNeil Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday could prove pivotal to the direction Little Brose takes during the spring. While Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and
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A fitter but still underdone Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is ready to tackle his first Group One assignment of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday is the spring opener and Mr Brightside will enter the race second-up. He has already collected the Gr.
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Randwick is set to host another key barrier trial session on Friday, headlined by the clash of a quintet of Everest hopefuls. Six horses have accepted for Friday's opening 850m heat on the Kensington track and five of those including Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto), are in
Andrew Forsman will get a better gauge as to the spring fortunes of Riproar (NZ) (Charm Spirit) after the gelding runs at Moonee Valley. A half-brother to Mr Maestro (NZ) (Savabeel), Riproar runs in the Corporate Membership On Sale Plate (1500m) on Saturday as Forsman looks to lock in
A feature race on Melbourne Cup day could figure in the plans for in-form gelding Strombus (NZ) (Territories) after he took his record to two wins from his past three starts at the midweek Kensington meeting. Starting a $2.70 favourite, the five-year-old finished strongly down the
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Goldman (NZ) (Verdi) has been given a look at the Moonee Valley track where he will kick off his Melbourne Cup campaign. Goldman is scheduled to make his spring reappearance in the Gr.2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 9.