Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson is making the most of his opportunities and fresh from landing the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) aboard Quick Thinker at Randwick on Saturday, he is eyeing further riches as the Sydney autumn carnival. Bosson has ridden 10 Group One winners this season alone and is
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A timely double saw English trainer James Peters enjoy a good night at the office, albeit remotely from his home on Friday night. While under normal circumstances, especially if it’s during a well-earned break, yelling their runners home from an armchair is not such a bad thing for
A good dose of patience from trainer Tan Kah Soon was well rewarded with War Frontier (NZ) (Declaration of War) getting off the mark at his seventh start on Friday night. The Godolphin-trained Malaysian handler had always held the son of Declaration Of War in high opinion as a
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) showed last time out that any ‘has-been’ talk was premature but when the champ takes on Waikuku (Harbour Watch) in Sunday’s (5 April) Gr.2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) he’ll be facing a rival who has had his measure the last
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Daniel Meagher gave further proof of his reputation as a patient trainer after Lim’s Dashing (NZ) (Darci Brahma) scored first-up from a 10-month spell in Singapore on Friday night. Just last week, he saw his dint of hard work reap rewards with the injury-plagued and former
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It’s taken 52 race meetings but a Zac Purton double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (25 March) meant the champion jockey poked his nose into the lead in the title race for the first time since late September. The Australian ace arrived at the city-side venue one
Mark Walker will use Inherit’s (Pierro) next race this Friday as a final guide to any chance of a Singapore Derby start in three weeks’ time. The four-year-old has found competition tougher when pushed up to Class 3 company at his last two starts, albeit a third
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) triumphed in an epic HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin to complete a brilliant whitewash of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. The victory was a first in the race for jockey Vincent Ho, who ended a run of outs
When trainer Michael Clements made his choice from the only available three jockeys on standby for the replacement ride on Siam Blue Vanda (NZ) Echoes Of Heaven) in the S$400,000 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), little did he know he was about to give someone the opportunity of a rare
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) put a mishap in the gates behind him last month with an impressive win in Wednesday's Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley, securing Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton a double and his sixth win from the last two race
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Jimmy Ting is hoping Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) can put a mishap in the gates behind him when he takes his place in the Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “The horses form is good, he’s still fit and he looked very good in
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It’s only after Axel’s (NZ) (Darci Brahma) barnstorming win at his last start that trainer Mark Walker began to toy with the idea he could be a Derby horse. The Darci Brahma four-year-old’s previous runs would not really have warranted such lofty dreams, albeit luck