After a disappointing second-up effort, Michael Dee is expecting a better showing from Aegon (NZ) Sacred Falls) at Flemington. Jockey Michael Dee is expecting the vast open spaces of Flemington to suit his mount in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). Dee partners New Zealand gelding Aegon on Saturday
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With a long spring campaign still ahead, trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes have taken Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) back to the Lindsay Park training operation at Euroa to prepare for his next assignment at Flemington. After wins in the Gr.2 P B Lawrence Stakes and the Gr.
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Hong Kong raider Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) finished a brave fourth placing in the Gr.3 Korea Sprint (1200m) at Seoul Racecourse in South Korea on Sunday. Squeezed for running room as he left barrier 11, Duke Wai was forced to settle at the rear before steadily making ground
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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
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
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)
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
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-owners Waikato
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.2
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