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It was No Fuss (NZ) (Jon Snow) by name and nature at Sandown on Wednesday, as Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s exciting import broke the Hillside 1500 metre record with a devastating victory. Now undefeated in three starts since arriving from New Zealand as a maiden, No Fuss was a
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Ciaron Maher admits his eyes will be firmly fixed on the sectionals during Saturday's Group One Australian Cup when Craig Newitt will again be out to secure victory aboard Trelawney Stud bred Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai). A clash with fellow front-runner Deny Knowledge sets up
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The Australian racing scene has been swimming in premier sprint races over the past month or so, but there is a chance the most revealing performance of the autumn is yet to be seen. Last Saturday, we saw the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at The Valley and the
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Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) is no stranger to big-race successes at Flemington and champion trainer Chris Waller says the mare is “ready to go” for another tilt at winning a Gr.1 Australian Cup on Saturday. Among the multiple Group One winner’s feature race wins at Flemington during her
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will travel to Hong Kong without another run in Australia after Lindsay Park secured a flight for the nine-time Group One winner to run on Champions Day next month. The Gr.1 Champions Mile – and a potential clash with local pin-ups Beauty Eternal, Voyage
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Ciaron Maher is backing in the class of Group 1 Oakleigh Plate winner Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) ahead of his Valley debut in Saturday's $1 million William Reid Stakes. A new fresh-is-best approach has seen Maher stick to a sprinting path with the son of Per
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Retired superstar Imperatriz will have a race named in her honour from this season's Cox Plate Day forward, with the program's existing open 1000-metre handicap now titled the Imperatriz Sprint. The event's prizemoney will be increased from $150,000 to $200,000 and
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Leading trainer Mick Price says Public Attention's (NZ) (Written Tycoon) racing days could be as a sprinter, with doubts over whether the grey colt sees out a strong longer trip. The Written Tycoon colt won first-up over 1200m and ran well in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes
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The fresh is best mantra will again be enacted for the Ciaron Maher-trained Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) when he tackles Saturday’s Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at The Valley. Maher’s national assistant trainer Jack Turnbull said it worked to perfection when Jimmysstar stormed over the top
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Syndicator Joe O’Neill has enjoyed the results over summer with his two-year-olds, but it’s the prospect of having a champion hurdler with The Cunning Fox (NZ) (Reliable Man) which is whetting his appetite for the future. O’Neill watched the undefeated jumper trial at Cranbourne on
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Now that Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) has ticked off the 1600 metres box she will return to that trip in next Saturday’s Gr.2 Sunline Stakes (1600m) at The Valley. After Wrote To Arataki won the Gr.3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on February 15, Trainer
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The curtain has come down on the sensational racing career of I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel). The unlikely hero, I Wish I Win’s story has been well-documented, from the foal at Waikato Stud with a bent near-fore leg, to a superstar of the fiercely-competitive Australian