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Rich Hill Stud graduate Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) has ticked another box en-route to Saturday’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas, working comfortably around the Caulfield circuit on Tuesday morning. After a three-and-a-half length demolition job in the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes, the daughter of Castelvecchio has shot into $3 favouritism
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Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) can set himself up to become one of racing’s dominant forces in 2025 if he can win a Group One at his first attempt this Saturday, according to his major part-owner Ozzie Kheir. The former Kiwi galloper will start as one of the favourites in
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Joe Pride says there's something special about winning at Flemington during Melbourne Cup Week. And that's why Derby Day in 2010 was a memorable day for the Sydney-based trainer when wet-track specialist Sacred Choice ploughed through the rain-sodden conditions to win the Group 1 Myer Classic,
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John O'Shea has provided James McDonald with seven of his 100 Group 1 victories and the trainer suspects those numbers can increase by one when McDonald rides for him in Saturday's $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington. It has been more than eight years since
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Almost 70 years after his grandmother bred the winner of the Cox Plate, Kiwi horseman Sam Williams will chase his own slice of racing history with three-year-old Evaporate(NZ) (Per Incanto) in Saturday's weight-for-age championship at The Valley. Williams, who owns and operates Little Avondale Stud with his
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Andrew Forsman still holds Melbourne Cup aspirations with Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor), despite having to be scratched from last Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. The Kiwi mare was withdrawn on Friday afternoon due to a hoof issue, but Forsman is confident he is now on top of the issue and could see
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First-year trainer Dom Sutton may have fallen just short of a fairytale maiden Group 1 win in last weekend's Caulfield Guineas, but the young horseman will now eye off a win on racing's biggest day. Sutton confirmed Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth), who fell just a half-head
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Ciaron Maher said he saw nothing in Pride Of Jenni’s Randwick run and post-race recovery on Saturday to suggest she will not take her place in the highly select A$5 million Cox Plate this week. Such news will bring a major sigh of relief for those at the
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The Melbourne Cup dream is over for this year for Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree), who has been sent to the paddock following his eighth placing in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. OTI Racing director Terry Henderson confirmed on Sunday morning that Warmonger’s spring campaign was over after connections decided pressing
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Broadsiding will be the sole three-year-old in the Cox Plate field, with Lindsay Park confirming Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto) will not take his place in the $5 million race on October 26. Despite being unbeaten in three runs at The Valley, including the Group 2 Stutt Stakes, the son of
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Talented young jockey Liam Riordan is set to return to New Zealand in November following a successful visit there last Saturday. Riordan recorded a double at Ashburton in partnership with Te Akau's Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, a connection that came up through his association with Ben Gleeson,
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A more suitable preparation has I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) co-trainer Peter Moody eagerly looking forward to his elite sprinter's second shot at The Everest this Saturday in Sydney. I Wish I Win was beaten narrowly into second place in the race 12 months ago, but Moody