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He may have been beaten in last Saturday's Caulfield Guineas Prelude, but Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are still eager to push on to the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas with grey colt Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon). The son of Written Tycoon endured a wide run on
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Katherine Coleman says all indications from riding I Wish In Win (NZ) (Savabeel) in work are that he is ready to take another significant step towards his goal of The Everest, when he starts in the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) on Friday night at The Valley. I Wish I
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Andrew Bobbin has zero qualms about testing Off His Roca (NZ) (El Roca) in city grade, with the in-form galloper and regular hoop Tom Prebble to head to Flemington on Sunday. The son of El Roca has improved dramatically this campaign, kicking off with a third placing in 0-58 grade
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Coolmore colt Public Attention (NZ) ( Written Tycoon) will be out to earn his place in the Caulfield Guineas on Saturday, when the grey son of Written Tycoon steps up to 1400 metres in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude. A debut winner at Caulfield late in his two-year-old season, the
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After almost spoiling the party for Point King in The Archer in terms of gaining a Melbourne Cup start, versatile stayer Hit The Road Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) will be aimed at a lesser race on the same day in the inaugural The Australian Heritage Cup. The Symon Wilde-trained Hit The
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Team Hayes will consider backing Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield after his gutsy performance to win the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. Ben Hayes said it was one of three options he will discuss with his co-trainers and brothers Will
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Leading Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan walked away from Antino’s (NZ) (Redwood) brave third in the Makybe Diva Stakes proud of his run, but still in a quandary as to whether to push on towards a Cox Plate. Gollan said the Cox Plate was still the likely goal, but he
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Ben Hayes believes that the conditions are more in Mr Brightside's (NZ) (Bullbars) favour this time around as he prepares to take on Via Sistina in Saturday's Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). The pair has only met once before, in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at
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A sense of pride, not regret, is the overarching emotion when Kiwi trainer Anna Furlong watches Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) step onto the racetrack. Furlong and her then-training partner Shane Kennedy paid NZ$165,000 for the son of War Decree at the 2022 NZB Ready To Run Sale at
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Ozzie Kheir has an impressive string of spring contenders to look forward to across Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday, but also front of mind for the successful owner is a comparatively lowly maiden at Geelong on Friday. When Savabeel filly Exuberance (NZ) (Savabeel) contests the race for three-year-old fillies over
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The VRC has added a new race to its Melbourne Cup day program. The club announced on Monday that a $250,000 Australian Heritage Cup (2800m) would be run on the day, replacing the traditional 2800m Benchmark 96 race on the same program. It’s a race that is restricted
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Victoria’s highest-earning maiden is winless no longer, as Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s Rue De Royale (NZ) (Per Incanto) posted an impressive all-the-way victory over 1300 metres at Bendigo on Sunday. By Per Incanto, Rue De Royale cost $180,000 at last year’s Inglis Classic Sale, and made