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Young jockey Matthew Cartwright will move to New Zealand this weekend as he aims to build further momentum in his riding career, with Friday's meeting at Ballarat to be his final one on a Victorian racetrack for some time. Cartwright will fly across the Tasman Sea on Sunday
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With the stunning return to the winner's list of rising nine-year-old Showmanship (NZ) (Showcasing) at Caulfield last Saturday, owner Bob Peters' attention this week turns to yet another task that was also once thought just as improbable. Peters said on Tuesday that the two-year, drought-breaking win from
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The ballot-free run to the Melbourne Cup of Mark Twain (NZ) (Shocking) will begin in the Victorian capital next month, with four lead-in runs planned for the quality Kiwi stayer. OTI Racing director Terry Henderson said on Tuesday that the son of Shocking will campaign solely in Melbourne in the
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Irish jumps jockey Conor Brassil underlined his toughness when he won his first Australian race by taking out the feature event the Brendan Drechsler Hurdle (3500m) at Pakenham on Right Now (NZ) (Wrote). It was less than a month ago Brassil suffered a small fracture in his lower back when
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Emerging jumper Affluential (NZ) (Zed) remains on track for next month's Grand National Hurdle, despite skipping Sunday's blockbuster all-jumps card at Pakenham. Trainer John Leek Jnr confirmed that Verry Elleegant's younger brother will run in a 3100-metre flat handicap at Warrnambool on Tuesday instead
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Pakenham trainer Phillip Stokes looks set to have an impact at this year’s Spring Racing Carnival, with a strong team of gallopers to represent his stable, headlined by Climbing Star (NZ) (Zoustar). The Gr.1 Robert Sangster Stakes heroine is due to kick off her spring campaign on September
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Owner Tony Ottobre has clarified star mare Pride Of Jenni’s spring campaign. Ottobre said Pride Of Jenni’s two grand finals would be the King Charles III Stakes at Randwick before backing up into the Cox Plate. Where Pride Of Jenni resumes is still a little bit up in
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Phillip Stokes has welcomed back two horses who he hopes will be leading lights for his team in the spring, with Goodwood placegetters Stretan Angel and Climbing Star back at his Pakenham base. The talented duo most recently raced when they filled the minor placings behind Benedetta in mid-May and
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Mick Kent will let his exciting mare Eternal Flame dictate where she ends up, but he's happy to back her potential and put in a nomination for the Cox Plate. Kent's initial spring aim for Eternal Flame will be the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at
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Leading trainer Ciaron Maher is plotting an ambitious spring path with superstar mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai), which will include a nomination for the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). But whether they head that way is still to be decided with her preparation set to include back-to-back Group
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Enigmatic galloper Crosshaven (Smart Missile) will try to do something he hasn't done in close to four years on Saturday as he chases back-to-back wins at Flemington. The Ben, JD and Will Hayes-trained galloper last posted successive wins as a spring three-year-old in 2020, when he won the
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It's no accident that Aaron Kuru has become Australia's most in-demand jumps jockey. The talented Kiwi is in the midst of a career-best season with 25 wins at a 25 per cent strike-rate across jumps and highweight flat races and will look to continue that form