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Leading rider Blake Shinn has reclaimed the ride aboard Antino (NZ) (Redwood) when the Queenslander goes second-up into the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday week. Trainer Tony Gollan confirmed on Tuesday that Shinn will reacquaint himself with the Memsie Stakes' fourth placegetter at
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Champion trainer Ciaron Maher said he is confident Pride Of Jenni's much-anticipated spring campaign has not been derailed by a minor elevated temperature. Pride Of Jenni has emerged from her unplaced Gr.1 Memsie Stakes run with an imperfect blood picture, but Maher said that while her
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Basilinna (NZ) (Staphanos) has suffered a minor setback heading into her spring campaign, which ruled her out of a first-up run at Caulfield on Saturday. The daughter of Novara Park stallion Staphanos jumped out quietly over 1200 metres at Pakenham on Wednesday, but a post-trial scope revealed a
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Trainer Matthew Williams is hopeful a good break for Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) after an underwhelming late-summer preparation can be the catalyst to a better spring campaign for the Stakes-winning mare. Wrote To Arataki will resume in Saturday's Group 3 Cockram Stakes at Caulfield, a
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Impressive debutant Fields Of Courage (NZ) ( Savabeel) will go down as Michael Moroney and Glen Thompson's first winner together, getting the better of favourite Athanatos over 1300 metres at Sandown on Wednesday. The son of Savabeel cost connections $425,000 at the 2020 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale and,
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As is commonplace with trainers of four-year-old mares going into spring, Andrew Forsman is wary about where Positivity (NZ) ( Almanzor) will fit in among the older more seasoned stayers. Positivity proved she was one of the better staying three-year-old fillies with a last-start Group 3
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One of the most formidable partnerships in Australian racing will reunite at Caulfield on Saturday to try to improve on their Group One tally. Leading hoop Craig Williams has ridden New Zealand-bred Group One winner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in 30 of his 34 starts, including 14 victories, with
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The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) has dominated the A$400,000 Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat on Sunday, giving trainer Rachael Cunningham her second win in the race, and Daryl Horner Jr his first. The 10-year-old gelding was a gutsy third in the Grand National Hurdle at
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The Cunning Fox (NZ) (Reliable Man) has capped off a dramatic fifteen minutes for the Payne and Kuru combination, as the grey gripped onto victory in the J.J. Houlahan Hurdle at Ballarat on Sunday. Owned by Prime Thoroughbreds, the six-year-old won his first two jumps starts by
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Melbourne's weather gods might have a strong hand to play if winning machine Rhapsody Chic (NZ) (Sacred Falls) is to extend his winning run to five straight at Caulfield on Saturday. Anthony and Sam Freedman's galloper has won his past four starts and another victory would
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Champion mare Imperatriz will be mated with emerging young sire Pierata this spring, Yulong has confirmed. In May, the breeding and racing giant won the battle to secure the world's highest-rated sprinting mare at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for a Southern Hemisphere record of $6.
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Ben Gleeson was happy to receive a vote of confidence from in-demand jockey Michael Dee ahead of three-year-old-filly Bellatrix Star's (Star Witness) Australian debut at Caulfield on Saturday in the Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). Dee has ridden the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-