International
The world’s premier sprinter Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) has turned in possibly his greatest performance to date when he smashed the Sha Tin 1200-metre course record on Sunday by almost a full second to record his 21st consecutive victory. Ka Ying Rising easily beat his own track
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Multiple Group One winning jockey Blake Shinn admits he is honoured to have been called up to partner Lindsay Park’s champion Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 12. Shinn will take over from Mr Brightside’s regular rider, Craig
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Australian breeder-owner Bob Peters is undecided which race his Group One winner Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice) will next contest, following his luckless run in Saturday’s Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The New Zealand born son of Maurice will either line up in the Gr.1 Makybe
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Moments after the post-race cheers for Beiwacht had died down as the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes field returned to scale, another mounting yard celebration roared into action. It didn’t come from the stable of the runaway winner, but rather from another large group of connections who could have
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Triple Group One winner Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) will have his first start in Melbourne this Saturday since his unplaced effort in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) in the autumn. Following that, the Ciaron Maher-trained gelding ran well without winning in both Sydney and Brisbane. Jimmysstar will
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) hardly turned heads in his final public hit-out before his return from injury in next Saturday’s Gr.1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, but connections had seen it all before. Mr Brightside, who has not run at all this year due to a fetlock issue,
Australia
The favourite for the $10 million Melbourne Cup is likely to campaign in Melbourne for the entire spring, with Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) now likely to run first-up in Saturday week’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The three-time G1 star was amongst the acceptances for Saturday’
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Wellington Cup winner Manzor Blue (NZ) (Almanzor) will fly a lone New Zealand flag among Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) nominations, with connections plotting an old-school path towards the Melbourne spring features. The Lisa Latta-trained six-year-old, raced by Go Racing, is the only New Zealand-trained
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Mr Brightside’s (NZ) (Bullbars) co-trainer Ben Hayes predicted the returning veteran would present as a winning chance in his comeback race in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) in a fortnight after turning in a sharp trial at Caulfield on Saturday morning. Mr Brightside, who has not run
Australia
Dom Sutton believes Group 1 winner Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) has returned “as good, if not better” than ever ahead of his spring return in Saturday's P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Now a five-year-old, Feroce will launch another spring campaign over 1400 metres as Sutton
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She won’t have top billing at her first three-year-old race at Caulfield this Saturday, but the unbeaten New Zealand filly Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) may soon demand the honour if she returns as is hoped in the Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). Wearing the tangerine and white
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A third straight Feehan Stakes could be on the cards for popular Trelawney Stud bred mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai), who is back in work ahead of the Spring Carnival. The Ciaron Maher-trained and Tony Ottobre-owned nine-year-old was last seen at the races in