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New Zealand raider Nassak Diamond (NZ) (Roc de Cambes) became the first New Zealand trained horse to win the 4600 metre Jericho Cup with a dominant win at Warrnambool on Sunday. The Jericho Cup was established in 2018 to commemorate the feats of Australasia’s light horse units during World
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Ciaron Maher has opted to give promising galloper Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) a short let-up after he had won his two starts for the stable since he came from New Zealand. Maher said Jimmysstar had the ability to compete at a high level, but he had to increase his ratings
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Trainer John Leek said the effort of Showmanship (NZ) (Showcasing) to finish fourth in the Listed Doveton Stakes (1200m) was as good as any horse he has had. Leek said he was amazed by Showmanship’s performance, beaten a half-length by Ghaanati after being 15 lengths off the lead early
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Shock 'Em Ova's (NZ) (Shocking) spring campaign is over after trainer Alex Rae scratched him from Saturday's Gr.2 Zipping Classic at Caulfield. Rae made the decision to scratch after his stable star suffered from "some very mild inflammation in a fetlock". "
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Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose (Per Incanto) will continue his racing career in Hong Kong in the new year. His new trainer David Hayes said the three-year-old son of Per Incanto will remain as a colt and be sent to Hong Kong by the end of this year to
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Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) is one of 10 horses who have touched down in Western Australia on Tuesday, with the raiders met with scorching conditions ahead of The Pinnacles heating up and temperatures not expected to drop below 36 degrees until Saturday. An unlucky runner in last Saturday's Gr.
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Slow and steady wins the race. Patrick Payne doesn’t yet know what race, but he’s hoping a patient approach with gun stayer Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) might potentially be able to yield a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup in 2025. The SA Derby winner reappears in form guides for the
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A lot has changed for Mike Moroney since he won the Thousand Guineas, but some things haven't. The New Zealander first landed the Group One event for the fillies in 1999 with Shizu (NZ) (Manntari), not long after he'd taken over the famous Chiquita Lodge stables
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After a foot abscess ruled her out of the Empire Rose Stakes on Derby Day, trainer Matthew Williams is confident Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) remains on song to take on her first Group one in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. “She galloped the Tuesday after, so she really
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Paul Preusker loves nothing more than winning a country cup so it's little surprise his eyes lit up when he first heard about Saturday's A$500,000 Country Cups Final at Caulfield. Courtesy of victory in the Murtoa Cup and a placing in his hometown Horsham
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Mark Walker is hoping a long range plan put in place back in February comes to fruition on Saturday when Zourion (NZ) (Zoustar) lines up in the A$1.5 million Gr.1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas. Chats with Brendan and Jo Lindsay took place after the Cambridge Stud-owned fillies Matamata
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Michael Kent Junior would love nothing more than to see the stable’s “old boy” Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) win the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Although Ayrton is only a six-year-old gelding, he has had a litany of problems to deal with in his