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As firstly an assistant trainer to Bart Cummings and more recently in his own right, Nigel Blackiston has handled many quality stayers in his career and he believes Verifier (NZ) (Tivaci) could head down that path in future. Blackiston needs to tick off an important box with the last-start Flemington
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Victorian racing will on Saturday celebrate the career of former jockey Michael Walker, who officially retired from race riding in February due to the ongoing effects of a brain injury. Walker said on Thursday that, despite a recent family bereavement, he and partner Lauren and his young family will be
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Racing Victoria stewards have issued show-cause notices to connections as to why the 29 horses ridden by apprentice Wiremu Pinn when his claim was incorrectly calculated should not be disqualified. It was discovered last week that the New Zealand apprentice, who is on a three-month loan to Cranbourne-based trainer Mick
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Daniel Stackhouse celebrated an impressive milestone at Pakenham on Tuesday, riding his 1000th winner on Australian soil. The New Zealand-born jockey moved to Australia in 2010 and has become one of Victoria's leading riders, with win number 1000 also extending his lead in the premiership standings ahead of
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In daunting news for her spring rivals, Australian Guineas winner Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) will return a bigger and stronger version again in the new season as connections target a possible return during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Co-trainer Ken Kelso said on Wednesday that the already sizeable filly has grown into
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He may be trained in Adelaide but Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente) stamped himself as a star of Victoria's country cup circuit with victory in Sunday's Swan Hill Cup (1600m). Travis Doudle and Beau Mertens combined to land the iconic feature with the six-year-old, who settled on
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Having already left a sizeable mark in Queensland in the sale ring, staying mare Nerve Not Verve (NZ) (Shocking) is poised to do something similar on the racetrack on Saturday when she has potentially her final race start in the Gr.2 Brisbane Cup (3200m). A Group Two winner, Nerve
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All-Star Mile (1600m) and dual Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) winner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is back in work for what shapes as his longest racing campaign yet. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said he was delighted with the condition of the winner of more than A$8 million in stakes, who
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Andrew Forsman buoyed by Aegon’s (NZ) (Sacred Falls) effort to finish fifth in the Gr.1 Champions’ Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on April 30 will target the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) in the spring. Forsman said James McDonald told him after the race that Aegon was looking
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I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) has fittingly been laid to rest at the property of co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr. The top-class galloper with his rockstar looks and cult following was lost to racing after complications following surgery on his fetlock in late March. In an emotion-charged interview on Racing.
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Liam Howley liked his Gr.1 ATC Derby (2400m) runner-up Virtuous Circle (NZ) (Almanzor) so much as a yearling that he doubled down the next season and bought his brother. The trainer surely got the first part right as Virtuous Circle heads into the spring as one of the more-likely
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Mike Moroney already has one eye on a big spring target with Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) ahead of Saturday's Gr.1 Doomben Cup. A recent inductee to the New Zealand Hall of Fame, the Kiwi horseman revealed his Caulfield Cup plans with the five-year-old son of the