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Super Seth (Dundeel) was already feeling 'a bit brighter' on Thursday morning after being struck by a 'mild infection'. Trainer Anthony Freedman on Wednesday afternoon scratched his star three-year-old from the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas after he was flat during a hand walk. Assistant trainer Sam
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Trainer Patrick Payne and jockey Billy Egan are fast becoming one of the most potent pairings in Australian racing, combining to win the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m) on Wednesday with Home By Midnight (NZ) (Domesday). The son of Domesday, who raced in New Zealand as Five To Midnight, proved
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Saturday's Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield will provide a runner for next month's $5 million All-Star Mile, but it also might take one away with three-year-old Super Seth's (Dundeel) place not yet guaranteed. Last spring's Caulfield Guineas winner is likely to
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Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have been granted permission to train more than 100 horses from Cranbourne's training complex. Cranbourne Turf Club announced that Busuttin and Young have been allocated an additional 40 boxes, allowing them capacity of 115 horses stabled at one time. Busuttin and
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Rarely does a horse race live up to its fullest potential but the 2020 C.S. Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington went well beyond all expectations as Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) prevailed after an unforgettable stoush with the Kiwi star Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma). The Group 1 Australian Guineas
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In-form trainer Mike Moroney will use Saturday's Gr.1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) as a stepping stone for Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) as he targets the G1 Newmarket Handicap with rising sprinter. The four-year-old will resume from a spell in Saturday's A$750,000 feature race,
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Riding your first winner on a Saturday afternoon in Melbourne is meant to be a moment of unbridled joy. Apprentice Thomas Stockdale would have been bubbling with delight inside after his expert all-the-way victory aboard Play Me Now (NZ) (Bernardini) over 2500 metres at Moonee Valley. But there was nothing
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Robert Hickmott believes Talenti (NZ) (Niagara) has black type quality after winning his second Australian race from as many starts on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred four-year-old gelding came from last in a small field to win over 1500 metres at The Valley, as per his local debut 15 days earlier
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Manolo Blahniq (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) will make the trip to Perth to run in Saturday's Group 1 Railway Stakes, with connections confident he will gain his spot in the A$1million 1600m feature. The six year-old was scratched from Saturday's Sandown Stakes (1500m) on the morning
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Paul Preusker was full of admiration for his inexperienced stayer Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking), who finished fifth in Tuesday's A$8 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington. Surprise Baby, who coming into the Melbourne Cup had won five of 10 starts including this year's Gr.