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Hall of Fame trainer Colin Jillings has many achievements to look back on, however, it is his victory in the 1993 Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) with The Phantom Chance that stands out above the rest. Jillings was a part of the Cox Plate tour at Karaka on Monday ahead
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Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is pleased with the manner in which talented three-year-old Scorpz (NZ) (Charm Spirit) has bounced back from his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) exertions, with the son of Charm Spirit set to embark on a Sydney campaign. The Group Three winner maintained a
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It says much for the impact that champion galloper Bonecrusher (NZ) (Pag Asa) had on his trainer Frank Ritchie and strapper (and Ritchie’s son) Shaune that the mere mention of his name still sends a collective shiver down their spines. The athletic chestnut, affectionately known as Big Red came
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Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen know how to shock punters, especially at Trentham, and they are hoping they can do it again on Saturday. The Hastings training partners will be represented in the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) by the lightly tried Unlaced (NZ), a
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It was only moments after Mitch Beer had arrived at Echuca for the Cup Day program that he thought his trip would be a wasted one. The Albury trainer arrived with New Zealand recruit Hanger (NZ) (O'Reilly), a horse he thought could win the $100,000 Moama Bowling
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Glen Boss will miss the All-Star Mile ride on Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) but believes if the gelding brings his A-game to the $5 million race at Caulfield he will be a leading chance. After a winning double at Flemington on Saturday including the Group One Newmarket Handicap
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Kiwis have a great connection with the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m), but none moreso than four-time winning jockey Brent Thomson, and the legendary hoop will be on hand next week when the famous piece of silverware tours New Zealand. Thomson, affectionally dubbed “The Babe”, began his riding career
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Star jockey Opie Bosson has had a week to remember, riding another two Group One winners at Ellerslie on Saturday to go with his brace in Sydney seven days earlier. Within the space of just over a week, Bosson has won the Gr.1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on Probabeel (NZ)
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A dominant performance over 1600m at Trentham on Saturday has co-trainer Roger James considering upping the ante for talented performer Sherrif (NZ) (High Chaparral). Carrying the familiar black and gold checks of owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay, Sherrif dashed clear in the final 200m to record his second consecutive
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike cut a satisfied figure on Sunday morning as he reflected on pulling off a successful raid on a Group One feature at Royal Randwick a day earlier with class sprinter The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux). Pike and principal owner David Archer put together a plan well
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Trainer Lauren Brennan went outside her comfort zone on Saturday but reaped the rewards of the bold decision when Packing Rockstar (Fastnet Rock) gave a polished display to score impressively over 1400m at Ellerslie. The statuesque former Hong Kong galloper had excelled when winning comfortably over the same distance at
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Rider Sam Collett is fast becoming the darling of the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) after making it back-to-back wins in the premier two-mile feature when guiding outsider Roger That to a boilover victory on Saturday. Collett claimed her first Cup, and first Group