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Tom Charlton is set to split two of his stable big guns between states this weekend with Linebacker (NZ) (Super Seth) slated to tackle the Listed Luskin Star Stakes at Scone and promising sprinter Napoleonic the Gr.1 Doomben 10,000. While Linebacker has been nominated for both races, Charlton
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Whether Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) runs in Saturday’s Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 or not, his stable is confident the remarkable galloper will find his way into the winner’s stall in Queensland this winter. Jimmysstar is without a win for the campaign for the first time since coming
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Shaun and Hazel Fannin may be without their star jumper Jesko this year, but Fourty Eight (NZ) (Ekraar) may fill that void following his impressive win in the Dr John D. Moore Memorial Open Steeplechase (3800m) at Wanganui on Sunday. It was a pleasing result for the Awapuni trainers, with
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Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking) made another winning start to the jumps season when taking out the Wanganui Insurance Brokers Open Hurdle (3000m) at Wanganui on Sunday. The seven-year-old son of Shocking was victorious at the exact same meeting last year where he won his maiden hurdle before
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Tony and Maddysen Sears are counting down the days to the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) after a highly impressive audition at the Gold Coast on Saturday by their New Zealand-bred filly Nightline (NZ) (Redwood). The father-daughter training partnership teamed up with Paul Moroney Bloodstock and Catheryne Bruggeman
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Pride Of Jenni’s (Pride Of Dubai) runaway front-running heroics have brought racetrack crowds to their feet in Victoria and New South Wales over the past few years, and on Saturday it was Queensland’s turn. The Trelawney Stud-bred marvel did it again in the A$500,000
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Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) is now a Group One winner on both sides of the Tasman after prevailing in a nail-biting finish to the A$1 million Sportsbet Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Raced by Barneswood Farm’s Sarah Green and Ger Beemsterboer, Desert Lightning was
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Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) took 11 races and more than a year to record his first stakes victory in Australia, but now he has gone back-to-back. The seven-year-old added a supreme weight-carrying performance in Saturday’s A$300,
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An impressive come-from-behind performance at Gosford on Saturday has the well-related Monopolistic (NZ) (Savabeel) on target for the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). The New Zealand-bred son of Savabeel was bought for A$500,000 from the draft of breeders Windsor Park Stud at the 2024
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A move across the Tasman has reaped rewards for New Zealand filly Fringes (NZ) (Niagara), who impressively won the A$170,000 Gr.3 Ken and Helen Smith SA Fillies’ Classic (2546m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Bred and raced by renowned New Zealand racing photographer Trish Dunell, Fringes began her
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Cambridge mareChurchillian (NZ)(Churchill) left her rivals in her wake when claiming her second victory at stakes level in the Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Tony Pike-prepared six-year-old looked to be one of many pace influences in the contest, but once rider Joe
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Cambridge conditioner Andrew Forsman had been looking for a memorable return over the weekend with runners in feature events at Waverley and Rotorua, along with progressive filly Simply Red (NZ) (Vanburgh) who was in Australia to contest the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Gold Coast later in the