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In a Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) field with a long tail on paper, Michael Hickmott sees no reason Gr.3 SA Fillies’ Classic (2500m) winner Fringes (NZ) (Niagara) can’t run a big race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Kiwi import took a couple of runs to find
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Billy Boy (So You Think) put his hand up as one of the country’s most exciting jumpers last year following his Manawatu-Wellington Hurdle double at Trentham, and trainer Jo Rathbone is hoping he can repeat that feat this year. He will head to the Upper Hutt track this
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Ever wonder what happened to your favourite horses and humans in racing, post-retirement? Racing.com has introduced a series titled ‘Where Are They Now?’, where journalist Trent Masenhelder catches up with industry participants from yesteryear. The series will showcase former jockeys and trainers, and we’ll find out where
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Tony Pike’s mission to secure black type for Astoria Brooke (NZ) (American Pharoah) will gain further momentum at Ellerslie this weekend. The Cambridge trainer believes Saturday’s trackside.co.nz (1400m) will set the lightly raced four-year-old up well for a loftier target later this month. The
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On a quiet day for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable, their hopes of a winner at Flemington will lie with a trio of three-year-old stayers in heat four of the Mahogany Series. She's Got The Cash (NZ) (Turn Me Loose), Engine Of War
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Kiwi filly Solid Gold (NZ) (Savabeel) will be on the quick back-up when she takes her place in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) following her fifth placing in last weekend’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Savabeel was
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Weather, weight and poor barriers pose a challenge for Andrew Forsman as the Cambridge horseman readies for a busy trans-Tasman weekend. Forsman has been campaigning his promising filly Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) in Queensland over the past month, and having proven herself up to the mark against the three-
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All roads are leading to a home track black type feature for talented youngster She’s No Saint who has already proved competitive with her leading age group rivals. The Ruakaka-prepared juvenile has acquitted herself well during her short career in strong company and will have an opportunity at
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The phenomenal Ka Ying Rising has been the horse of a lifetime for everyone associated with him, including his New Zealand breeders, Fraser and Erin Auret. Under their Grandmoral Lodge banner, the Aurets bred Ka Ying Rising as the first foal out of their Per Incanto mare Missy Moo. Missy
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Well-related filly Explosive Express (NZ) (Staphanos) will step out on raceday for the first time when contesting the Schweppes Handicap (1100m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The two-year-old daughter of Staphanos impressed when winning an 800m trial in New Zealand at Ellerslie in April. Previously prepared by
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Cambridge Stud owned Joliestar (Zoustar) will leave Australia for England with Overpass on Wednesday night to compete at Royal Ascot later this month. The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass is set to contest the Gr.1 King Charles III (formerly King's Stand) Stakes (1000m) on June 16 and Chris
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Lightly raced filly Paltrow Miss (NZ) (Circus Maximus) will go into the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks fresh off a third placing in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville in April. The Ciaron Maher stable elected to scratch the daughter of Circus Maximus from the Gr.2 The Roses