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Comeback mare Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) took a step closer to a return to racing when stepping out in a track gallop between races at Seymour on Thursday. The Mark Walker-trained mare is preparing for the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on May 30 after only one start
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Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is pleased with the condition of talented three-year-old Single Red heading in to Saturday’s Gr.2 The Roses (2000m) at Doomben. Placed in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) won by Ohope Wins, the daughter of Vanbrugh enjoyed a freshen up before a good
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Well-bred mare Superfabulistic continued her rise through the grades at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, making it back-to-back victories with a strong performance in the Precise Air Handicap (1600m). Sporting the colours of Waikato Stud, the progressive daughter of Super Seth has now won three of her seven starts for trainers
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Champion trainer Chris Waller isn’t expecting Hello Captain’s winning run to stop anytime soon. Waller produced the three-year-old son of Hello Youmzain for an effortless first-up victory over 1100m at Warwick Farm in the hands of James McDonald. Hello Captain was sent out an odds-on favourite on his
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Saturday’s Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) was reduced to just seven runners at final acceptances on Tuesday in a scenario that might best suit the thrilling front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai). The first four home in Pride Of Jenni’s Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) win
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Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani will chase another Derby with promising stayer Single Choice (Anders), who headed north on Tuesday for Saturday week’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm. The gelding enters the Queensland feature off a solid effort for fourth in the Gr.1 South Australian Derby
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Ben Hayes admits he's trepidatious about the prospect of Oak Hill (NZ) (Per Incanto) running out a strong 1350m but says the gelding will be given his opportunity to do so on Saturday when he contests the Gr.3 BRC Sprint at Doomben. Hayes, who trains in partnership
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The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Blind Raise will soon be bound for Brisbane, following an impressive right-handed jumpout victory at Cranbourne on Monday. The two-year-old son of Ace High is the $4.50 favourite in early markets for next month’s Gr.1 JJ Atkins (1600m) after producing strong
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Group Two Zipping Classic winner She’s A Hustler (NZ) (Ace High) will have the third run of her campaign when she tackles the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday. At her second-up run last start she finished third in the Gr.2 Hollindale Cup (1800m) behind Pride Of
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Remarkable Kiwi-bred veteran Western Empire (NZ) (Iffraaj) took his career earnings past A$3.5 million with a first-up victory in the A$200,000 Gr.3 Drummond Golf Belmont Sprint (1400m) in Perth on Saturday. It was the eight-year-old Iffraaj gelding’s second win in the Belmont feature and
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Champion trainer Chris Waller claimed a fourth straight win in A$250,000 Gr.3 HKJC World Pool Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday, with three of those winners being New Zealand-breds. Kilman (NZ) (Super Seth) led all the way for a $25 upset in the 2026 edition
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Previously a triple black-type placegetter and fourth at Group One level, War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) broke through for a deserved feature-race success in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Sky Racing Bernborough Handicap (1600m) at Doomben. The New Zealand-bred gelding is a seven-year-old now and has been competing at a