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A second shot at a 'win and you're in' race is what the connections of Basilinna (NZ) (Staphanos) are chasing at Mornington. Last year Basilinna won a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup, courtesy of her win in the Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington in May.
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Reigning Mornington Cup winner Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) must defy history on Saturday to become only the fifth horse in more than a century to claim the race multiple times. Local hat-trick hero Gunnamatta (Snippets) (2002-04) was the last to achieve the rare feat after Ardashir (1938/1941), Happy
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A poor barrier draw may delay the planned kick-off to the campaign of Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) at Mornington. Desert Lightning has drawn the widest barrier in the 17-horse Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) on Saturday in which he has 60kg and will be ridden by Luke Nolen. The
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The Andrew Forsman-trained Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) will be targeted at the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on June 6. The talented daughter of Vanbrugh was back in action at the Cambridge trials on Tuesday for her first public outing since finishing third in the Gr.1
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Idle Flyer’s (Dundeel) maiden Group One success in the Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Randwick prompted celebrations at Little Avondale Stud. The Matthew Smith-trained daughter of Dundeel is out of the Street Cry mare Progressive whose half-sister Winter Sky (Invincible Spirit) is a member of the Wairarapa
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Go Racing came just shy of taking out last Saturday’s Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m), and the New Zealand syndicator is already looking for redemption as they eye the biggest two-mile prize in world racing – the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November. Irish import Soul Of
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Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) is hoping to become just the second horse in history to win multiple Mornington Cups when he seeks to defend his title on Saturday. Having won the 2400m Listed feature by the barest of margins last year, the eight-year-old gelding was officially trained by Glen
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More than a year after his most recent raceday appearance in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), Oceana Dream (NZ) (Ocean Park) kicked off his Australian career on a winning note in the A$130,000 Ern Jensen Funerals - Pinder Family Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The
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NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Single Choice (Anders) secured himself a shot at next month’s Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) with an impressive win in the A$200,000 Listed Manhari Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Single Choice was offered by Riversley Park at
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An exclusive club has a new member after Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park) powered to victory in the A$1 million Gr.1 Asahi Super Dry Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The daughter of Ocean Park became only the fourth filly to complete the New Zealand Oaks-Australian Oaks
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New Zealand-bred four-year-old Bring Forth (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) headed to Caulfield on Saturday with a last-start Adelaide victory under his belt, and he went back-to-back with a strong front-running performance in the A$130,000 National Make Good Solutions Handicap (2000m). It was the fourth win of a 17-start
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Leading New Zealand apprentice jockey Amber Riddell got her first taste of Australian racing in Brisbane this week when competing in Australia’s National Apprentice Race Series (NARS), and she is eager for more. The 24-year-old hoop was invited to compete in the series by Racing Queensland and flew to