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Peter Williams has been in the racing game for long enough that he doesn’t get overawed by the big occasions these days. By his own reckoning, 2024 marks the 50th year that Williams has held a trainer’s licence, and on Saturday the New Zealander will saddle up Desert
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has suffered his first minor hiccup ahead of his defence of Saturday's All-Star Mile at Caulfield, drawing the second-widest barrier for the A$4 million feature. Saturday's All-Star Mile will feature the smallest field in the race's
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The Ciaron Maher stable has taken a different autumn approach with Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) to the one it adopted in the spring which landed the mare back-to-back Group One wins. Pride Of Jenni, who was bred by Trelawney Stud, will be five weeks between races
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Waitak (NZ) (Proisir), the stunning winner of the Group 1 Railway Stakes on New Year’s Day, has been confirmed as the slot runner for New Zealand’s Trackside Media and host club Perth Racing in The Quokka in Perth on April 20. Trackside Media has partnered with Perth Racing
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Beaten Newmarket Handicap favourite Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) is firmly on track to defend her Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) title at The Valley later this month after pleasing connections with her condition on Sunday morning. Racing Victoria stewards on Saturday reported that Imperatriz had pulled up from her
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Classy New Zealand-bred mare Lekvarte collected her second stakes win of the season with a brilliant late burst in Saturday’s A$250,000 Gr.3 Mostyncopper Aspiration Quality (1600m) at Randwick. The five-year-old was sent out as a warm favourite for the fillies and mares’ feature
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Luckless in feature races in her two previous starts, Eternal Flame turned things around and collected a deserved first black-type victory in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. The New Zealand-bred daughter of Sacred Falls was already a three-time winner, but
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Promising New Zealand-bred Von Hauke took his career to new heights with his first black-type victory in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 Furphy Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) at Flemington. The Savabeel gelding had made only one previous appearance in stakes company, finishing fifth in the Listed
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Five-time Group One placegetter Young Werther earned himself another shot at the elite level with a dominant front-running performance in Saturday’s A$200,000 TAB Australian Cup Prelude (1800m) at Flemington. The New Zealand-bred son of Tavistock is well used to performing on the biggest stage,
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Melbourne's pending heatwave hasn't dented Te Akau's confidence levels in their outstanding mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) ahead of her tilt at Saturday's Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap. A final decision on the timings for Flemington's races will be made on
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Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) won't contest Saturday's Gr.3 Shaftsbury Avenue at Flemington, with connections opting instead to head to the Gr.3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes on Friday. Managing owner Ozzie Kheir confirmed the plans to Racing.com and said Jimmysstar will travel interstate on Wednesday
A rising star of the three-year-old ranks and a colt that has already stamped himself among the best of his generation will clash for the first time in a tantalising rendition of the Randwick Guineas. The Group One race features a small but select field of 11 runners