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Michael Kent Junior would love nothing more than to see the stable’s “old boy” Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) win the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Although Ayrton is only a six-year-old gelding, he has had a litany of problems to deal with in his
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The 2024 All-Star Mile will be revamped with the aim of ensuring an all-star cast is assembled for Victoria’s premier mile race. For the first time the All-Star Mile will be run two weeks prior to the TAB Australian Cup (2000m) providing a lucrative $7 million weight-for-age double. The
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Warrnambool trainer happy his star mare missed clash with Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai). There is no such thing as a well-timed foot abscess, but Matthew Williams has taken positives from the one that kept Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) out of the Gr.1 Empires Rose Stakes (1600m)
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The spelling paddock is beckoning New Zealand-bred mare Atishu following her sensational win in the Gr.1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. The victory capped a stellar week for the Chris Waller-trained six-year-old, who finished runner-up to fellow Kiwi-bred Pride Of Jenni in the Gr.1 Empire Rose
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A layer of trans-Tasman rivalry will be brought to the second running of The Quokka after Perth Racing agreed to partner with New Zealand’s Trackside Media for their slot in the A$5M feature for the next three years. Trackside is the media and broadcast arm of TAB in
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Trainer Mike Moroney is happy to back the talent of his three-year-old filly Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) despite almost a month between runs in Saturday’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. Coeur Volante has won three out of her four starts and kicked off this campaign with a
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High-class mare Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) claimed her second Group One victory when running out a comfortable winner of the Gr.1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington under a well-executed James McDonald ride. A dominant winner of the Gr.1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) in autumn, the daughter of
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A week after a stunning all-the-way performance to win the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) returned to the course and distance to repeat the dose. This time the Trelawney Stud-bred mare took down a star-studded cast in the Gr.1 Champions
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The addition of blinkers on the Chris Waller-trained Roots (Press Statement) in the Gr.2 Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) has proven to be a winning move. After finishing second last in the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick last start, a decision was later made to apply blinkers to
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Star mare Imperatriz (AUS) (I Am Invincible) cast aside any straight-track doubts with a game victory in the Gr.1 Darley Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Ridden by Opie Bosson, the Mark Walker-trained mare sat handy to the speed set by Front Page and powered to the front
Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will chase Group One honours in the Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington. The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes would like a little luck to go their way in what has been a frustrating week at Flemington. After Mr Brightside was touched
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Owner Tony Ottobre will give Declan Bates a licence to again play ‘catch me if you can’ on Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) when she backs up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington. The daughter of Pride of Dubai landed a breakthrough Group One win