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John Thompson’s concerns about heavy track conditions were quickly extinguished by With Your Blessing at Kembla Grange on Saturday, powering to a commanding front-running win in the A$160,000 Evergreen Turf Australia Handicap (1200m). The New Zealand-bred son of Vadamos had begun his five-year-old
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Champion trainer Peter Moody has confirmed that stable star I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) will be targeted towards the 2024 Everest. After a somewhat luckless runners-up run in the race in October, Moody and his co-trainer Kath Coleman will be chasing redemption in the spring of next
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Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) is one of 10 horses who have touched down in Western Australia on Tuesday, with the raiders met with scorching conditions ahead of The Pinnacles heating up and temperatures not expected to drop below 36 degrees until Saturday. An unlucky runner in last Saturday's Gr.
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Jockey Daniel Moor has answered the call to head to Perth to ride Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) in the opening Group One race of The Pinnacles. Moor partnered the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Forgot You to his three wins as a three-year-old before Blake Shinn registered
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Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) might have missed a place in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), but connections still saw enough from the gelding to commit to a trip to Perth for The Pinnacles. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained six-year-old will be part
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Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay celebrated Group One success on Saturday as royally bred filly Joliestar (Zoustar) claimed the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. The royally-bred daughter of Zoustar is out of the Gr.2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) winner Jolie Bay, who finished second
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The John Sargent-trained Toesonthenose (NZ) (Ocean Park) scored the fifth victory of his career when running out a strong winner of the Karaka 2024 Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1600m) at the Newcastle feature meeting on Saturday. Carrying topweight of 59kgs, the son of Ocean Park was three back on
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Handy galloper So Risque (NZ) (So You Think) showed plenty of fight in registering a winning performance in Saturday’s MRC Foundation Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes-prepared six-year-old son of So You Think was three wide early on before settling on the
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Trans-Tasman trainer Mike Moroney has enjoyed decades of success with gallopers sourced from his homeland, and he hopes another Kiwi-bred filly can extend his record on Saturday when Coeur Volante contests the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. “She’s very talented, she could be one of
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Slow and steady wins the race. Patrick Payne doesn’t yet know what race, but he’s hoping a patient approach with gun stayer Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) might potentially be able to yield a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup in 2025. The SA Derby winner reappears in form guides for the
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A lot has changed for Mike Moroney since he won the Thousand Guineas, but some things haven't. The New Zealander first landed the Group One event for the fillies in 1999 with Shizu (NZ) (Manntari), not long after he'd taken over the famous Chiquita Lodge stables
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Highly regarded filly About A Girl (NZ) (Almanzor) will continue her career in Australia from the champion Sydney stable of Chris Waller. The daughter of Almanzor made an impressive winning debut over 1200m at Tauranga last month for trainer and part-owner Nigel Tiley, prompting a trans-Tasman agreement for