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Ainsley Downs Stud’s policy of purchasing older mares in Australia has been rewarded with another feature race contender across the Tasman. The Courtney Howells-bred Vianarra (Shalaa) will take aim at The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) and win, lose or draw the Te Kauwhata nursery
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Interlinked (NZ) will have to concede weight to his fellow three-year-olds over 2000m at Flemington on Saturday as the unbeaten son of Savabeel aims to make it three wins from three starts. Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young who purchased him out of Ohukia Lodge's
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He may only be a 77-rater but the former Kiwi galloper Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) goes into 2024 with a deal of expectation after an encouraging return from a short spell. Jimmysstar took to the jump-outs at Cranbourne on Monday, where he managed to run a comfortable second
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A gear change and a favourable race tempo helped to unlock the potential of Lyrical Gangster (NZ) (Proisir) with an impressive win in Saturday’s A$160,000 Climate Roofing Handicap (2000m) at Randwick. The Proisir gelding headed a New Zealand-bred quinella in the Benchmark 78 event, beating last-
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The highly talented Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor) is in line for a return to the country of his birth after scoring an effortless win in the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m) at Geelong on Saturday. The four-year-old races in the colours of Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo
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Exciting New Zealand import Carbonados (NZ) (Belardo) kept his unblemished career record intact with an impressive Australian debut in Saturday’s A$175,000 SCAADA Group 3YO Handicap (1100m) at Geelong. The Belardo gelding began his career in the New Plymouth stable of Allan Sharrock, and he made a huge
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A long drought was emphatically broken at Geelong on Saturday as Wertheimer (NZ) (Tavistock) overpowered his opposition and landed a $51 upset in the A$100,000 Canadian Club Handicap (2400m). It was the fourth win of a 32-start career for the New Zealand-bred son of Tavistock, and
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Almanzor four-year-old Holymanz will be vying to secure his ticket back to New Zealand later this month when he heads to Geelong on Saturday to contest the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m). Raced by Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay, Holymanz is earmarked to head to
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Mike Moroney’s classy filly Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) will miss the early part of the autumn carnival as she takes time to recover from a busy schedule in 2023. Coeur Volante won three straight races last year, two of those at group level, before finishing fourth in the Gr.
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Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mike Moroney believes Saturday’s A$300,000 Coastal Classic at Geelong presents as the ideal race for stable stalwart, Bermadez (NZ) (Tavistock). The seven-year-old hasn’t won since May 2022 but has returned in good form this preparation, finishing second to Pascero (Pierro)
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Summer racing might have seemed like the off season in the past but between the two and three-year-olds, the time is coming for new and emerging talent to raise their profiles. One of those three-year-olds is Carbonados (NZ) (Belardo) who Ben Hayes is very keen to
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A stirring win by Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) in the A$175,000 Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington was the icing on the cake of a spectacular New Year’s Day for his part-owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The Cambridge Stud couple’s black