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Trainer Matthew Williams does not want to upset the hand that feeds him. When Jamie Kah elected to ride the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr -trained Annavisto (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Gr.3 Tony Bourke Memorial (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday, Williams was not about to argue. Williams
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After riding more than 2000 winners in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, including 25 victories at the highest level, popular jockey Michael Walker has conceded that his career in the saddle is over. Walker had his final race ride at The Valley last July, before he had a
Jamie Mott's opportunity aboard Roch 'N' Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto) came about due to a fellow rider being suspended, but he is hoping to cement his position in the saddle aboard the mare who could be bound for England later in the year. Mott will partner
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Jockey Michael Dee has been booked for the plum ride on top class filly Legarto in next month’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained three-year-old will trial this week at Cambridge and will venture across the Tasman for the March 4 Flemington assignment. The winner
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Hardy five-year-old Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) was back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought on-speed victory in the Tile Importer Handicap (1400m) for trainers Ben and JD Hayes. The win provided the trainers with a consolation prize after they had suffered Group One defeat earlier in the
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Warwick Farm trainer Bryce Heys has a small but in-form team and the roll continued when four-year-old mare Po Kare Kare (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. The victory provided Heys with his first Group success, with the New Zealander
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Tony and Calvin McEvoy have a promising stayer on their hands in the form of Kiwi import So Unusual (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) who proved too strong in the Premier Signs Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The son of Unusual Suspect was a winner at Woodville for Fraser Auret in
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New Zealand-bred three-year-old Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) is making a habit of giving his supporters heart palpitations and once again he came from an impossible position when landing the Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) on Friday. The Patrick Payne-trained galloper was sent out the $1.14 favourite and care of a needle-threading
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Talented three-year-old gelding Creator has been purchased by OTI Racing and will join the Victorian stable of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The son of Wrote was an impressive winner of his two starts to date for trainer Chad Ormsby, with a maiden romp at Tauranga before signing off
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Danny O’Brien is hoping to add to Callsign Mav’s Group One haul this autumn and he will get his first chance at Sandown on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred gelding already boasts four elite-level victories, including the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last September. His Flemington trainer
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Adelaide Cup winner Daqiansweet Junior is going too well to defend his Morphettville crown and will instead be aimed at the Group 1 Sydney Cup, according to trainer Phillip Stokes. The OTI Racing-owned stayer will return to the track in Saturday's G3 Carlyon Cup (1600m) and, while a
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Liam Howley will use Saturday's Gr.2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) as a launchpad into the Australian Guineas with his stable star Virtuous Circle (NZ) (Almanzor). Howley resisted the temptation to push on to the Victoria Derby in the spring but expects that decision to reap rewards this campaign