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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
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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
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Trainer Ben Hayes believes his Group One winner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has turned from a boy into a man over summer. The Lindsay Park horseman, who trains in partnership with his brother JD, has been rapt with the way the New Zealand-bred five-year-old has returned to
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Group One winner I’m Thunderstruck will follow a near identical autumn preparation as he did last year when he kicks off in the Gr.1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The son of Shocking finished fifth in the race last year and trainers Mick Price and
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The irony of Aegon running at the highest level in Australia in what may arguably be a lesser challenge for more than double the prizemoney of a feature event at home hasn’t been lost on Andrew Forsman. Aegon will resume in Saturday’s A$750,000 Gr.1 CF
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A trip to Sandown for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr pair of I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) and Jacquinot (Rubick) has rounded out their preparations for the C F Orr Stakes. The Group One race over 1400m on Saturday kicks off Melbourne's Festival Of Racing
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Mick Price has put the onus onto leading jockey Jamie Kah to have I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) closer to the speed as he chases four elite races this autumn. I'm Thunderstruck returns to racing this Saturday in the Gr.1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at
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Lightly-tried three-year-old Hennessy Lad (NZ) (Belardo) has continued the winning run for syndicator Wylie Dalziel when successful at Sandown on Saturday in the Robert Hunter Handicap (1800m). The Peter Moody-trained son of Belardo narrowly got the better of Acosta (Snitzel) under a well-judged Carleen Hefel
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Talented four-year-old Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) has continued her winning ways, following up a New Year’s Day victory at Flemington with a game victory in the Gr.3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. The daughter of Wrote was again ridden forward by jockey
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Classy staying mare Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) is getting closer to her return to the races and trainer Symon Wilde has revealed that the Adelaide Cup on March 13 is her main target for this preparation. The 2021 Geelong Cup heroine jumped out at Hamilton last Wednesday, where she finished
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New Zealand-bred mare Angelic Miss (NZ) (Savabeel) collected the third black-type success of her career with a brilliant late burst in Saturday’s A$125,000 Listed Scenic Blast Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. The Savabeel mare had already won six races before Saturday’s stellar performance, headed by
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The addition of blinkers has proven to be the key for former New Zealand mare No Secret (NZ) (Niagara), who recorded her first Australian victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Ascend Sales Trophies Handicap (1600m) at Moonee Valley. The daughter of Niagara showed real talent when she began her