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Former Kiwi filly Unusual Culture is showing plenty of promise in Australia for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. The daughter of Unusual Suspect ran third at Caulfield over 1200m in her Australian debut last month and she will return to the Melbourne track on Saturday to run over 1400m.
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Trainer Michael Moroney is getting very excited about the prospects of Tofane in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield next month. The daughter of Ocean Park pleased Moroney with her jumpout at Flemington on Friday and he believes she will be cherry ripe for the Group One feature
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Sam Collett has been pleasantly surprised by the pace of her success in Queensland since she decided to up sticks and ply her trade across the Tasman. The former champion New Zealand jockey relocated to the Sunshine State last October after a riding stint there during the 2021 winter and
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New Zealand-bred gelding Waihaha Falls will be vying for his third win on-end when he lines up over 1300m at Randwick on Saturday. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced four-year-old has won both of his starts this preparation over 1200m at Randwick, doubling his career win tally in the process. Trainer
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A family littered with black-type performers produced another potential future stakes contender on the Hillside course at Sandown on Wednesday where the race day covers came off Proscenium Arch. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained juvenile daughter of So You Think jumped straight to the front and eased clear in
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Trainer Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are eyeing some lofty goals with rising five-year-old gelding Hezashocka (NZ) (Shocking). The New Zealand-bred has won two and placed in two of his four starts this preparation, which had led his trainers to rise their sights towards the big ticket item of
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Cambridge Stud first-season sire Almanzor has continued his strong early run after siring his seventh individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when Islero won the 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Murtoa. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained gelding proved too strong at the finish, winning by a neck ahead of fellow Kiwi-bred Musgrave
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Matthew Brown is hoping the temptation to bypass the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) will pay dividends in the spring as his stable star Prix de Turn (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) ramps up towards his return. His 28-year-old trainer sent the colt for a spell on the back of
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At the famous Melbourne racecourse where his sire made his name, talented New Zealand-bred gelding Horrifying produced a dominant front-running performance to claim the biggest win of his career to date in Saturday’s A$175,000 Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m). The Mark and Levi Kavanagh-trained four-year-old is a son
Champion expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller enjoyed a highly successful afternoon at Rosehill on Saturday, saddling four winners and reaching 150 city wins for the season, and two of his victories came with impressive performances from New Zealand-breds Lord Ardmore and Bold Mac. Lord Ardmore headed a Waller trifecta
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New Zealand-bred gelding Aramis (NZ) (Contributer) made it back-to-back wins at Grafton on Wednesday when taking out the Grafton Guineas Quality (1600m). The son of Contributer got up to win the three-year-old feature by a head in the hands of jockey Tom Sherry for trainer Mark Newnham. The victory extended
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Plumpton trainer Patrick Payne is heading to Flemington in a buoyant mood with his team on Saturday, and he is particularly pleased with New Zealand-bred gelding Squid Game (NZ) (Shooting To Win) ahead of his 1000m test. The son of Shooting To Win has placed in his two starts this