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Smart stayer London Banker (NZ) (Tavistock) was back in the winner’s circle at Eagle Farm on Saturday when proving too slick for his rivals in the Gr.3 Tattersall's Cup (2400m). The Kelly Schweida-trained six-year-old strung together four wins in his first campaign for the Queensland horseman
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Named after a New Zealand love song, Po Kare Kare (NZ) (Savabeel) makes a highly-anticipated progression to Saturday grade at Randwick. It was love at first sight when Bryce Heys spotted her in Curraghmore's draft at the New Zealand Bloodstock yearling sale, but the honeymoon period didn'
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Co-trainer Mick Price has always felt Annavisto (NZ) (Reliable Man) had a good race in her and has set the mare to win a Group One in Brisbane first-up. The Gr.1 Tatt's Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday is the assignment Mick Price & Michael Kent
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El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking) has added to the family’s Queensland roll of honour and will return home for a deserved break following a commanding performance to win at Doomben. The Stephen Marsh-trained three-year-old signed off his first Australian tour of duty with an effortless victory over 1200m on Wednesday.
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Lindsay Park’s best horse Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is back in work and this spring will closely follow the blue-print of the extraordinary 1990 spring campaign of former stable star Better Loosen Up (Loosen Up). Better Loosen Up was named the 1990-91 Horse of the Year in Australia following
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Trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed back his multiple Group One winner Tofane to his Flemington barn for one final preparation. The expat Kiwi horseman thought he had lost the services of the mare following her sale on the Gold Coast, however, new owners Yulong Investments have elected to put her
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Rejuvenated mare Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) will be vying to add a Group One crown to her mantle at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Savabeel mare heads into the Gr.1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) off the back of three placings from as many starts - the Gr.3 Hawkesbury Gold
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Simon Zahra will wait the week before deciding whether to push on the Winter Sprint Series final with Zac De Boss (NZ) (Zacinto) but he left little doubt which way he’s leaning. “I don’t want to run him for the sake of running him because the final is
Having ironed out her barrier demons, former New Zealander Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to be given another Group One opportunity in the Tattersall's Tiara (1400m). Jay Ford has been booked to reunite with the mare, who appears to be back on track after a series of mishaps
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Champion Kiwi jockey James McDonald capped off an incredible Royal Ascot carnival, riding a third winner for the week on Saturday’s final day of racing. While it wasn't the Gr.1 Platinum Jubilee (1200m) on the Chris Waller-trained Home Affairs (I Am Invincible), George Boughey's
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Talented former New Zealand three-year-old Texas Tea hinted at a bright future across the Tasman with a commanding victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m) at Flemington. Making his first start since a midfield finish in last month’s Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m)
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Long-priced winners are rare for the Danny O'Brien stable but, even so, Grinzinger Bishop's knockout win at $71 at Flemington on Saturday did not come as a shock for connections. O'Brien, who also won the opening Flemington event with stayer Saracen Knight on Saturday,