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In many ways, it doesn't really matter how Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) goes in Saturday's Gr.3 Victoria Handicap (1400m), merely getting back to the races is a triumph. The New Zealand-bred gelding's racing was in doubt after he was hospitalised following a spider bite
Zayydani (NZ) (Savabeel) will be the highest rated horse in the Gr.3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday as the Ben & JD Hayes mare targets group one riches in the Queensland Winter. The five-year-old mare is coming off her best ever preparation last Spring, having run 4th,
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Trainers Ben and JD Hayes are hoping to be up in Hong Kong alongside their father David racing at Sha Tin in December. The brothers scored their biggest win in their fledgling training partnership when Kiwi-bred Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) took out the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick
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Kiwi import Daqiansweet Junior (NZ) (Sweet Orange) will go for a break before preparing for the spring after a stellar campaign for Pakenham trainer Phillip Stokes that concluded with a game third placing in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m). The four-year-old son of Sweet Orange was purchased by
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Having raised the bat for a century, Roger James and Robert Wellwood are looking to build their innings further in black type races in the next two weeks. The Cambridge training partnership are aiming class mare Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) at Saturday’s Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand
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Cranbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr were supremely confident that talented stayer Deepstrike would be the horse to beat in the Dexion Victoria Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday, and their judgment proved accurate as the son of Tavistock ran out a comfortable winner. The four-year-old gelding was
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A pool of prominent Kiwi owners have enjoyed a good payday when the Kris Lees-trained Kinloch took out the lucrative A$500,0000 Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The son of I Am Invincible was bred by James Chapman of Jamieson Park, who shares in the
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It's looming as another Heavy track in Sydney on Saturday for day two of The Championships and while some trainers are lamenting the expected conditions, Rob Blacker is unfazed. In what's a competitive Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) field, the Mornington-based horseman knows a strenuous two
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Despite believing that Verry Elleegant’s heavy-track superpowers may not be what they once were, Don Goodwin is heading across the Tasman hoping to see something very special from his champion mare in Saturday’s $4 million Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. Goodwin bred and part-owns the
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Proven Thoroughbreds principal Jamie Walter has been rubbing his hands together as Sydney has been hit by a deluge of rain this week. The syndicator will have a leading chance in the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on Saturday in the form of wet track specialist Stockman, who
Kris Lees and new stable acquisition Le Villi (NZ) (Puccini) have had about as much time to get to know each other as a couple on a speed dating experience. But Lees is happy to progress to the next round and take her to Saturday's ATC Australian Oaks
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Trainer Brad Widdup is relying on a tried and tested formula to help luckless mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) snare an elusive Group One win on the second day of The Championships at Randwick. Two of the five-year-old's best runs have been on a seven-day back-up – her narrow