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Seven-year-old mare Polly Grey landed her fourth stakes race when successful in Saturday’s Listed ATC Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, lumping a clear topweight of 59kgs on the Heavy track. The daughter of Azamour has a liking for rain-affected ground and handled the rise in
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Kiwi stayer Dragon Storm came from last to land the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) at the Caulfield meeting on Saturday under a well-timed Blaike McDougall ride. The son of Shocking had won last season’s Gr.3 New Zealand Cup for Chris Gibbs and transferred to Mike Moroney’s
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New Zealand-bred gelding Heberite will be vying to have his named etched on the Jericho Cup when he tackles the 4600m feature at Warrnambool on Sunday. The son of Raise The Flag heads into the race in good form, having won three of his last four races. All three
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Tim Donnelly is hoping the wet weather forecast doesn’t put a dampener on the undefeated record of Participator (NZ) (Contributer) when they line-up in the TAB Highway Hanidcap (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The son of Contributor has won both of this starts for the Wagga Wagga horseman
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Cambridge trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne will be represented by handy stayer Border Leicester (NZ) (Redwood) in Sunday’s A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool, the longest flat race in Australasia. Restricted to Australian and New Zealand-bred horses, the Jericho is the brainchild of philanthropist and
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Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) will make his first raceday appearance since jumping favourite in last year’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday for new trainer Gavin Bedggood. The son of Shocking finished 13th in
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Australia’s darling of the turf, Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed), will likely get her chance to pit her talents against the best in Europe next year. The New Zealand-bred has nothing left to prove in Australia, having won 10 Group One races, ranging in distance from 1400m to 3200m.
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Queensland’s winter carnival will now boast seven million-dollar feature races after significant prizemoney boosts were signed off on by Racing Queensland officials during the week. Two of the big winners are the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) and Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m), with their respective prizemoney being
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Dual Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) placegetter Sound will be looking for back-to-back wins in the Gr.2 Zipping Classic when he contests the 2400m Caulfield feature on Saturday. The Michael Moroney-trained entire heads into the weekend in good form, having placed in the Gr.2 Moonee
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The Simon Miller-trained Angelic Miss (NZ) (Savabeel) landed her first black-type success when closing well to win the Listed Jungle Mist Classic (1200m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. The five-year-old mare by Savabeel relished the hot tempo, sitting worse than midfield under jockey Chris Parnham
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The combination of trainers Grant and Alana Williams, jockey William Pike and leviathan owners Bob and Sandra Peters were to the fore again in this year’s Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m) when Western Empire became the fourth successive winner of the famed Perth race for the unstoppable partnership. The
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Five-year-old mare Zayydani has been one of the flagbearers for the training talents of Ben and JD Hayes, and the daughter of Savabeel continued her winning ways when a gritty winner of the A$500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday. The Hayes brothers, who are forging