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Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) made a pleasing start to her spring preparation when finishing fourth in her 900m trial at Randwick on Tuesday. Her owners from both sides of the Tasman were watching with bated breath but were thrilled with her effortless first hit-out. “I am very satisfied with that.
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OTI Racing’s Terry Henderson is setting his sights on some rich Sydney spoils with promising three-year-old I’m Thunderstruck. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained gelding has won three of his five careers starts, including his last start over 1400m at Flemington earlier this month. “It’s early
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Class Waikato galloper Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) is being set some lofty Melbourne targets this spring. The multiple stakes winner appeared in public for the first time this preparation for an exhibition gallop between races at Te Rapa last Saturday, a gallop which left his trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson very
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Jockey Ben Allen and Sansom (NZ) (Charm Spirit) continued their remarkable association when they combined for a seventh career win in Saturday’s final Group race in Melbourne for the season. The Gr.3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) victory at Caulfield, where he nosed out Group One winner Streets Of Avalon
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Cru Classe (NZ) (Reliable Man) prevailed in the Ciaron Maher Racing Premiership Handicap (2412m) on Saturday in a tooth and nail fight up the Caulfield straight. Under jockey Dean Yendall's urgings, Cru Classe ($7) scored a short-half-head win from Dubai Moon (Pride of Dubai) ($31) with the leader
Order Again (NZ) (Iffraaj) has been rewarded for his consistency with an overdue victory in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday, continuing Chris Waller's domination of the feature race. Waller has now captured six of the past nine runnings and he was rapt to see
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Group Three winner Sansom will be looking to kick-off his preparation in style when he contests the Gr.3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The son of Charm Spirit finished fourth in the race last year and trainer Phillip Stokes is expecting a similar result from the New
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Tony Pike is looking forward to spring racing with his new acquisition Catalyst. The rising five-year-old son of Darci Brahma won six of his 10 races for former trainer Clayton Chipperfield, five of which were at stakes level, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m). He hasn’t
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Group One targets await stablemates Probabeel and Sword Of State in Australia later this year and they took their first serious steps this afternoon toward spring goals with trial outings on the all-weather track at Cambridge. Trainer Jamie Richards was well-represented during the day with crack mare Avantage also in
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The raceday return of Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner Johnny Get Angry (NZ) (Tavistock) is imminent after his pleasing 800m jump-out at Flemington last Friday. Trainer Denis Pagan is now weighing up whether to kick the New Zealand-bred’s campaign off in the Gr.3 Aurie’s Star Handicap
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A gritty win by New Zealand-bred two-year-old War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) at Royal Randwick on Saturday provided ex-pat Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker with a victory that propelled him into second place on the Sydney Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership (56 wins) behind runaway leader and fellow Kiwi Chris Waller (159). Baker is
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Michael Moroney's New Zealand stayer The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) relished Saturday's bleak weather when outstaying his rivals in the A$150,000 Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m). The Good Fight ($15), ridden by Ben Melham with the topweight of 60kg, defeated Sweet Thomas (Dylan Thomas)