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The first Saturday in July could well decide how busy spring is likely to be for Adelaide-based trainer Travis Doudle. Having accepted with his promising stayer Not Usual Glorious for the Banjo Patterson Series Final (2600m) at Flemington, he's still yet to make a decision on whether he
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Nerve Not Verve (NZ) (Shocking) swung her form around at Sandown Lakeside on Wednesday, leaving an interrupted preparation behind by winning the Ladbrokes Easy Form Handicap (2100m) for fillies and mares. Trainer Michael Moroney wanted to campaign Nerve Not Verve during the Queensland Winter Carnival but a series of setbacks
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Former Kiwi stayer Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente) kept his unblemished Australian record intact when winning his third race for new trainer Travis Doudle from as many starts when successful over 2032m at Morphettville on Saturday. Doudle believes the former Shane Crawford-trained stayer could develop into an Adelaide Cup (Gr.2,
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Trent Busuttin thinks Celestial Fury (NZ) (Savabeel) is a Derby horse in the making, but he is hoping to secure a juvenile stakes scalp with the colt at Flemington on Saturday. The son of Savabeel will contest the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) in just his second career start
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Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is confident he can figure in the thick end of the prizemoney in a Queensland stakes race for the second weekend in succession. The stable was represented by dominant Listed Tattersall's Life Member Stakes (1830m) winner Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock at Eagle Farm last Saturday,
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Despite COVID-19 restrictions creating ongoing logistical headaches and isolating him from his family and friends in New Zealand, trans-Tasman trainer Mike Moroney has taken special satisfaction from the last couple of weeks. Moroney watched on from his Melbourne base as his high-class Kiwi-bred mare Tofane became just the third mare
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Back-to-back Group One winner Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) will be tried as a miler in the spring after convincing her connections of her middle-distance potential with a powerful finish to grab Saturday’s Gr.1 Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The dominant win against fellow mares took the
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Five-year-old mare Rather Salubrious (NZ) (Highly Recommended) landed the spoils in the A$200,000 TAB Battle of the Bush Final (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, providing Dalby trainer David Reynolds with an emotional victory. Reynolds, who part-owns Rather Salubrious, had prepared the mare to win a qualifying race
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Ballet Master (NZ) (Stravinsky) bounced back into winning form on Saturday, posting an upset win in the Caulfield Handicap (1600m). The Chris Hyland-trained seven-year-old gelding ran under the radar of most punters after being unplaced in three previous starts this preparation. A pre-race chat between Hyland and jockey Luke Currie
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Rejuvenated mare Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) has become the third horse to claim the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap-Tattersall’s Tiara double on Saturday with a comfortable win in Saturday’s 1400m contest. Jockey Craig Williams described Tofane's victory in the Tattersall's Tiara as "quite easy&
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Zayydani’s (NZ) name will long be remembered at Lindsay Park after the Savabeel mare officially began the new phase of the stable’s history when she took the Listed Tattersall’s Gold Crown (2137m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The win in the A$200,000 race provided the
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The Tony Pike-trained two-year-old gelding Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock) ticked the first box as he makes a long-range bid for the Gr.1 VRC Derby (2500m) with a dominant victory in the Listed Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes (1830m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ridden by Michael Cahill, the half-brother to