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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) signaled his likely return to Stakes company next season with a dominant four-length victory in the A$135,000 K.A. Morrison Handicap (1400m) for three-year-olds at Flemington on Saturday. I'm Thunderstruck ($4.20 favourite), who is trained by
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Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker has continued his rich vein of form unveiling a promising two-year-old with War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) proving to be too strong over the 1400m at Randwick. The Pierro two-year-old managed to get his head down on the line in blustery
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Racing NSW has announced that a new race, A$2 million The Invitation (1400m), will be run in October 2021, headlining several enhancements to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The Invitation will be run for fillies and mares over a distance of 1400m at Royal Randwick on Saturday, 23 October
International
Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon, whose list of achievements included a Melbourne Cup victory and multiple Singapore training premierships, has passed away. Laxon had lived in retirement in the Coromandel seaside town of Whitianga since returning from Singapore in 2017, the year after his induction to the New Zealand
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Being patient wasn't in the Denis Pagan playbook as an AFL coach, nor is it something he enjoys as a trainer, however, that approach is paying off particularly for two of his New Zealand-bred charges. "I hate it, but you've got to do it
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Trainer Ray Vincent is optimistic he can claim his first stakes victory at Belmont Park on Saturday. Ray Vincent will saddle up Truly Reliable (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Listed Drummond Golf Belmont Classic (2200m). Vincent believes his confidence in Truly Reliable measuring up is warranted following his encouraging third