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Quality staying three-year-old Explosive Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) landed his third Derby in a matter of months, when proving a class above his rivals when taking out the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding was sent out favourite for the South Australian
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Another Kiwi duo will go down in racing folklore after their herculean battle at Warrnambool on Thursday. In Bonecrusher versus Our Waverley Star fashion, New Zealand-bred jumpers Zed Em (NZ) (Zed) and Gold Medals (NZ) (Elvstroem) went toe-to-toe from the 600m in the Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m) and left their
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Kiwi stayer Platinum Invador (NZ) (Redwood) has plenty of lucrative targets in Queensland in the coming months after a strong performance to be beaten just over a length into second when lumping 61kg topweight over 1815m at Eagle Farm last Saturday. It was the five-year-old gelding’s first run for
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New South Wales trainer John O’Shea has had mixed fortunes in the barrier draw for Saturday’s A$500,000 The Coast 3 & 4YO Quality (1600m) at Gosford. O’Shea lines up two New Zealand-bred daughters of Sacred Falls, with All Saints’ Eve (NZ) faring better than full
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Wet track conditions hold the biggest concern for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott ahead of Force Of Will’s (NZ) (Power) tilt at the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The sunshine state has been under a rain cloud this week, but is
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Aaron Mitchell has guided Michelin (NZ) (Pentire) through the paddocks of Warrnambool to claim victory at his first ride over jumps. Jockey Aaron Mitchell has made a successful transition to jumps racing scoring a win at his first competitive ride in a steeplechase at Warrnambool. A successful flat jockey with
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Charms Star (NZ) (Per Incanto), runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) has joined the Sydney stable of Chris Waller with a Queensland campaign in mind. The filly’s owner Noel Nicholson confirmed Charms Star arrived with the expat Kiwi on Monday with a campaign aimed at the
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Kiwi import Flying Agent (NZ) (Raise The Flag) has provided Ballarat trainer Amy McDonald with the biggest win of her burgeoning career when taking out the A$150,000 Brierly Steeplechase (3450m) on the opening day of the Warrnambool carnival. Ridden by her brother-in-law Darryl Horner, McDonald’s charge raced
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Promising staying three-year-old Quiet Michael (NZ) (Contributer) broke maiden ranks over 1800m at Hawkesbury on Tuesday under a confident Josh Parr ride on a deteriorating Soft7 track. The son of Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer was initially prepared by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, for whom he had three starts before
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Roger James is excited to be back on Australian soil for the first time in 18 months. The trans-Tasman travel bubble has allowed the Cambridge trainer to travel to Sydney with stable runner Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux), and soon to be Queensland for a three-race campaign. It is Two
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Manawatu filly Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) will in all likelihood stick to taking on her own sex in South Australia after racing without luck in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. The Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) third-place finisher is nominated for the Gr.1 South Australian
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Deepstrike (NZ) (Tavistock) will be out to make amends for his unplaced run in the Gr.3 Chairman’s Stakes (2040m) last start when he contests the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The son of Tavistock was a luckless beaten favourite in the Chairman’s