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Promising sprinter Alfa Oro (NZ) (Bachelor Duke) will get the chance to prove himself at Group One level this autumn with trainer Matt Laurie eyeing a trip to Adelaide. The five-year-old son of Bachelor Duke has long been considered a rising star, but is yet to taste success
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Cambridge trainer Murray Baker is looking to land a pair of Sydney three-year-old features for a remarkable sixth time with his exciting colt Frontman (NZ) (Makfi). Baker, who trains in partnership with Andrew Forsman, has a splendid record throughout Australasia, but no races have been better to him
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Regally bred filly Toffee Tongue (NZ) (Tavistock) added another Group win to her tally on Saturday when taking out the Gr.3 Sky High Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. A winner of last year’s Gr.1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville, Toffee Tongue was third-up this preparation after finishing
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Former Kiwi The Irishman (NZ) (Tavistock) will have his first stakes tilt in Australia at Rosehill on Saturday when he contests the Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m). He won first-up over 1400m at Warwick Farm last week and pleased new trainer Mark Newnham with the way he handled
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Leviathan owner Bob Peters said star mare Arcadia Queen (Pierro) will be given every chance to line-up in Saturday’s A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) after she failed a second vets inspection on Friday. The $3.90 favourite presented with two out of five lameness in her
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Trainer Danny O’Brien is expecting the 2040m of the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes at The Valley on Saturday to suit Gr.1 Australian Derby (24000m) candidate Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock). The Danny O'Brien-trained three-year-old has been comfortably held in his two starts back
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Exciting New Zealand three-year-old Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) put in an uncustomary subpar performance in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday when running sixth, and now trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are reassessing the colt’s autumn plans. It was the first defeat for the
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Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker sent out the quinella in the Gr.3 Sharp Extensive IT Aspiration Quality (1600m), with six-year-old mare Missybeel (NZ) (Savabeel), a $61 chance, narrowly prevailing from more fancied stablemate ($5) She’s Ideel (Dundeel). Already the winner of last season’s Gr.3
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John O’Shea has celebrated his first elite level victory since departing Godolphin in 2017 courtesy of Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer) in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m), who defeated fellow Kiwi bred Mo'unga (NZ) (Savabeel). The victory provided emerging Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer, whose eldest are
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Evergreen galloper Humidor will be vying to win his second Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred eight-year-old won the race four years ago and trainer Chris Waller is hoping he can add a second Cup to his mantle this weekend. The
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Talented three-year-old The Irishman (NZ) (Tavistock) made a winning start for new trainer Mark Newnham when successful over 1400m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The Irishman had three starts in New Zealand for former trainer Tony Pike, for whom he won on debut at Avondale in September and
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Victorian trainer Brett Scott is set for scans and surgery on Thursday after being kicked by a horse. The popular Mornington trainer was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday afternoon following the incident and was placed in an induced coma. The expat Kiwi has fractures to his skull, bleeding on the