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Waikato Stud bred and owned filly Grand de Flora (NZ) (Savabeel) will step up to 2000m for the first time at Caulfield on Saturday. The daughter of Champion New Zealand sire Savabeel, and triple Group One winner Daffodil, will be vying for her third straight victory in the race. She
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Trainer Kim Waugh cannot fault Trumbull (NZ) (Darci Brahma) as she prepares the last-start Civic Stakes winner to chase another feature race victory at Rosehill this winter. Trumbull snapped a frustrating run when he began well under jockey Tommy Berry and then raced away in the straight to win the
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Racing NSW has banned horses trained in Victoria from taking part in races in the northern state for an indefinite period. The ban comes as Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire faces a six-week lockdown due to the spike of COVID-19 cases in Victoria. Racing NSW chief steward Mark Van Gestel
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Multiple Group One winner The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is set to cross the Tasman once again this spring to try and add to his elite-level tally. The Tony Pike-trained gelding had another lucrative autumn in Australia this year, bagging his third Group One victory in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m)
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Southern Lad (Ocean Park) has been knocking on the door of a win this campaign and trainer John O'Shea is hopeful the potential for a drier surface will enhance the sprinter's winning chances in the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton. O'Shea said Wednesday'
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The Kiwi connections of smart mare Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour) were delighted to see the daughter of Azamour show a glimpse of her ability when finishing second in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday behind impressive winner Sircconi. The five-year-old mare joined Chris Waller recently
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Trainer Amy McDonald is keeping a lid on the hype surrounding impressive maiden steeplechase winner Flying Agent (NZ) (Raise The Flag). The Kiwi import romped home by 17 lengths at Warrnambool on Sunday but the Ballarat horsewoman is keen to take the Raise The Flag seven-year-old through the grades. “It’
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Boom Kiwi galloper Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) remains in an equine hospital in Sydney after undergoing eye surgery. The striking chestnut had optic implant surgery for a rare condition last month and while recovering well from the operation picked up a lung infection that is causing concern.
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Kiwi rider Bridget Grylls is hoping a win in Sunday's Ultrasigns Maiden Plate at Pakenham, could provide a springboard to greater opportunities in Victoria. Brazen Princess was Grylls' second winner since relocating across the Tasman with partner Joe Waldron, who trains at Mornington, but hopes it is
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Former New Zealand-trained gallopers made an impact at Warrnambool on Sunday, headed by Gobstopper (NZ) (Tavistock), who landed the feature race, the Kevin Lafferty Hurdle (3200m) with a hard-fought win over fellow Kiwi Woodsman (NZ) (Mastercraftsman). A brother to Group One winners Werther and Toffee Tongue, and Group One placed
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Michael Dee’s season is over with the jockey likely to have surgery later on Monday for a broken collarbone. Dee, 24, fell from Heroic Fighter after colliding with the riderless Midas Man shortly after Heroic Fighter won the Sandown Lodge Handicap (2200m) at Pakenham on Sunday with the jockey
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AFL legend Denis Pagan made an immediate impact with his first metropolitan runner as a trainer when his juvenile horse Johnny Get Angry (NZ) (Tavistock) ran third as a $101 chance at Flemington on Saturday. "You can’t beat good luck, can you," Pagan observed after the two-year-old