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The Gr.2 Skycity Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day is on the agenda for impressive last start winner Tony Be (More Than Ready). The Steven Cole-trained three-year-old son of More Than Ready broke maiden ranks at the Ellerslie twilight meeting over 1600m,
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Stakes winner Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) will do his future racing under the care of Annabel Neasham. Trained by Chris Waller to win three starts including the Listed Dulcify Stakes (1500m) in the spring, Mo’unga represents a big opportunity for new trainer Neasham who formerly worked for Ciaron Maher
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The Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge record could be given a nudge at The Valley on Friday night by the Lloyd Kennewell-trained three-year-old filly Esta La Roca (NZ) (El roca). The daughter of Westbury Stud stallion El Roca was one of 10 horses who galloped at the track
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Symon Wilde believes in-form mare Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) could be a stayer of the future and that is why he regards her Flemington assignment as imperative. Wilde will run Tralee Rose over 2530 metres in the Brew Stayers Trophy on Saturday when she will be trying to take
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Randwick trainer John O’Shea will have four runners on his home track on Saturday, including Ocean Park six-year-old Southern Lad (NZ), who will tackle the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m). The five-time winner has not raced since finishing fifth in the Gr.3 Show County (1200m)
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Warrnambool trainer Symon Wilde is enjoying a standout season and is hoping to add further success to the tally over the weekend when he has several runners aimed at Moonee Valley on Friday night and Flemington on Saturday. Heading his runners is the well-bred staying mare Tralee Rose (NZ)
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New Zealand-bred mare She’s Alight (NZ) (Tavistock) will attempt to complete a Western Australian feature treble. The Alan Mathews-trained five-year-old scored a surprise win in last Saturday’s Listed Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot when given a hands and heels ride by jockey Patrick
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Enigmatic galloper Night’s Watch (NZ) (Redwood) is likely to be aimed at the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 6. The multiple Group Three winner, who commenced his career in New Zealand under the tutelage of Peter and Dawn Williams and Paul Richards, has had a
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Spring carnival surprise packet, Crosshaven (Smart Missile), will headline the Lindsay Park All Star Mile assault but not at the expense of a quest for Group One glory. The three-year-old Smart Missile gelding will target the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) in the autumn before, if things go
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Five-year-old mare She’s Alight (NZ) (Tavistock) picked up some valuable black-type for connections when winning the Listed Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. The Alan Mathews-trained mare pushed forward to trail the leader Sophie’s Song (Rogano) and took the lead
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The former Allan Sharrock-trained galloper Zachaz (NZ) (Coats Choice) relished the wide open spaces at the Pakenham standalone metropolitan meeting on Saturday, showing his staying prowess to land the Iron Jack Australian Lagers BM78 Handicap (2000m) in emphatic fashion. The six-year-old has won three of his nine
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Caulfield trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr can start making bigger plans for their promising galloper Tavidance (NZ) (Tavistock) after his easy win in the David Bourke Memorial Handicap (1600m) at Pakenham. Jockey Damien Oliver took bad luck out of the equation as he steered the $2.10 favourite