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Trent Busuttin assesses the Melbourne midweek program as a crucial day for his three Victoria Derby aspirants, who will all be in action at Flemington. Two of them, Clinched (Dundeel) and Wertheimer (NZ) (Tavistock), are in the Derby Trial (1800m) and his top seed Albarado (NZ) (Savabeel) will run in
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Former Waikato jumps jockey Greg Cave has achieved a couple of milestones in Australia within the past few weeks. Cave (57) was granted his trainer’s license in Perth this year and celebrated his first training success when Patristic (Patronize) won at Northam on August 27, then he saddled up
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Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park) is continuing to please trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr ahead of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. The daughter of Ocean Park guaranteed her spot in the great race after winning the Listed The Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington in May. The
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The classic seasons for a couple of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr’s runners will start to ramp up this week. The Caulfield trainers will line-up Kiwi-breds Bak Da Man (NZ) (Reliable Man) and Dalgarno (NZ) (Dalghar) in the Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington on Wednesday.
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Chris Waller has claimed a seventh Gr.1 George Main Stakes (1600m) crown at Randwick but not with the horse punters expected. Sydney's dominant trainer saddled up four of the seven runners in the Group One mile on Saturday with Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) a warm $2.20
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Kerrin McEvoy was happy to finally get the monkey off his back with an overdue victory aboard New Zealander Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. McEvoy had ridden the mare five times for five seconds and that record was on his mind heading
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Wise Counsel confirmed David Eustace's opinion that he is a potential Victoria Derby contender with his victory in the opening event at Caulfield. The three-year-old was perfectly ridden by Jye McNeil to break through at his third start in the Longboard Accountants For Mirabel Handicap (1600m)
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The John O’Shea-trained All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) scored a comfortable victory in the Gr.3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle on Friday, landing some valuable black-type for the well-related four-year-old. Ridden by James McDonald, who has had a long-held association with
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Trainer John Sargent is expecting a return to form from talented galloper Brandenburg (NZ) (Burgundy), who lines up in the Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. Brandenburg was among some high-profile stars that fell victim to a scorching tempo in the Winx Stakes first-up last month
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Age Of Chivalry (NZ) (He's Remarkable) finished runner-up in the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) last season and trainers Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra are hoping he can go one better in this year’s edition. “It’s a different sort of race on Saturday,
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Group One winning mare Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) has secured a slot to run in the $15 million The Everest next month. Tofane will run in the 1200m sprint partnered with Yulong and Ballymore Stable’s Mike Moroney is excited at the opportunity to run in the richest race in
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Chris Waller has gone back to the drawing board with Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) and it has delivered the champion trainer an important epiphany. A perfectionist by nature, Waller was perturbed by the gelding's loss of form during the autumn when he failed to place in five starts