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The proposal for a revamped Victorian Spring Carnival has been rejected. The Racing Victoria board met on Friday and voted to keep the current schedule, including the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup Carnivals on their traditional dates in October. The proposal, heavily backed by the Melbourne Racing Club, would have
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Trainer Michael Costa is sure Supergiant (NZ) (Red Giant) can underline his staying potential with another important Queensland winter carnival win. Supergiant has been in great form with a second in the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes (1650m) and a win in the Gr.3 Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at his past
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Promising gallopers The Actuary (Sebring) and Knight Mariner (NZ) (Tavistock) showed they are on course for belated big race stardom by helping trainer Tony Gollan set a record for Brisbane metropolitan wins at Doomben. Gollan held the record at 90 which he set in 2017-18 but the double on Wednesday
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Racehorse owners have been given the green light to start returning to Sydney racetracks to watch their horses run. In the first phase of patrons being allowed back on course on race days in Sydney, owners with runners at Saturday's Randwick meeting who pre-register with the Australian Turf
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Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto) has stamped himself as a promising young sprinter, easily handling the step up to midweek city grade at Randwick's Kensington track to remain unbeaten from two starts. The John O'Shea-trained three-year-old gelding made an immediate impression with a 4-1/2-length
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Underrated colt Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) will wear blinkers for the first time in an effort to get him to race closer to the pace in the Gr.1 JJ Atkins (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Not An Option was originally trained by Tony Pike in
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Prize money for NSW thoroughbred races will be restored to pre-COVID-19 levels from next month with the state's feature spring race dates also locked in. Racing NSW has confirmed prize money levels for spring feature races will be maintained with this year's The Everest to be
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Honest six-year-old Heptagon (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) completed a red-letter day for Caulfield trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr) on their home course. The duo sent out a treble of winners, with Heptagon following earlier wins by stablemates Right You Are and Tavisan. The son of Jimmy Choux took out
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Five-year-old mare Shalwa (NZ) (O’Reilly) has led in a stable quinella for Brisbane's premier trainer Tony Gollan with her first stakes victory in the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes (1350m) at Doomben. The 1350m race for fillies and mares offered a ballot exemption to the winner into next
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Handy sprinter Tavisan (NZ) (Tavistock) recorded the fifth win of his career when successful in the Le Pine Funerals Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday under a controlled Ben Melham ride. Having begged to get more rides from the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr stable, jockey Ben Melham produced
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Master Montaro (Toronado) will do his future racing in Hong Kong, after winning his second start in effortless fashion at Geelong on Friday in a BM70 Handicap over 1140m. The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate came from last to amble past his rivals when winning on debut
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Trainer Chris Waller has declared the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) as a spring target for Kinane (NZ) (Reliable Man) after pulling the pin on his winter campaign. Waller said the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) winner had been in work for a long time and the decision was