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Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) (St Reims) will create a modern day weight carrying record if he is to record a second win in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. The New Zealand jumper has been allocated 73.5kg in Sunday's 4200m hurdle, a weight no horse has carried to
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Mornington trainer David Brideoake has big expectations with Group One winner Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) heading into the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The Gr.1 South Australian Oaks (2000m) winner has impressed Brideoake in track work and he is looking forward to giving the daughter of High Chaparral her first
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Foxton trainer Chrissy Bambry is making a habit of training multiple winners in a day and that trend continued at Hastings on Wednesday where she sent out a winning double. Bambry has long-held three-year-old gelding Aragon (NZ) in high regard and her judgement was vindicated when the
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Trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have their fingers crossed they can attain a travel exemption for a couple of staff members ahead of spring racing. “The horses are coming up well, that is the main thing, and we have got some good options ahead of us. What path we
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The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is the immediate target for trainer John Sargent with Brandenburg (NZ) (Burgundy). The three-year-old colt continued preparations towards the Group One weight-for-age Winx Stakes with a barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday. Brandenburg went
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The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hopeful Tavirun (NZ) (Tavistock) does not have any bad memories of his last trip to The Valley. Tavirun's last outing at the track was almost 12 months ago and he came away from the race with a slab fracture to
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Multiple Group One winner The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is set to head to Sydney next month, but whether he will race under trainer Tony Pike’s name is still up in the air. The Cambridge trainer, who also heads the New Zealand Trainer’s Association, has been in discussions
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Three important barrier trials have been pushed back three days because of Sydney's wet weather. Tuesday's barrier trial session at Randwick will now be held on the Polytrack with 20 heats scheduled. But the three heats for Group horses that were set down for the Kensington
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New Zealand horses Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) and Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) are some of the feature race contenders scheduled to continue preparations towards their new-season returns at a star-studded set of barrier trials at Randwick. Tuesday's barrier trials session has attracted several Group One winners among
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Warrnambool-trained gelding Mystery Shot (Shooting to Win) has earned himself a break after landing his fifth win on end with a tough on-pace performance at Caulfield. Mystery Shot took out Saturday's Neds Bet Back Handicap on Saturday to follow successive Caulfield victories after country wins to
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Group performer She’s A Thief (NZ) (Showcasing) recorded her fifth win from 24 starts and continued her rich vein of form with a dominant on-speed victory at Caulfield when taking the Neds Same Race Multi Handicap (1100m). The four-year-old mare has an affinity for the Caulfield
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Progressive staying filly High Emocean (NZ) (Ocean Park) has continued her own winter rise through the grades and in the process ended the winning sequence of her stablemate Persan at Caulfield. Persan was chasing his fourth-straight city win this winter and fifth victory in his past six starts in