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Lisdoonvarna (NZ) (Super Easy) will be the stable flag bearer for Amanda Turner at Randwick and the trainer is hoping the consistent mare can prove a worthy advertisement. Turner and Mauro Poletti dissolved their partnership late last year in the hope a revised business model would attract more clients. "
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Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have a number of runners entered for Saturday’s Sandown meeting in Melbourne and the Morphettville meeting in Adelaide, where rain-affected form will be the order of the day. With the Victorian venue currently a Heavy9 and the South Australian course rated
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Former Kiwi galloper Gundown will have conditions in his favour when he contests the Ladbrokes Switch Handicap (2100m) at Sandown on Saturday, with the track currently rated a Soft7. The five-year-old son of High Chaparral finished ninth behind impressive winner Rupture last Saturday at Flemington, but trainer Michael
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David Hayes is warning the tote is not an accurate reflection of Zayydani’s (NZ) (Savabeel) chances in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Zayydani, who races in the silks of breeders Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud, is rated a $41 prospect in a
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Trainer Colin Little has always felt Vegas Knight (Declaration of War) had the potential to win a Derby in Australia. But the chances of Vegas Knight, who was purchased out of Highden Park's 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock draft, contesting a Derby hinge on his performance at Sandown on
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The all-jumps program to open an abbreviated Warrnambool carnival has attracted strong nominations in six races. The May three-day carnival has been shortened this year because of COVID-19 restrictions and opens on Tuesday featuring Australia's longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m). Gold Medals (NZ)
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Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir carried Tony Falcone’s Lime green and white colours to victory on three occasions, including the Gr.3 Spring Stakes (1600m), and at Sandown on Wednesday his son Bungalow Bill was able to do the same when recording his maiden victory over 1300m. The Team
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Trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping the rain will continue to fall in Adelaide ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. He will contest the Group One feature with New Zealand-bred filly Selica (NZ) (Makfi) and he said she will appreciate the wet conditions. “We might
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Connections of exciting filly Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma) are hoping the New Zealand-bred three-year-old can continue her near perfect formline when she contests the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained filly has won three of her
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A Queensland campaign is now in the offing for promising Tavistock filly Sky Horse (NZ) after her two-length victory over 1600m at Sandown on Wednesday. It was the second consecutive win for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old after winning over the same distance at
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Leading Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary believes the COVID-19 outbreak which has forced the suspension of racing across the country for three months provides the ideal opportunity to realign the industry. Training resumed across New Zealand on Tuesday as the country exited level 4 lockdown protocols due to
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Connections of lightly-tried filly Vegas Jewel (NZ) will be hoping for a trouble-free run when the daughter of Shocking contests Saturday’s Gr.1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. Prepared by Mark Kavanagh for a syndicate headed by Laurence Eales, who enjoyed success as the owner of the