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Promising New Zealand-bred three-year-old Kinane (Reliable Man) will bypass the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) on Saturday in favour of Queensland targets over the coming month. The son of Reliable Man has won two of his four starts, including a last-start victory in the Gr.
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Nerves only come but once a year for Patrick Payne, and that time is now. The Warrnambool May Carnival is like Christmas Day for the Victorian trainer and he will once again have several live chances on one of Australia’s biggest days of jumps racing. “I love it,” Payne
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After passing a serious staying test with his narrow defeat in the VRC St Leger, Saint Eustace (NZ) (Tavistock) is on target for a Classic race in Adelaide. Trained in Victoria by Mick Price and Mick Kent jr, Saint Eustace is returning to Adelaide on Saturday to contest the Group
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Race favourite Toffee Tongue (NZ) (Tavistock) had plenty of international supporters during the running of Saturday’s Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m), none more so than thoroughbred enthusiast Edmund Wong, who was cheering hard from his home in Hong Kong as the daughter of Tavistock claimed her maiden victory in
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Chris Waller has pulled off another Group One training coup with Toffee Tongue (NZ) (Tavistock) breaking her maiden in style in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The filly had been runner-up at her four starts leading into Saturday's Adelaide feature, twice to Colette (Hallowed
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Four-year-old mare Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park) has added another string to her bow, showing her staying prowess when winning the Listed Port Adelaide Cup (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday for Caulfield trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr). A Group Two winner of the Matriarch Stakes (2000m) in
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New Zealand-bred galloper Rising Red (NZ) (Redwood) has had plenty of setbacks with injury throughout his career, which made his victory in the Ladbrokes Switch Handicap (2100m) at Sandown on Saturday even sweeter for his connections. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained gelding jumped well from barrier four
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Sydney trainer John Sargent has prepared the winners of the two feature races on the second day of the annual Wagga Wagga Gold Cup carnival. Sargent sent two runners to Friday's meeting with Foxborough (Dissident) a dominant winner of the $72,000 MTC Guineas (1600m) for three-year-
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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