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Promising colt Banquo (Written Tycoon) has added to a memorable Melbourne Cup carnival for trainer Danny O'Brien and highlighted his own potential with a Listed race win at Flemington. Three-year-old Banquo's victory in Saturday's Springtime Stakes (1400m) was the latest winner for O'
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Luck has finally gone the way of Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park) with the mare fighting bravely to secure a first stakes race victory at Flemington. A winner over the course and distance in January, Oceanex took out the Gr.2 Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday which her trainers, Mick Price
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Trent Busuttin and partner Natalie Young's plans to target the back end of the spring campaign has paid off with Savvy Oak (NZ) (Savabeel) returning to winning form at Flemington. But Saturday's Very Special Kids Pin And Win Plate over 2000m was not their original choice.
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It's not the Melbourne Cup but David Archer is hoping Saturday's Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington might be just as lucrative. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Sir Charles Road (Myboycharlie) was paid up for Tuesday's Gr.1 Melbourne
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Danny O'Brien has emerged as Australia's latest master trainer of stayers after scoring a second feature race win during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington. Two days after Vow And Declare (Declaration of War) put O'Brien on the international racing stage with a maiden Melbourne
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Still riding high after his first Melbourne Cup success, jockey Craig Williams scored another big thrill by winning the Subzero Handicap (1400m). Williams guided favourite Bumper Blast (NZ) (Ocean Park) to victory in the annual VRC Oaks day race named after Cup winner Subzero for the grey's owners,
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After a memorable Melbourne Cup win with Vow And Declare (Declaration of War), Danny O'Brien feels greedy even hoping to add the Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m) with Miami Bound (NZ) (Reliable Man). But the trainer is convinced Miami Bound has a great chance in Thursday's
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Jamie Richards has been on the ride of his life in Australia this spring and the young Matamata trainer is hoping New Zealand’s darling of the turf, Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), can cap it off in style at Flemington on Saturday. The reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year
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Paul Preusker was full of admiration for his inexperienced stayer Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking), who finished fifth in Tuesday's A$8 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington. Surprise Baby, who coming into the Melbourne Cup had won five of 10 starts including this year's Gr.
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Vow And Declare has won the 2019 edition of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), giving jockey Craig Williams his first success in the great race. The win was also a first for trainer Danny O'Brien, with Vow And Declare crossing the line ahead of Master Of Reality,
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Wakeful Stakes winner Miami Bound (NZ) (Reliable Man) has drawn a middle barrier for her bid to emulate her dam Arapaho Miss (Danehill Dancer) in the Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m). A field of 15 has been declared for Thursday's Oaks for three-year-old fillies at Flemington, with the
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Jordan Childs is counting on a commitment to ride Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) at a weight below his comfort zone will pay off in the Melbourne Cup. Childs won The Bart Cummings on Surprise Baby at Flemington a month ago which clinched the lightly raced stayer his spot in Tuesday&