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Hong Hong-based Australian jockey Blake Shinn will reunite with Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo) in the Cox Plate if the gelding makes the field for the A$5 million race. Shinn rode Humidor in the 2017 Cox Plate when the gelding gave Winx (Street Cry)a scare, getting within a long neck
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Chris Waller's preference is to run Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) in the Cox Plate but the champion trainer is keeping the door ajar for the Caulfield Cup until after the mare works at The Valley. Waller has favourite Finche and Naturalism Stakes winner Brimham Rocks heading to Saturday&
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Former Te Akau runner Torcedor (Fastnet Rock) has been ruled out of another Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign through injury. The Paul Preusker-trained runner missed last year’s race through illness, while he was ruled out of this year’s edition after pulling up sore at Werribee. “He worked
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It inspired the biggest Australian sports film of the decade, but the story of Michelle Payne’s historic Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) victory has its roots on this side of the Tasman. Ride Like a Girl, the big-screen retelling of Payne’s Cup triumph in 2015 aboard the Kiwi-bred
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Having already secured his Caulfield Cup mount and a likely Melbourne Cup hopeful, former champion Kiwi jockey Michael Walker will be testing out further Group One prospects within the next eight days. Walker is thrilled to have landed the ride on the Chris Waller-trained import Finche in Saturday’s Gr.
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Multiple Group One winner Humidor has a great association with the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). The New Zealand-bred and part-owned galloper finished runner-up to Winx in 2017 before securing third in last year’s edition and he will attempt to better those marks in this year’s running. The
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The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) faces a major selection dilemma next week when assembling the field for this year’s A$5 million Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). With the retirement of star mare Winx, who won the Cox Plate for a record-breaking four years in a row, the
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Cambridge trainer Roger James had a tough choice to make heading into Caulfield with Rondinella (NZ) (Ocean Park) on Wednesday. The experienced horseman, who trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, was weighing up between a start in the Gr.3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) or the Gr.3 Coongy Cup
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Herbert Power Stakes winner The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) has been given a half-kilogram Melbourne Cup penalty for his victory in the Group Two race. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained New Zealand stayer also passed the first ballot clause with his 2400m-win and now has 52kg in the Melbourne
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The David Brideoake-trained Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) looks likely to head to the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on November 1 after finishing 12th behind Fierce Impact (Deep Impact) in the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Brideoake was far from disappointed with
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Three-year-old colt Craftmanship (NZ) (Savabeel) showed plenty of fortitude to take a needle-eye gap over the concluding stages of the Listed Hill Smith Stakes (1800m) at Morphettville to score a narrow maiden stakes win. The Mick Price and Michael Kent jnr-trained colt relaxed beautifully from gate one for in-form apprentice
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New Zealand stayer The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) has earned a ticket into the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with a hard-fought victory in the Gr.2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m). As the winner of Saturday's 2400m handicap, The Chosen One gains a ballot exemption into next week&