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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,
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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&
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The Dennis brothers are a long way from their Woodlands homes in Southland, but they were never going to miss the thrill of being on track for their own runner in Australia’s most famous race. The 80-year-old twins Ray and Tony and their slightly younger brothers Joe
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Margaret Falconer’s focus will go from one end of the scale to the other on Tuesday as she switches between Ellerslie and Flemington. The Cambridge trainer will be at Ellerslie hoping to win a maiden race with the five-year-old Drake Bay, who has been placed in six
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A partnership that began with the establishment of Wentwood Grange Stud back at the beginning of the century can lay claim to a unique breeding connection on the weekend after Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) took out the inaugural running of the A$7.5m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on
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Trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will remove the blinkers from their Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) hope The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) as they look to provide the four-year-old Savabeel entire with his best possible chance to win Australasia’s great race. The Chosen One finished fifth
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After a Group One win on quality colt Exceedance (Exceed and Excel) in the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), jockey Dwayne Dunn has capped a successful Victoria Derby day with a victory on Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park). Dunn steered the Mike Moroney-trained Tofane to a 1-1/4-
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Trainer Chris Waller and jockey Glen Boss have combined to win Sydney's second richest race two weeks after claiming the biggest cheque on offer. Under the kind of ride it seems only Boss can deliver, Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) has come through the pack to win Saturday'
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New Zealand's star mare Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) has added a Group One win in Australia to her record with a dominant performance in the Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at a rain-soaked Flemington. Already a winner of nine Group One races in New Zealand, including six this