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Jockey Opie Bosson has given All-Star Mile (1600m) contender Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) the tick of approval following her gallop at Caulfield over 1200m on Tuesday morning. Bosson made a special trip to Melbourne ahead of the A$5 million race on Saturday to give the 10-time Group
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Jamie Richards was persuaded to take some very rare time out to celebrate his Ellerslie Group One double last Saturday night, but it wasn’t long until his constant lengthy routine kicked in the following day. After Cool Aza Beel won the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Avantage took
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Trainer Chris Waller cannot fault Kolding's (NZ) (Ocean Park) condition ahead of the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) but admits the left-handed direction holds some fears. Waller's trepidation comes from Kolding's first start at Caulfield in Melbourne where Saturday's
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Glen Boss will miss the All-Star Mile ride on Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) but believes if the gelding brings his A-game to the $5 million race at Caulfield he will be a leading chance. After a winning double at Flemington on Saturday including the Group One Newmarket Handicap
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New Zealand-trained horses have continued their early dominance of Sydney's Group One autumn races with The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) scoring a bulldog-like win in the Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. The Kiwis have now won the first three elite races of the carnival after trainer Jamie
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Paint The Town Two has relished the soft ground in recording a career-high victory at Flemington. The New Zealand mare scored her sixth victory when successful in the Group Three Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m), her first in stakes company. Ridden by Jamie Kah, Paint The Town Two scored by a
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Eagle Farm trainer Desleigh Forster will be testing promising mare Twilighter (NZ) (Reliable Man) as a genuine staying prospect in the Benchmark 75 Handicap (2200m) at her home track on Saturday. Twilighter won an Eagle Farm race over 1840m two starts ago and was fifth in an 1800m-race last
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Super Seth (Dundeel) was already feeling 'a bit brighter' on Thursday morning after being struck by a 'mild infection'. Trainer Anthony Freedman on Wednesday afternoon scratched his star three-year-old from the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas after he was flat during a hand walk. Assistant
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Multiple Group One-winning sprinter The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is set to return to action at Randwick on Saturday, kicking off a Sydney autumn carnival campaign for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike. The winner of the Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) and Gr.1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) in
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Stallion credentials go on the line for Kiwi-owned colt Banquo (Written Tycoon) in Saturday's Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The Written Tycoon colt goes into the sprint feature having won two of just eight starts but he will take his chance with a featherweight 51kg
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Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has been ruled out of the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) with bruised fetlocks. Trainer Clayton Chipperfield sent him to the Ballarat Vet Clinic on Tuesday fearing he was not quite himself after his below-par run in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m)
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While the New Zealanders are crossing the Tasman to plunder Australian races, Azuro will be out to reverse the trend in the Auckland Cup. The Jamie Richards-trained Probabeel and Te Akau Shark took out Sydney's first two autumn carnival Group One races at Randwick on Saturday, the