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Waikato stayer Aigne will undertake the ultimate test of endurance at Warrnambool on Sunday when he contests the A$300,000 The Jericho Cup (4600m), a race solely for New Zealand and Australian-bred thoroughbreds. The Neil O’Dowd-trained gelding qualified for the staying feature after winning the NZB
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New Zealand-bred galloper Hard Press (NZ) (Shamexpress) made it back-to-back wins when successful at Sandown on Wednesday over 1000m. It was just the third start for the Shamexpress colt who was lumbered with 60kg in Wednesday’s race. “I just thought at 1000m they might be a
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Impeccably bred filly Zayydani (NZ) (Savabeel) maintained her unbeaten record when she scored over 1600m at Seymour on Sunday. Owned by her breeders, Brent and Cherry taylor of trelawney Stud, the three-year-old Savabeel filly is a half-sister to multiple Group One winner Grunt who now stands at
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Six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams is set leave his Macedon Lodge training establishment which has produced four Cup winners since the turn of the century. Macedon Lodge will close as a private training base for horses owned by Williams and his son Nick next month and be
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New Zealand-bred and part-owned galloper, Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo), has been transferred to the Perth stable of Lindsey Smith. A three-time Group One winner who was also placed behind Winx (Street Cry) in two editions of the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) when prepared by Darren Weir, Humidor
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Tony Pike is stepping into unfamiliar territory with Endless Drama (Lope De Vega) this weekend, but a thumbs up from former successful jockey Mark Hills has the Cambridge trainer confident he has made the right move. Endless Drama, winner of the Gr.2 Easter Handicap (1600m) and the Gr.2
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A brace of wins over staying distances led Joe Pride down the garden path with Tamarack (NZ) (Redwood) but he has done an about-face on his assessment of the horse this campaign. The six-year-old was earmarked as a stayer after posting two 2400-metre wins last spring
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The lure of a one million purse has been too attractive for leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller. The expat Kiwi horseman will line-up three runners in the A$1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday, including New Zealand-bred gelding Star Of The Seas (NZ) (Ocean Park)
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Having ruled Luvaluva (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) out of a Group One feature in Perth, trainer John Sargent will concentrate on a million dollar race closer to home with the mare to head to The Gong at Kembla Grange. Sargent and Luvaluva's owners considered the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot
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Manolo Blahniq (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) will make the trip to Perth to run in Saturday's Group 1 Railway Stakes, with connections confident he will gain his spot in the A$1million 1600m feature. The six year-old was scratched from Saturday's Sandown Stakes (1500m) on the
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Group One placegetter House Of Cartier (Alamosa) has stamped her class with a resounding win at Newcastle, prompting connections to entertain a Gr.2 Villiers Stakes (1600m) bid. Third behind Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) in the Gr.1 Schweppes Oaks in Adelaide last May, House Of Cartier relished a
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Kiwi import Talenti (NZ) (Niagara) showed his quality when coming from last at Moonee Valley on Friday night to score by one and three-quarter lengths in the Summer Membership Handicap (1500m). The four-year-old son of Niagara recently transferred to Caulfield trainer Robert Hickmott from Hawke’s Bay