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Wellington Cup winner Manzor Blue (NZ) (Almanzor) will fly a lone New Zealand flag among Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) nominations, with connections plotting an old-school path towards the Melbourne spring features. The Lisa Latta-trained six-year-old, raced by Go Racing, is the only New Zealand-trained
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For only the third time in nearly a century, the Australian Grand National Hurdle and Steeplechase double has been completed as the Shane Jackson-trained Andy Win (NZ) (Almanzor) strode to victory by 12-lengths in the 2026 version of the feature over fences at Ballarat. The jumping scene is
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Mr Brightside’s (NZ) (Bullbars) co-trainer Ben Hayes predicted the returning veteran would present as a winning chance in his comeback race in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) in a fortnight after turning in a sharp trial at Caulfield on Saturday morning. Mr Brightside, who has not run
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Former Western Australian star Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice) kept his perfect Melbourne record intact and completed a rare feature double in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Catanach’s Jewellers PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Bred in New Zealand by his high-profile Perth owner Bob Peters, Cosmic
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Victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Remembering Diatribe Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield capped a consistent run of form for Taka Speed (NZ) (Savabeel), and the New Zealand-bred gelding also passed an important stamina test. Previously a four-time winner between 1400m and 1800m, the Savabeel gelding had attempted
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Lightly raced mare Attractiveness (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) capped a breakthrough campaign with her second straight Rosehill victory on Saturday, setting up a potential shot at black type in the autumn. Previously a winner and placegetter from four starts between November and January, the New Zealand-bred daughter of Hello Youmzain
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Dom Sutton believes Group 1 winner Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) has returned “as good, if not better” than ever ahead of his spring return in Saturday's P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Now a five-year-old, Feroce will launch another spring campaign over 1400 metres as Sutton
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New Zealand-bred galloper Rise At Dawn (NZ) (Almanzor) has been ruled out of the spring after suffering a bowed tendon. The Lindsay Park-trained six-year-old had made an encouraging start to his latest preparation, finishing runner-up in both of his appearances. The tendon injury is a
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The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes is looking forward to the upcoming spring campaign of Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). While technically still in winter, the Caulfield meeting on Saturday has a touch of spring about it, especially the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m)
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Well-related Savabeel colt Savagram (NZ) (Savabeel) stamped himself as a three-year-old of considerable promise with an impressive debut victory at Canterbury on Wednesday, putting himself in the frame for a potential tilt at the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained
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Unbeaten Group One winner Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will face a significant weight impost when she makes her Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The Mark Walker-trained filly was unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile in New Zealand, culminating in the Gr.
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Queensland jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor continued to make himself at home in New Zealand when producing a polished ride aboard Sharapova (NZ) (Grunt) to win the Rotorua & Bay Of Plenty Hunt Life Members 1950 at Rotorua on Wednesday. The Margaret Falconer-trained mare travelled strongly throughout for Wilson-Taylor,