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Hot favourite First Chorus (NZ) (Ghibelline) returned to her winning ways when she came from last to bolt home in the Benchmark 78 Rod Fenwick Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield. Sporting the colours of Spicer Thoroughbreds and relishing the Heavy8 track conditions, the four-year-old mare sat last in the
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Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice) has moved to Victoria ahead of the Spring Carnival. The Group One winner has been transferred into the care of Andrea Leek at Pakenham. The New Zealand-bred son of Maurice won the Gr.1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) in December, before charging home to be narrowly
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The sale of champion mare Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), marked both a special and emotional moment for trainer Ken Kelso, as he reflected in a candid conversation with Mick Guerin on Sport Nation on Wednesday morning. Purchased originally for just $90,000 as a modestly bred Book 2 yearling, Legarto’s
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Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock) will run in the A$200,000 Lord Mayor's Cup on Saturday – it's just a matter whether it is at Rosehill Gardens or Eagle Farm. It is unusual to have two races with the same name run on the same day over
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Group One performer Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) has been plagued by issues over the last 18 months, but she will make her much-anticipated return to the track at Caulfield on Saturday. The Fortuna Syndication-raced mare’s career was nearly cut short in January last year when she fractured
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The Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) shares Group One status on Saturday with the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and it looms as a final chance for quality sprinter Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) to get on the board this campaign. A winner of 11 of his 27 starts, Jimmysstar
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Zambardo (NZ) (Belardo) did not make it to the race that was pencilled in as his Group One target this preparation, but co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr remains optimistic he can land a big payday this campaign. Last year's Gr.1 Champions Stakes (2000m) runner-up will get
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Champion trainer Chris Waller will this week ramp up Joliestar’s (Zoustar) assault on the Gr.1 The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot on June 20, with the five-time Group One heroine to contest a jumpout down the straight at Flemington on Friday. Joliestar hasn’
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The recent run of veterans winning the elite sprint races has emboldened trainer Peter Moody to chase Saturday’s Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm with Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai). Moody and training partner Katherine Coleman initially had the last start Gr.1 Goodwood winner
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Expat Kiwi trainer Chris Waller joined an elite club at Doomben on Saturday when recording his 200th Group One win courtesy of Birdman (Free Eagle) in the Doomben Cup (2000m). The Hall of Fame trainer became the first Kiwi and third Australian-based trainer to reach the mark, joining legendary
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New Zealand-bred mare Prima Bella (NZ) (Per Incanto) made a stylish return at Randwick on Saturday with a victory in her first raceday appearance for almost nine months. The A$160,000 Uphire Handicap (1000m) was the Per Incanto five-year-old’s first start since September 3, and
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With a last-start Group Three placing in Adelaide under his belt, accomplished Kiwi-bred gelding Pudding (NZ) (Tavistock) ventured to Victoria on Saturday and landed a deserved victory in the A$150,000 MRC Life Member David Sims 90th Birthday (1800m) at Sandown. Saturday’s Benchmark 100 handicap was