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Coolmore colt Public Attention (NZ) ( Written Tycoon) will be out to earn his place in the Caulfield Guineas on Saturday, when the grey son of Written Tycoon steps up to 1400 metres in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude. A debut winner at Caulfield late in his two-year-old season, the
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Racing Victoria handicapper David Hegan said he would like to have waited an extra week before releasing the weights for the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). Hegan said ideally the final handicaps for the Cups would be released after Saturday's racing in
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Kiwi-bred four-year-old Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) caught the eye with his closing fourth placing in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes on Saturday and it is now all guns blazing towards the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 19. When the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups were
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Tony Gollan’s talented galloper Antino (NZ) (Redwood) proved he was in the mix with some of Australia’s elite weight-for-age performers when a game third in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last Saturday behind Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni. The son of Redwood had
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After almost spoiling the party for Point King in The Archer in terms of gaining a Melbourne Cup start, versatile stayer Hit The Road Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) will be aimed at a lesser race on the same day in the inaugural The Australian Heritage Cup. The Symon Wilde-trained Hit The
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Team Hayes will consider backing Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield after his gutsy performance to win the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. Ben Hayes said it was one of three options he will discuss with his co-trainers and brothers Will
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Leading Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan walked away from Antino’s (NZ) (Redwood) brave third in the Makybe Diva Stakes proud of his run, but still in a quandary as to whether to push on towards a Cox Plate. Gollan said the Cox Plate was still the likely goal, but he
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The remarkable story of Kiwi-bred champion Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) rolled into his seven-year-old season with a historic defence of his title in the A$750,000 Gr.1 Crown Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Bullbars gelding became the first back-to-back winner of the weight-for-age feature
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New Zealand-bred mare Grinzinger Belle (NZ) (Shamexpress) made a bold start to her spring campaign with a commanding front-running performance in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Furphy Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. The daughter of Shamexpress led all the way for a black-type win over the
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New Zealand import Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) made a perfect start to her four-year-old season with a strong-finishing success in Saturday’s A$160,000 NSW Thoroughbred Breeders Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill. The Benchmark 78 event was the third win of a 14-race career for Firestorm, who had previously shown
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Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) was among the leading two-year-old fillies in New Zealand last season, and she showed in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington that she has the class to compete on Melbourne’s spring carnival stage. The Cap D’Antibes Stakes
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Next month’s Gr.1 Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) is looming large on the horizon for Unusual Legacy (NZ) (Unusual Suspect), who enhanced his growing reputation with an outstanding last-to-first performance in Saturday’s A$160,000 Chandon Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill. The Benchmark 88 handicap was the fifth win from