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New Zealand’s Group One three-year-old form was to the fore at Moonee Valley on Saturday, where Antrim Coast (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) edged out Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) in a thrilling finish to the A$500,000 Gr.2 DCE Alister Clark Stakes (2040m). Te Akau Racing’s Quintessa
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Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 BMD Group Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley provided a special reward for a part-owner who has spent the last few years wondering what might have been. The fillies and mares’ feature was won in impressive style by the New Zealand-bred Eternal Flame
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After a pair of luckless placings from wide barriers, New Zealand-bred mare Elettrica (NZ) (Vespa) turned things around at Rosehill on Saturday and set herself up for a potential black-type winter campaign in Queensland. The five-year-old daughter of Vespa went into Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1500m) as
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Multiple Group One winner Atishu has been confirmed as one of the headline acts for May’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast. Purchased by New Zealand syndicator Go Racing out of Waikato Stud’s 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft, Atishu has carried
The Mark Walker stable is banking on a freshen up between races as being pivotal for Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer). A last start winner against 'the boys' in the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on February 24, Campionessa will have her first test at Moonee Valley
There is an air of positivity around an often-understated Phillip Stokes as he sends Climbing Star (NZ) (Zoustar) to Morphettville this weekend in search of an elusive second career victory. The four-year-old lines up in the Listed Matrice Stakes (1200m) on Saturday at her first-up outing for this preparation which
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Globe's (NZ) (Charm Spirit) racetrack return looks firmly on track after resuming with an impressive jumpout performance at Cranbourne on Monday morning. A winner of his first four starts before suffering from cardiac arrhythmia in his only spring appearance in the Feehan Stakes, Globe strolled home to win
Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell will keep Farag (NZ) (Sacred Falls) to the flat for the immediate future after the New Zealand-bred gelding recorded a strong staying win at Sandown. Farag added the Sportsbet Make It Look Easy Handicap (3000m) on Wednesday to his record of four wins from five starts
Plans are underway to take Dolphin Skin (NZ) (Telperion) to Adelaide for their upcoming Carnival, but for the time being the filly will be kept in Melbourne. The Leon and Troy Corstens-trained filly was entered for the Listed Clare Lindop Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville on Saturday, but instead she will
After the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday the track will undergo a renovation and will not race again until the new racing season in August. Night racing in the new season commences on AFL Grand Final eve on September 27 and will feature the
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Te Akau Racing will hold a strong hand at The Valley on Saturday, with their seven-strong charge being led by their sprinting sensation Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), who will attempt to defend her crown in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m). After taking out last year’s edition of
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Elite front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) triumphed in a captivating edition of the A$3.75 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday for trainer Ciaron Maher and regular rider Declan Bates. The dual Group One winner is known for being able to sustain a strong