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The 2024 Group 1 New Zealand Oaks trifecta will make their Australian debuts together at Morphettville on Saturday, in the 2000-metre G1 Australasian Oaks. Run over 2400m at Trentham in March, the NZ Oaks was won by Chad Ormsby's Pulchritudinous, a three-time winner from seven starts
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A week after his remarkable front-running heroics on Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), in-form jockey Declan Bates pulled off another wire-to-wire performance with New Zealand-bred mare Disturbia (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) in Saturday’s Evergreen Turf
Linebacker (NZ) (Super Seth) will forever be a significant horse in the story of his sire's stud career, but the chance presents on Saturday for the chestnut colt to enhance his chapter. The John O'Shea-trained colt will be striving to become the son of Dundeel&
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New Zealander rider Michael McNab has answered the call to partner Maharba (Pride of Dubai) in the Hareeba Stakes at Mornington. With the potential of a jockey shortage at Mornington, trainer Grahame Begg and owner Gary Towzell got on the front foot in the search of a jockey for Maharba
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Group 3 winner Grand Impact is ready to get his career back on track in the Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington on Saturday. Grand Impact burst onto the racing scene in spring 2022, winning his first three starts including the G3 Blue Sapphire Stakes on a Heavy track at Caulfield.
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Mark Walker will have at least five runners at Morphettville next Saturday as Te Akau Racing attempts to plunder the record prizemoney on offer during Adelaide's showpiece carnival. The stable's NZ Oaks (2400m) placegetter Qali Al Farrasha will make her Australian debut in the $1 million
A better barrier draw will keep Grid Girl (NZ) (Time Test) at home for the Mornington Guineas. Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes have elected to keep Grid Girl in Melbourne for another start before the possibility of tackling Stakes company. Grid Girl will run in the
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An omen barrier may prove the key to Waitak’s (NZ) (Proisir) success in a star-studded line-up for Saturday’s A$4 million The Quokka (1200m) in Perth. The son of Proisir is trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, and the latter flew from their Matamata
It has taken a while, but Paul Preusker says Captain Envious (NZ) (Savabeel) is now the seasoned stayer that can be targeted towards Australia's best staying races. The Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup are on Preusker's mind as Captain Envious heads towards start number 20 in
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Michael Kent Jnr is eagerly looking forward to next month's South Australian Derby with Warmonger, after his close second placing behind Air Assault in the Port Adelaide Guineas (1800m) last Saturday. The Mick Price and Kent Jnr-trained three-year-old gelding took significant ground from Air Assault
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Ciaron Maher intends on making another impact at Randwick on Saturday when one of the stable's most popular horses, Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto), returns from a short break. While victory in the Benchmark 100 over 1400 metres won't quite rank with the awesome Queen Elizabeth Stakes
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Dominic Sutton will give his two youngsters who have given him a flying start to his training career one more run each before they are spelled ahead of spring. After only saddling up his first starter on March 8, Sutton has made a spectacular start to his training career with