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The Sydney Autumn Carnival may have only just come to an end but Te Akau principal David Ellis is already planning his team’s next assault on Australia. Te Akau have had a successful season across the Tasman, courtesy of stable stars Melody Belle, Te Akau Shark, and Probabeel. Melody
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The Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) on Sunday (19 April) provides a further update on the potential impacts of, and its response to, COVID-19, including initial consideration for the TAB of the restrictions announced by Government of a move to Alert Level 3 and pending consultation of the draft
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Victory on the Mike Moroney-trained Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) in Saturday’s Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick capped off a stellar autumn for Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson. New Zealand’s leading rider had already tasted Group One success on Probabeel (Surround Stakes, 1400m), Te Akau Shark
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South African-born jockey Donovan Mansour is determined to remain positive about his long journey to recovery from a horrific raceday accident despite the current Covid-19 pandemic throwing him a major curveball in recent days. Mansour suffered a broken pelvis along with numerous internal injuries after an incident at
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New Zealand-bred mare Tofane will be shooting for her first elite-level victory when she lines-up in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. It will be the daughter of Ocean Park’s fifth consecutive tilt at Group One level and trainer Michael Moroney
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Darci Brahma five-year-old Parsifal is on a path to the Gr.1 Goodwood (1200m) on May 16 and trainer Will Clarken is expecting an improved performance when the seven-time winner contests Saturday’s Gr.3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. The gelding finished sixth behind
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Online thoroughbred auction site gavelhouse.com will add another string to its bow next month when it launches Gavelhouse Plus. “Gavelhouse Plus is an idea that has been bubbling away for a while and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic gave us the impetus to expedite the project,
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Windsor Park Stud will run a tipping competition for Saturday's meeting at Royal Randwick with all proceeds to go to charity. For just $20 per entry, all punters (the keen, the beginners or the lucky) are in with the chance to win a service of your choice to
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Maija Vance is continuing to prove that attitude can take you a long way in life. The former jockey, who suffered life-changing injuries in a race fall in September 2018, last month climbed the 526 steps to the top of Mount Maunganui to raise money for the CatWalk Trust
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Te Awamatu trainer Clayton Chipperfield is thanking his lucky stars that he has his 60 acre property to keep him busy over the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown period. “I don’t know how these people are getting on in town,” Chipperfield said. “We have got 60 acres, so