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The all-jumps program to open an abbreviated Warrnambool carnival has attracted strong nominations in six races. The May three-day carnival has been shortened this year because of COVID-19 restrictions and opens on Tuesday featuring Australia's longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m). Gold Medals (NZ)
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Multiple Group One winner Contributer sired his first winner when Lion’s Roar (NZ) won the Good Luck Andrew Bensley 2YO Showcase Handicap (1200m) at Wagga on Thursday. Fittingly, the Champion Thoroughbreds-raced gelding was prepared by John O’Shea, who trained Contributer to win both the Gr.1 Chipping
New Zealand
With the assistance of working groups of trainers and clubs, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has developed a return to racing plan which includes a flat stakes level of $15,000 for all races at 13 meetings during July. A number of initiatives will also be introduced with the focus
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Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir carried Tony Falcone’s Lime green and white colours to victory on three occasions, including the Gr.3 Spring Stakes (1600m), and at Sandown on Wednesday his son Bungalow Bill was able to do the same when recording his maiden victory over 1300m. The Team
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Trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping the rain will continue to fall in Adelaide ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. He will contest the Group One feature with New Zealand-bred filly Selica (NZ) (Makfi) and he said she will appreciate the wet conditions. “We might
New Zealand
Canterbury jockey Jason Laking’s Covid-19 lockdown experience was a lot different to many of his contemporaries around the country. While many of New Zealand’s jockeys were confined to their own bubble for the past five weeks, unable to do much more than go on a daily run
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Connections of exciting filly Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma) are hoping the New Zealand-bred three-year-old can continue her near perfect formline when she contests the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained filly has won three of her
Australia
A Queensland campaign is now in the offing for promising Tavistock filly Sky Horse (NZ) after her two-length victory over 1600m at Sandown on Wednesday. It was the second consecutive win for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old after winning over the same distance at
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Leading Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary believes the COVID-19 outbreak which has forced the suspension of racing across the country for three months provides the ideal opportunity to realign the industry. Training resumed across New Zealand on Tuesday as the country exited level 4 lockdown protocols due to
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Connections of lightly-tried filly Vegas Jewel (NZ) will be hoping for a trouble-free run when the daughter of Shocking contests Saturday’s Gr.1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. Prepared by Mark Kavanagh for a syndicate headed by Laurence Eales, who enjoyed success as the owner of the
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Kiwi jumper Zed Em (NZ) (Zed) finished a close-up third behind Gold Medals in a 2800m steeplechase trial at Warrnambool on Tuesday, pleasing connections as he prepares for next week’s Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m) at the same venue. The winner of the time-honoured event last year, Zed
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Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is pleased to have horses trickling back into the stable after the month-long lockdown period and is taking positives from the late-season timing of the Covid-19 lockdown. With level 4 restrictions eased on Tuesday allowing horse training operations across the nation to commence