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Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston will use Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton as the litmus test for Miss Federer’s (NZ) (Swiss Ace) Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospects. The daughter of Swiss Ace has impressed at her two starts this spring,
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Chris Waller's preference is to run Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) in the Cox Plate but the champion trainer is keeping the door ajar for the Caulfield Cup until after the mare works at The Valley. Waller has favourite Finche and Naturalism Stakes winner Brimham Rocks heading to Saturday&
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Te Aroha’s meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been abandoned. The racecourse had received 124mm of rain in less than 24 hours and the decision was made to call off the meeting after a track inspection by Stipendiary Stewards and Club representatives on Tuesday.
Australia
Former Te Akau runner Torcedor (Fastnet Rock) has been ruled out of another Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign through injury. The Paul Preusker-trained runner missed last year’s race through illness, while he was ruled out of this year’s edition after pulling up sore at Werribee. “He
New Zealand
Short Fuse (NZ) (Per Incanto) began her preparation in the best possible fashion at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday, winning her 880m heat by a neck. “It was a nice trial and she did what she was asked,” trainer Graham Richardson said. “She was there for an outing and
Australia
It inspired the biggest Australian sports film of the decade, but the story of Michelle Payne’s historic Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) victory has its roots on this side of the Tasman. Ride Like a Girl, the big-screen retelling of Payne’s Cup triumph in 2015 aboard the
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Having already secured his Caulfield Cup mount and a likely Melbourne Cup hopeful, former champion Kiwi jockey Michael Walker will be testing out further Group One prospects within the next eight days. Walker is thrilled to have landed the ride on the Chris Waller-trained import Finche in Saturday’s
New Zealand
Group Three winner Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) will head south to Trentham later this month after missing the Listed Matamata Cup (1600m) on Saturday. Weather conditioners forced the hand of trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood with track conditions deteriorating to a Heavy11. “We had our fingers crossed the entire
Australia
Multiple Group One winner Humidor has a great association with the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). The New Zealand-bred and part-owned galloper finished runner-up to Winx in 2017 before securing third in last year’s edition and he will attempt to better those marks in this year’
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The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) faces a major selection dilemma next week when assembling the field for this year’s A$5 million Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). With the retirement of star mare Winx, who won the Cox Plate for a record-breaking four years in a row,
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Cambridge trainer Roger James had a tough choice to make heading into Caulfield with Rondinella (NZ) (Ocean Park) on Wednesday. The experienced horseman, who trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, was weighing up between a start in the Gr.3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) or the Gr.3 Coongy Cup
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Herbert Power Stakes winner The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) has been given a half-kilogram Melbourne Cup penalty for his victory in the Group Two race. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained New Zealand stayer also passed the first ballot clause with his 2400m-win and now has 52kg