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Hardy five-year-old Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) was back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought on-speed victory in the Tile Importer Handicap (1400m) for trainers Ben and JD Hayes. The win provided the trainers with a consolation prize after they had suffered Group One
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Warwick Farm trainer Bryce Heys has a small but in-form team and the roll continued when four-year-old mare Po Kare Kare (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. The victory provided Heys with his first Group success, with
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Tony and Calvin McEvoy have a promising stayer on their hands in the form of Kiwi import So Unusual (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) who proved too strong in the Premier Signs Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The son of Unusual Suspect was a winner at Woodville for Fraser Auret in
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In a field that oozed quality from top to bottom with half of the twelve runners boasting wins at Group One level it was flying four-year-old Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) who proved best on the day when she took out the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at
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Outstanding three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) overcame a wide run in transit against a quality field of middle distance performers to capture the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa in a performance that had to be seen to be believed. Having just his second
New Zealand
Prowess (NZ) (Proisir), who started the hottest favourite of the day at Te Rapa on Saturday, justified her $1.20 quote when she gave her three-year-old counterparts a complete shellacking in the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m). The last start winner of the Karaka
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New Zealand-bred three-year-old Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) is making a habit of giving his supporters heart palpitations and once again he came from an impossible position when landing the Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) on Friday. The Patrick Payne-trained galloper was sent out the $1.14 favourite and
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Trainer Mark Walker is looking forward to Saturday’s bumper meeting at Te Rapa where he has strong chances in both Group One races – the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) and the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Both races have attracted an all-star cast, but the nation’s leading trainer is
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Talented three-year-old gelding Creator has been purchased by OTI Racing and will join the Victorian stable of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The son of Wrote was an impressive winner of his two starts to date for trainer Chad Ormsby, with a maiden romp at Tauranga before
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Danny O’Brien is hoping to add to Callsign Mav’s Group One haul this autumn and he will get his first chance at Sandown on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred gelding already boasts four elite-level victories, including the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last September. His
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He’s A Doozy has proved to be a quality 1600m performer and Lisa Latta believes the timing is now ideal for him to make his mark over a middle distance. The son of Zacinto is in rare form and in tip-top order to face the sternest test of
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Adelaide Cup winner Daqiansweet Junior is going too well to defend his Morphettville crown and will instead be aimed at the Group 1 Sydney Cup, according to trainer Phillip Stokes. The OTI Racing-owned stayer will return to the track in Saturday's G3 Carlyon Cup (1600m) and, while