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Mr Brightside all-clear after Makybe Diva Stakes run
Champion galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is fit and healthy and will forge ahead into the spring after being given the all-clear on Sunday. The 10-time Group One hero pulled up lame in the right hind leg, following his seventh placing in the G1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m)
Wentwood Grange fillies shining this spring
Last year’s Karaka yearling sale draft is proving to be a vintage crop for Cambridge farm Wentwood Grange, with several of their fillies shining this spring, including Sweetest Thing (NZ) (Hello Youmzain), who recorded her maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. It
Cup blow for King Pedro as spring hangs by a thread
Melbourne Cup hopes for the emerging stayer King Pedro (NZ) (Eminent) might soon be finished for 2026 with the New Zealand bred galloper laid low by an infection. OTI Racing director Terry Henderson said on Sunday that King Pedro’s spring future was “in the balance” as he was now
Aeliana decision set to hinge on draw
Chris Waller will decide later this week whether Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) clashes with star stablemate Autumn Glow in the 7 Stakes at Randwick, or heads to Melbourne for a Group One assignment at Caulfield. The mare will be an acceptor for the Gr.2 7 Stakes (1600m) and the Gr.