An extra seven days between racing and the hope of a better weather forecast has led co-trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood to look to the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) on the second day of The Championships with Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel), rather than backing up in the ATC Australian
After an aborted spring campaign, trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are looking forward to seeing Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) back on the racetrack. That will come on Saturday in the Gr.3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. A winner of his first four starts, Globe was thrown into
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Star New Zealand mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) will be kept to her pre-race routine in Melbourne before travelling to Sydney for the opening day of The Championships. The Mark Walker-trained mare will have her last piece of work at Cranbourne on Tuesday before being floated to Sydney on Thursday
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Daqiansweet Junior (NZ) (Sweet Orange) has contested the past two Melbourne Cups and will chase another start in the race at Flemington on Saturday. The Roy Higgins (2600m) offers the winner a ballot exemption into this year's Cup, one of four staying races run at Flemington that has
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Sprint star Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) won’t be seen in the A$1m Gr.1 Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville next month but New Zealand Racing powerhouse Te Akau Racing have Adelaide in their sights. Te Akau's Mark Walker said quality mare Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel) would
Michael Freedman admits he has been a bit surprised by Wymark's (NZ) (Savabeel) rapid progression, which sees him a $2.50 favourite for Saturday's Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m), but believes the horse is hitting the race at the right time. The son of Savabeel turned
Trainer Patrick Payne is a realist when it comes to his horses and says it is time for Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) to take the step up to the big league. A dual Derby winner as a three-year-old, Payne has chosen the stayer's races wisely, to the point when
Roger James and Robert Wellwood are sending their stayer Mark Twain (NZ) (Shocking) to Melbourne to get an idea of where the emerging stayer sits. The four-year-old son of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking runs in the Listed The Roy Higgins, (2600m) at Flemington on Saturday. On offer for the victor
Ciaron Maher concedes he is stepping into unchartered waters with star mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) when she heads to the Australian Cup at Flemington. It will be the Trelawney Stud-bred mare's second run at 2000m in a career spanning 27 starts when she tackles the
Sabah Ace (NZ) (Swiss Ace) secured his spot in the lucrative 4yo series with his first win in nine months in the S$50,000 Class 4 1400m race under a gun ride by jockey Vlad Duric. After jumping from gate one, Sabah Ace stalked the speed and sailed past
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes cannot ask much more of Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars). The gelding is the winner of 16 races and almost A$13 million in prize money and has put the Lindsay Park stable and their own names out in the racing world
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Trelawney Stud bred Singapore Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) overcame a troubled preparation to get his 18th career win in the S$100,000 Kranji Stakes A race (1200m) on Saturday. Granted it was a drop in class for him after his hit-and-run assignment in the Gr.