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Benchmark 56 races rarely feature in fairytales, but for David Dempsey, they may as well be the Melbourne Cup. Dempsey reckons the replay of Not A Brass Razoo's (NZ) (Darci Brahma) win in the lowly handicap at Gawler last Wednesday will be on loop in his mind when
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Jaylah Kennedy continued her superb run with Tony and Calvin McEvoy at Sandown on Wednesday, making it seven wins from 23 starts for the stable aboard Heart Of Glass and Scissor Step. The Kiwi apprentice has made waves since joining the riding ranks early last year, already reaching 71 overall
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Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) has appeared on the leaderboard in the Longines world’s best racehorse rankings for the first time, but her Randwick performance of last month is still not the standout Australian run so far this year. The extraordinary 6.5 length Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth
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James McDonald will have a strong chance to continue his winning run this season in Group One races after being confirmed as the rider for I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday week’s $1.5 million Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Brisbane. McDonald, who claimed another
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A water walker incident has seen Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have to abort the campaign of the lightly raced Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) after just one run this preparation. The imposing son of Charm Spirit finished fourth in the Victoria Handicap after an extensive layoff and had hopes
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Symon Wilde's Count Zero (NZ) (Zed) cost just $22,000 as a yearling and has returned in excess of $700,000 for connections. But half of the current ownership group hadn't even heard of the son of Zed until he was a two-year-old, when a chance
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For someone that won $10 million in a Lotto haul, Lou Te Keeti still rues the day he let a homebred yearling slide for $20,000. Hindsight is an amazing thing in bloodstock and the reason Te Keeti’s mind regularly returns to those lonely minutes in the COVID-affected Karaka
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After being beaten by 37 lengths in Tuesday's Brierly Steeplechase and having to rely on jockey Darryl Horner Jnr pleading with stewards to allow him to race, Count Zero (NZ) (Zed) amazingly won the 5500-metre Grand Annual Steeplechase on Thursday afternoon. According to Horner Jnr, the run on
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I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) will head to Brisbane early next week ahead of his first Group One target over the local carnival. Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman's star gelding jumped out at Pakenham on Tuesday after finishing third in the Gr.1 T.J. Smith Stakes
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Leading Victorian hopes Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) and Bold Soul (NZ) (Embellish) drew wide for Saturday's A$1 million South Australian Derby (2500m) when acceptances dropped on Tuesday morning for the capacity field. Chairman's Stakes winner Bold Soul has drawn barrier 12 with Jake Noonan in
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Trainer Mike Moroney is ‘making good progress in hospital’, his stable has confirmed. Ballymore Stables released a statement on Thursday updating the industry on Moroney’s health after he was hospitalised with acute pneumonia and a collapsed lung. "Michael's breathing is still assisted by a ventilator and
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Emma-lee Browne ventured to Flemington on Thursday without any expectations regarding how Pondalowie (Deep Field) would perform and left with a win which was celebrated by a raucous group of owners. Pondalowie, ridden by Billy Egan, led from the outset in The Les Carlyon and extended clear from her rivals