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Te Akau Racing has confirmed Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) will contest next Saturday's Gr.1 Newmarket handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The star mare was either going to run in the Flemington feature or head to Sydney to contest the Gr.1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on the
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Patrick Payne will consider giving Bold Soul (NZ) (Embellish) a further chance to emulate the three-year-old deeds of stablemate Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) by setting him for the South Australian Derby. Bold Soul's past three wins have come in the same races Dunkel won last year: a Benchmark 70
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Te Akau Racing’s elite females continued on their winning way at Caulfield on Saturday and the trend could continue on to next week with one of the stable’s star fillies to race in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Just a week after Imperatriz scored
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The sight of Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) bucking and playing up in his paddock has reassured the Lindsay Park team the weight-for-age star is perfectly on track for Saturday’s Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. A week ago, Mr Brightside was feeling the effects of his heroic first-up
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While many of his sprinting rivals are set for a racing return in Saturday's Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) down the Flemington straight, I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) is slowly and quietly building out of the limelight at Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman's Pakenham base. Not
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While the wait remains for an overdue Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) to foal for the first time, her little-known little brother is poised to fill the void when he makes his Victorian debut on Thursday. Five-year-old Affluential (NZ), who is by Zed out of Opulence (NZ) (Danroad), will have his
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An expansion of Te Akau Racing's Cranbourne base will prompt champion trainer Mark Walker to move to Victoria within the next 12 months. Walker confirmed that Te Akau has come to an agreement with the Cranbourne Turf Club to build 50 new boxes in 2024, taking the operation&
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Star sprinter Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) has had her final piece of fast work at The Valley on Monday morning ahead of her autumn return in Saturday's A$1 million Gr.1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m). Trainer Mark Walker was on hand to watch the gallop with in-form
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It was a tougher first-up that had been hoped for, but star galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) appears to have come through his rousing win in the Gr.1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield unscathed on Sunday morning. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said on Sunday that Mr Brightside’s
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A first-time defeat has not deterred connections of Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) from a potential Melbourne raid this autumn, with next month’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas still a possible target. Crocetti won his first seven races before narrowly falling short in the Gr.1 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa
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Melbourne Cup placegetter High Emocean (NZ) (Ocean Park) has run her final race and will be sold at auction in Australia in May. The seven-year-old daughter of Ocean Park, who was selected by renowned bloodstock agent John Foote for $80,000 at the 2018 Karaka yearling sale, would go on
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Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young were quick to make an impact at Sandown on Wednesday, taking out the first two races on the card with a couple of promising gallopers. Well-bred three-year-old filly Rocking The Boat (NZ) (Ocean Park) saluted in tenacious fashion on debut in the opening event, settling