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Slow and steady wins the race. Patrick Payne doesn’t yet know what race, but he’s hoping a patient approach with gun stayer Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) might potentially be able to yield a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup in 2025. The SA Derby winner reappears in form guides for the
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A lot has changed for Mike Moroney since he won the Thousand Guineas, but some things haven't. The New Zealander first landed the Group One event for the fillies in 1999 with Shizu (NZ) (Manntari), not long after he'd taken over the famous Chiquita Lodge stables
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After a foot abscess ruled her out of the Empire Rose Stakes on Derby Day, trainer Matthew Williams is confident Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) remains on song to take on her first Group one in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. “She galloped the Tuesday after, so she really
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Paul Preusker loves nothing more than winning a country cup so it's little surprise his eyes lit up when he first heard about Saturday's A$500,000 Country Cups Final at Caulfield. Courtesy of victory in the Murtoa Cup and a placing in his hometown Horsham
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Mark Walker is hoping a long range plan put in place back in February comes to fruition on Saturday when Zourion (NZ) (Zoustar) lines up in the A$1.5 million Gr.1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas. Chats with Brendan and Jo Lindsay took place after the Cambridge Stud-owned fillies Matamata
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Michael Kent Junior would love nothing more than to see the stable’s “old boy” Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) win the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Although Ayrton is only a six-year-old gelding, he has had a litany of problems to deal with in his
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Trainer Mike Moroney is happy to back the talent of his three-year-old filly Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) despite almost a month between runs in Saturday’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. Coeur Volante has won three out of her four starts and kicked off this campaign with a
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Owner Tony Ottobre will give Declan Bates a licence to again play ‘catch me if you can’ on Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) when she backs up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington. The daughter of Pride of Dubai landed a breakthrough Group One win
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Emma-Lee Browne is reminded of her favourite horse Monarch Chimes every time she looks at emerging filly Basilinna. A talented jumper who contested the Grand National 'Chase and Grand Annual 'Chase, Monarch Chimes stole his trainer's heart during a 38-start racing career and was loved as
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Craig Newitt has picked up one of the few remaining rides in the $8.4 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) aboard Virtuous Circle. Newitt, 38, will have his first raceday sit aboard the New Zealand-bred son of Almanzor on Tuesday after the stable took the Gr.1 ATC Derby
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Tokyo Run will start the Gr.1 VRC Derby (2500m) as a 250-1 rank outsider, but country trainer Dean Mirfin says the son of Staphanos won't look out of place as the field heads to the barriers. According to Mirfin, the gelding's most recent run, where
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Liam Howley is hoping to saddle up his first Melbourne Cup runner next Tuesday, with plans to accept with Virtuous Circle (NZ) (Almanzor) in the A$8.4 million race. For a period, Howley was private trainer for the Melbourne Cup's most-successful owner, Lloyd Williams, but didn'