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All-Star Mile (1600m) and dual Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) winner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is back in work for what shapes as his longest racing campaign yet. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said he was delighted with the condition of the winner of more than A$8 million in stakes, who
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Andrew Forsman buoyed by Aegon’s (NZ) (Sacred Falls) effort to finish fifth in the Gr.1 Champions’ Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on April 30 will target the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) in the spring. Forsman said James McDonald told him after the race that Aegon was looking
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I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) has fittingly been laid to rest at the property of co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr. The top-class galloper with his rockstar looks and cult following was lost to racing after complications following surgery on his fetlock in late March. In an emotion-charged interview on Racing.
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Liam Howley liked his Gr.1 ATC Derby (2400m) runner-up Virtuous Circle (NZ) (Almanzor) so much as a yearling that he doubled down the next season and bought his brother. The trainer surely got the first part right as Virtuous Circle heads into the spring as one of the more-likely
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Mike Moroney already has one eye on a big spring target with Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) ahead of Saturday's Gr.1 Doomben Cup. A recent inductee to the New Zealand Hall of Fame, the Kiwi horseman revealed his Caulfield Cup plans with the five-year-old son of the
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The unbeaten Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) will not race again this season, with co-trainer Mick Price keen to send the promising galloper to the spelling paddock on a high. The son of Charm Spirit made it four wins from as many starts last Saturday at Ladbrokes Park Sandown, but Price
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Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr says impressive galloper Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) is well placed to keep his unbeaten record intact at Sandown on Saturday. A dominant winner at each of his first three starts, Globe lines up in a Benchmark 100 over 1800m with Celine Gaudray retaining the ride. "
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Mick Kent will keep his two emerging young stayers apart, with little-known Kiwi-bred Samuel Langhorne (NZ) (Shocking) to represent the Cranbourne trainer in next Tuesday’s VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington. Kent had also nominated Northern Barrage for the $300,000 race, but he said he would now be
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Milford (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to join a strong crop of his stablemates from Mike Moroney's yard with a trip to Queensland, if he performs up to expectation at Flemington on Tuesday. Moroney's only runner at Flemington for the VRC ANZAC Day race day, Milford will
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Dual Group Three winner Gunstock has recovered well from a second knee operation and is set to again resume his promising racing career over 1700 metres at Flemington on Tuesday. Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr said the son of Tavistock has been working and trialing strongly in preparation for his first
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Improved stayer Swords Drawn (Camelot) will spend his next two starts trying to win his way into Australia’s two major staying races. The Mike Moroney-trained gelding will run in next Saturday’s Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) which carries a golden ticket into the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m). Then
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JD Hayes has no doubt Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is a better horse than he was a year ago when he won the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) but that doesn’t mean he’s winning the race again at Randwick on Saturday. “He’s a different horse to the