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Matthew Brown is hoping the temptation to bypass the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) will pay dividends in the spring as his stable star Prix de Turn (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) ramps up towards his return. His 28-year-old trainer sent the colt for a spell on the back of
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After a second-straight Victorian win with Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente), rising South Australian-trainer Travis Doudle is looking across the border for his next taste of success. The five-year-old son of Fiorente led throughout to take out Saturday’s seventh race at Caulfield, a Benchmark 84 over 1700m in a now
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The progeny of Mick Price’s 2015 Victoria Derby winner Tarzino appears to be the source of another staying prospect for his flourishing Cranbourne stable in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr. Two-year-old gelding Cadazio (NZ) (Tarzino) won his first official trial by 2.8 lengths over 990 metres at Cranbourne
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Amy McDonald, Lee Horner and their banner horse Flying Agent (NZ) (Raise The Flag) gained compensation for last year’s Thackeray Steeplechase (3450m) defeat by winning the latest edition of the 3450-metre race at Warrnambool on Sunday. Flying Agent defeated five rivals in the $125,000 event, the small field
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Leading trainer Annabel Neasham says she almost didn't recognise star Mo'unga (NZ) (Savabeel) given how much he has matured in the spelling paddock. The dual Group One winner returned to her New South Wales stable this week and she couldn't be happier with the
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She was one of the feelgood stories of last spring, and Warrnambool-based trainer Symon Wilde hopes to have Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) return to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) this year. The five-year-old mare hasn't been seen since the 2021 Cup, when she finished ninth after being
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Lindsay Park’s best horse Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is back in work and this spring will closely follow the blue-print of the extraordinary 1990 spring campaign of former stable star Better Loosen Up (Loosen Up). Better Loosen Up was named the 1990-91 Horse of the Year in Australia following
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The week at Royal Ascot certainly got the heart-rate up for Verry Elleegant’s (NZ) (Zed) owners as the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup champion continues to impress in early training ahead of her European debut in late August. Managing part-owner Ozzie Kheir said that watching Nature Strip win the King’
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Simon Zahra will wait the week before deciding whether to push on the Winter Sprint Series final with Zac De Boss (NZ) (Zacinto) but he left little doubt which way he’s leaning. “I don’t want to run him for the sake of running him because the final is
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Connections of impressive gelding Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) hope a return to a dry surface will see the four-year-old gelding back to his best in Saturday’s Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Iffraaj failed to fire a shot in
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Simon Zahra is encouraging punters to ignore the last start failure of Tavisteel (NZ) (Tavistock) ahead of her end-of-season goal in Saturday’s Gr.3 South Australian Fillies’ Classic (2500m) at Morphettville. Tavisteel is likely start healthy odds in the Group Three contest following her well beaten twelfth on the
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Forgotten jumper Bee Tee Junior (NZ) (Nom Du Jeu) is edging closer to a return over obstacles, with another tilt at the Grand National Chase (4500m) at Ballarat firmly on the agenda. Trainer Rachael Cunningham reported that the 2020 National Chase winner, who missed the entire 2021 season due to