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Connections are weighing up their options with leading Victoria Derby contender Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) and contemplating a start in next Saturday’s $5 million Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). The lure of 49.5kg, a potential stud deal and the stable’s first runner in Australasia’s weight-for-age classic
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Gr.2 Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m) winner Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) heads into Saturday's Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) chasing a hat-trick of wins, and Trent Busuttin says he's very pleased with his condition ahead of the A$2 million classic. "He's come
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Clayton Douglas could have his first starter in a Group One race later this week with OTI Racing considering running Inverell (NZ) (Shocking) in Saturday's A$1m Moët & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. Connections will decide whether Inverell heads to Sydney this weekend or returns
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Daniel Moor saw enough from Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock) in Saturday’s Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) to know he’s a legitimate Gr. 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) contender, but he still thinks Incentivise is the horse to beat. In what was his first race ride on Danny O’Brien’
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After relocating to New South Wales last year, New Zealander Alysha Collett continues to climb her way up the state's riding ranks and is gaining greater opportunities as a result. It hasn't been easy though for Collett, who moved to Australia after a stint in Singapore.
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Mick Price has officially put the pen through Ayrton’s (NZ) (Iffraaj) spring preparation with the boom galloper to be sent to the spelling paddock. Ayrton was checked into the South Eastern Equine Hospital late last week to treat swelling found on his near-hind leg and while the gelding is
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Champion mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) has come to the fork in the road, with a decision to be made sometime in the coming week as to where she heads to for her next run en route to the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). The two races under consideration for
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The spring is rapidly slipping away from Ayrton, who will spend the next few days under observation in a veterinary clinic after a mystery swelling was found on his near-hind leg. Co-trainer Mick Price said that after vet Dr David Shepherd examined Ayrton on Friday, it was decided to take
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Leading Queensland-based trainer Tony Gollan will use Saturday's Gr.3 How Now Stakes at Caulfield as a 'fact-finding mission' with stare mare Bonham (Per Incanto). The former New Zealand Group One winner will make her debut for Gollan and he expected he will learn a lot
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Brett Scott's Cox Plate dream with Irish Flame (NZ) (Zed) takes its next step this weekend when the talented former New Zealand import races second up in the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m). The tough son of Zed put in an eye-catching performance finishing third when
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Damian Lane has been confirmed as Verry Elleegant’s (NZ) (Zed) new Melbourne spring rider. Part-owner Brae Sokolski confirmed on Sunday afternoon that Lane had won the right to ride the eight-time Group One winner in potentially three Group One runs in Melbourne this spring. ‘’We’ve long had a
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Ayrton’s (NZ) (Iffraaj) spring preparation started in perfect fashion with the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr trained gelding taking out the Neds Filter Form Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. John Allen guided the son of Iffraaj to his fifth victory in six starts after launching a run