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Saturday's Memsie Stakes may mark the season's first Group One meeting in Victoria, but co-trainer Mick Price is content with the decision to take a backseat with two of the stable's main spring hopefuls. Boom horse Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) worked strongly at Caulfield on
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Despite disappointing in his lead up run, Sansom (NZ) (Charm Spirit) will take his place in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Trainer Phillip Stokes has given up on his ambition of turning Sansom into a miler. But the trainer will give Sansom the opportunity at Group One
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One Melbourne jockey is about to awarded what is potentially the spring’s biggest prize with the Melbourne spring ride on Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) to be confirmed on Monday. Verry Elleegant could run in as many as three Groups One’s in Melbourne this spring - including the Cox
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One of Australia’s oldest jumps races the Great Western Steeplechase (3600m) has gone down to the wire, with Henry Dwyer and William McCarthy continuing their successful partnership this season after Riding High (NZ) (Raise The Flag) got his head down when it counted most in Coleraine’s feature event
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Boom horse Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) is likely to return to the races later his month on Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) day – but not in the feature race on the card. Speaking after the four-year-old cruised around in second gear in an 800-metre trial at Cranbourne on Monday, co-trainer Mick
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Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young may have lost one of stables more promising gallopers to Hong Kong but the team is hopeful the next generation can fill that void, starting at Flemington on Saturday. Summaroca (NZ) (El Roca) arrived in Hong Kong on Monday night as part of the latest
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Progressive jumper Social Element (NZ) (Savabeel) has cemented himself as a chasing star of the future with a dominant victory in Sunday’s Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained gelding made it four-straight wins over the jumps this preparation defeating an accomplished field of chasers
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Emerging star I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) has earned a short pre-spring break after again proving his credentials for the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill in October. The son of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking handled a smart field of late-season three-year-olds over 1514 metres at The
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The owners of I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) have rejected several lucrative offers for the exciting three-year-old off the back of his sensational win at Flemington two weeks ago. The gelded son of Shocking, who runs at The Valley on Saturday as a short-priced favourite, was immediately targeted by
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Jockey Ben Allen and Sansom (NZ) (Charm Spirit) continued their remarkable association when they combined for a seventh career win in Saturday’s final Group race in Melbourne for the season. The Gr.3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) victory at Caulfield, where he nosed out Group One winner Streets Of Avalon
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A six-day back-up and a 13-hour return road trip paid dividends for trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young when they won the Mildura Cup with Sierra Sue on Friday. The talented mare, who raced at Flemington just last Saturday, enjoyed a significant drop in grade and proved too strong for
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Being patient wasn't in the Denis Pagan playbook as an AFL coach, nor is it something he enjoys as a trainer, however, that approach is paying off particularly for two of his New Zealand-bred charges. "I hate it, but you've got to do it and