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AFL legend Denis Pagan made an immediate impact with his first metropolitan runner as a trainer when his juvenile horse Johnny Get Angry (NZ) (Tavistock) ran third as a $101 chance at Flemington on Saturday. "You can’t beat good luck, can you," Pagan observed after the two-year-old
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Trainer Paul Preusker has joked about needing a few better sprinters in his yard to push his stable star Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) in trackwork. Surprise Baby is currently second favourite for the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup at $13, but is at $34 for the Gr.1 WS Cox Plate.
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Waikato Stud bred and raced filly Grand De Flora (NZ) (Savabeel) commenced her Australian career in fine style for trainer Danny O'Brien with a six-length victory at Seymour on Thursday. Grand De Flora ($1.90 favourite), a daughter of Savabeel out of dual Group One winner Daffodil, box-seated
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Leading Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary believes the COVID-19 outbreak which has forced the suspension of racing across the country for three months provides the ideal opportunity to realign the industry. Training resumed across New Zealand on Tuesday as the country exited level 4 lockdown protocols due to the
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Opie Bosson has escaped sanction for his losing ride aboard Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) in last month’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m). Te Akau Shark finished third behind Dreamforce and The Bostonian in the George Ryder as $1.95 favourite after covering extra ground throughout.
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David Hayes will continue to train in Victoria for as long as the industry is running before completing his shift to Hong Kong. The champion trainer was set to return for another stint in Hong Kong, leaving the Lindsay Park operation to son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig. But the
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Trainer Mick Price has decided against 'wasting time' with his Group Two-winning mare Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park), who goes straight to the top level when she runs first-up for jockey Michael Walker at Rosehill on Saturday in the A$600,000 Gr.1 Coolmore Classic (1500m). Price said
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It was only moments after Mitch Beer had arrived at Echuca for the Cup Day program that he thought his trip would be a wasted one. The Albury trainer arrived with New Zealand recruit Hanger (NZ) (O'Reilly), a horse he thought could win the $100,000 Moama Bowling
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Super Seth (Dundeel) was already feeling 'a bit brighter' on Thursday morning after being struck by a 'mild infection'. Trainer Anthony Freedman on Wednesday afternoon scratched his star three-year-old from the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas after he was flat during a hand walk. Assistant trainer Sam
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Trainer Patrick Payne and jockey Billy Egan are fast becoming one of the most potent pairings in Australian racing, combining to win the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m) on Wednesday with Home By Midnight (NZ) (Domesday). The son of Domesday, who raced in New Zealand as Five To Midnight, proved
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Saturday's Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield will provide a runner for next month's $5 million All-Star Mile, but it also might take one away with three-year-old Super Seth's (Dundeel) place not yet guaranteed. Last spring's Caulfield Guineas winner is likely to
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Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have been granted permission to train more than 100 horses from Cranbourne's training complex. Cranbourne Turf Club announced that Busuttin and Young have been allocated an additional 40 boxes, allowing them capacity of 115 horses stabled at one time. Busuttin and