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Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) is no stranger to big-race successes at Flemington and champion trainer Chris Waller says the mare is “ready to go” for another tilt at winning a Gr.1 Australian Cup on Saturday. Among the multiple Group One winner’s feature race wins at Flemington during her career
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will travel to Hong Kong without another run in Australia after Lindsay Park secured a flight for the nine-time Group One winner to run on Champions Day next month. The Gr.1 Champions Mile – and a potential clash with local pin-ups Beauty Eternal, Voyage Bubble and
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Ciaron Maher is backing in the class of Group 1 Oakleigh Plate winner Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) ahead of his Valley debut in Saturday's $1 million William Reid Stakes. A new fresh-is-best approach has seen Maher stick to a sprinting path with the son of Per Incanto, having
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Retired superstar Imperatriz will have a race named in her honour from this season's Cox Plate Day forward, with the program's existing open 1000-metre handicap now titled the Imperatriz Sprint. The event's prizemoney will be increased from $150,000 to $200,000 and will
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Leading trainer Mick Price says Public Attention's (NZ) (Written Tycoon) racing days could be as a sprinter, with doubts over whether the grey colt sees out a strong longer trip. The Written Tycoon colt won first-up over 1200m and ran well in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m)
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The fresh is best mantra will again be enacted for the Ciaron Maher-trained Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) when he tackles Saturday’s Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at The Valley. Maher’s national assistant trainer Jack Turnbull said it worked to perfection when Jimmysstar stormed over the top of
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Syndicator Joe O’Neill has enjoyed the results over summer with his two-year-olds, but it’s the prospect of having a champion hurdler with The Cunning Fox (NZ) (Reliable Man) which is whetting his appetite for the future. O’Neill watched the undefeated jumper trial at Cranbourne on Thursday when
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Now that Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) has ticked off the 1600 metres box she will return to that trip in next Saturday’s Gr.2 Sunline Stakes (1600m) at The Valley. After Wrote To Arataki won the Gr.3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on February 15, Trainer
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The curtain has come down on the sensational racing career of I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel). The unlikely hero, I Wish I Win’s story has been well-documented, from the foal at Waikato Stud with a bent near-fore leg, to a superstar of the fiercely-competitive Australian sprinting ranks. Beginning
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Talented mare Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) will jump from barrier one in her bid to deliver Ballymore Stables an emotional Group 1 victory on Saturday. Coeur Volante will travel to Sydney for the Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill following her dominant last-start win in the G3 Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield.
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There were many sincere words spoken at the memorial service for Mike Moroney in the mounting yard at Flemington on Tuesday. Each word was fittingly heartfelt and honest and each served as a reflection of the trainer's immense personality. Younger brother Paul described Moroney as 'a champion
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Trent Busuttin concedes the New Zealand Derby winner Willydoit is superior to his three-year-old Thedoctoroflove (So You Think), but the trainer is not backing away from a potential return bout in the Gr.1 ATC Derby in Sydney next month. “You can’t worry about one horse,” Busuttin said on