Michael Kent Jnr fears Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) might have picked the wrong year to be heading to the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes (2400m), but the Cranbourne trainer is taking solace from the fact the Group One winner is returning to something like his best. The four-year-old will look to
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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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Saturday’s A$5 million Gr.1 TAB Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill capped an extraordinary day for Grangewilliam Stud’s stallion roster. The world’s richest two-year-old race was won by the lightly raced filly Marhoona, who is by Snitzel out of the unraced Encosta de Lago mare Salma.
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Another powerhouse front-running performance by Grinzinger Belle in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Packaging Needs Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley has earned her a Group One opportunity in Sydney. The fillies and mares’ feature was the fourth stakes win for the New Zealand-bred Shamexpress mare, who had
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Two hours after his close relative Vegas Queen won Saturday’s Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham, quality New Zealand-bred gelding Gringotts took the family’s day to even greater heights with an Australian Group One triumph in the A$1 million George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Gringotts
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Another commanding performance in Saturday’s A$500,000 Gr.2 DCE Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley has booked rising star three-year-old Shanwah a shot at the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) ahead of his move to Hong Kong. A $750,000 Karaka yearling purchase by Cameron Cooke
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New Zealand-bred mare Basilinna capitalised on the reprogramming of the Yarra Valley Cup (2040m) to Moonee Valley on Saturday, scoring a hard-fought win in her first start of a new campaign. The Yarra Valley Cup was originally scheduled to be run over 1950m last Sunday, but the meeting was called
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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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Vistetto is the latest of a trio of young stayers to have kicked off their careers in exciting fashion in Australia for New Zealand-based syndicators Go Racing in recent weeks. The Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was a dominant winner over 1950m at Yarra Valley on Sunday at just his second start,