It is always a gamble to pay a late entry fee into a feature race but with a winner's purse of $1.2 million up for grabs in the Blue Diamond Stakes it is one well worth taking. Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young along with the connections
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Linebacker (NZ) (Super Seth) might have been beaten fair and square by Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) first-up, but co-trainer John O'Shea can make a strong case for him to turn the tables in the Hobartville Stakes. Not only will Linebacker meet his last start conqueror at level
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Having made the decision to fork out a $55,000 late entry fee for the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes, Field Of Play (Deep Field) heads the market for the race after a perfect barrier draw. A field of 16 will line up in Victoria's most prestigious two-year-old
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One of the headline acts for Saturday's triple Group One meeting at Caulfield is the mouthwatering clash between weight-for-age heavyweights Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) and I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel), but trainer and co-owner Peter Moody is keeping his options open with I Wish I Win. Moody
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The barnstorming first-up win in the spring of Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) has stuck firmly in the mind of trainer Ciaron Maher, who intends sending the highly talented galloper fresh into Saturday’s Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate. While conceding the 1100-metre journey at Caulfield might not appear to best suit
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Co-trainer Mick Price believes three-year-old colt Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) had taken his game to the next level, so he wasn’t surprised with his authoritative first-up win in the Gr.3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. “It confirmed my opinion that he had physically improved from the
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New Zealand-bred gelding With Your Blessing (NZ) (Vadamos) took his career earnings past A$500,000 with an emphatic victory in Saturday’s A$160,000 Macquarie St Social Handicap (1300m) at Randwick. The six-year-old has now had 28 starts for six wins, nine placings and A$521,955 in
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Next month’s A$2.5 million Gr.1 All-Star Mile (1600m) is looming large on the horizon for Rise At Dawn (NZ) (Almanzor), who scored his fourth win in succession with a smart first-up performance in the A$175,000 Listed The Elms Handicap (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.
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Multiple black-type winner Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) made a welcome return to top form in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. The New Zealand-bred mare had previously won the Gr.3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) in February of 2023 and the Gr.
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A smart turn of foot carried Photographics to victory in Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1000m), improving her record in 1000m races at Randwick to two-from-two. The New Zealand-bred daughter of Per Incanto was a stylish winner over the same course and distance on Boxing Day, then finished
Trainer Michael Hickmott will look to enhance the already impressive record of Fancify (NZ) (Niagara) when she runs in a Stakes race at Flemington. Fancify has won seven of her 14 starts and has an imposing record at Flemington, registering two wins and a second from three starts at the
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Liam Howley might have resisted the temptation in spring to take on the challenge of the Victoria Derby with Opening Address (NZ) (So You Think), but the trainer feels no hesitation to go down that path should his campaign fall that way this autumn. Instead, Howley opted to bank a