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Almost 70 years after his grandmother bred the winner of the Cox Plate, Kiwi horseman Sam Williams will chase his own slice of racing history with three-year-old Evaporate(NZ) (Per Incanto) in Saturday's weight-for-age championship at The Valley. Williams, who owns and operates Little Avondale Stud with his
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Trainer John O'Shea has no distance queries with Victoria Derby aspirant King Of Thunder (NZ) (Tivaci) ahead of the gelding's first Melbourne start at Moonee Valley. King Of Thunder, a winner of one of his four starts on the NSW provincial circuit this season, steps up
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Craig Williams will chase a second Moonee Valley Cup win when he partners the Graeme and Deborah Rogerson-trained Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood). Graeme Rogerson knows the feeling of big race success at Moonee Valley having saluted in the Cox Plate with three-year-old Savabeel. He also has two Moonee Valley
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There is a distinct Kiwi flavour to the 191-strong nominations for December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), headlined by New Zealand-bred Australian stars Antino (NZ) (Redwood) and Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars). Antino, a son of Westbury Stud stallion Redwood, was an impressive last start winner of the Gr.
Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will be out to overturn his narrow defeat in last year’s Cox Plate when he heads to The Valley for this year’s edition. Champion jockey Craig Williams did something at 'Breakfast With The Best' at Moonee Valley that he rarely does, ride
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Superstar Trelawney Stud-bred mare Pride Of Jenni out ran all of her rivals in her last attempt over 2000m, and she will be out to do that on the biggest stage in Saturday’s A$5 million Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley. Prior to last season, Pride
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Andrew Forsman still holds Melbourne Cup aspirations with Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor), despite having to be scratched from last Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. The Kiwi mare was withdrawn on Friday afternoon due to a hoof issue, but Forsman is confident he is now on top of the issue and could see
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Kiwi-bred stayer Hit The Road Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) will take his place in one of two key staying races across the Tasman this week, with nominations for both the Gr.3 Geelong Cup (2400m) and Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m). The son of Jakkalberry was initially sent to
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Lindsay Park were runner-up in last year’s Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) with Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars), and they are hoping they can go one better in this year’s edition where they will be represented once more by the Kiwi-bred, as well as his compatriot Evaporate (NZ) (Per
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Kiwi trained Melbourne Cup hope Mahrajaan (Kitten's Joy) will miss this Friday night's Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) after suffering an insect bite at his Warrnambool base. Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie had hoped to use the A$750,000 feature as New Zealand and
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Lady Luck wasn’t riding on the shoulder of James McDonald aboard Cambridge Stud’s high-class mare Joliestar at Randwick, but the farm still had ample reasons to celebrate at the weekend. The Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was heavily fancied in the A$20 million The Everest (1200m) and ran home
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First-year trainer Dom Sutton may have fallen just short of a fairytale maiden Group 1 win in last weekend's Caulfield Guineas, but the young horseman will now eye off a win on racing's biggest day. Sutton confirmed Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth), who fell just a half-head