Mark Walker has Victoria Derby aspirations for Truth Or Dare (NZ) (Vanbrugh) who lines up in the Super Impose Stakes at Flemington. Truth Or Dare will show his trainer whether he is a Victoria Derby proposition when the lightly raced galloper heads to Flemington for a suitable lead up assignment.
Adrian Bott will saddle up two genuine chances in his bid for a first Epsom Handicap win. Gai Waterhouse shares the Epsom Handicap training record of seven wins with her legendary father Tommy Smith, but her training partner Adrian Bott is yet to taste victory in the feature Randwick mile.
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Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) returns to Flemington for the first time since his defeat as a three-year-old in the Victoria Derby. Health issues to horse and co-trainer have not stopped Team Rogerson from returning to Melbourne for their chance at Spring Carnival glory. Graeme and Debbie Rogerson are back
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Exuberance (NZ) (Savabeel) has given New Zealand trainer Mark Walker something to smile about after a Group 1 defeat in New Zealand. Trainer Mark Walker was enduring a tough day at the office prior to the maiden victory of Exuberance at Cranbourne. Walker was at Cranbourne on Wednesday having overseen
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The Turnbull Stakes at Flemington is a race that will shape the future of a number of spring hopes. The countdown is on towards the feature Cups and the Turnbull Stakes Day meeting at Flemington is moving day in many eyes. The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on Saturday is
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New Zealand's iconic TAB is putting a massive $10 million on offer if a Kiwi punter can correctly pick the finishing order of this year’s edition of The Everest, the world’s richest race on turf, at Randwick in Sydney on Saturday, 19 October. The $10 million
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has effectively been ruled out of this year's A$5 million Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) with the gelding's final Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) lead-up run to be the week prior. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said he and his brothers
Trainer Joe Pride is upbeat about the chances of Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) becoming his latest winner of a feature Randwick mile race, having decided a Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) start is the right option for the promising galloper at this stage of his spring preparation. Pride has won the
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Andrew Forsman has suggested Gr.3 MRC Foundation Cup winner Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor) will take her chance in the Caulfield Cup, but he is still on the hunt for a jockey to ride at 50 kilograms. Forsman had initially been reluctant to throw his SA Fillies Classic winner in the
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Elite New Zealand racehorse Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) has made a perfect start to the next chapter of his career, capturing Saturday’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) in his second start for new trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman. Desert Lightning was a five-race winner and million-dollar
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Talented New Zealand import Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) improved her perfect four-year-old record to two-from-two with another impressive win at Rosehill on Saturday, heading a Kiwi-bred trifecta in the A$160,000 EGroup Protective Services Handicap (1900m). Firestorm showed promise on both sides of the Tasman as a three-year-old last
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Unique Ambition took on black-type company over a range of distances as a three-year-old last season, but trainer John Sargent believes her first-up win in Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill will be a step towards a successful campaign as a miler. The New Zealand-bred daughter