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Darren Weir joined a trio of all-time greats when he cracked 100 Victorian city winners in a season for the first time in his career.
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The thoroughbred breeding industry has never been short of an ‘opinion’, but if there is one thing that we can all agree upon with absolute certainty is that there are are no certainties.
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Contentment made his long-anticipated Group 1 breakthrough with a brilliant win in this afternoon’s HK$10 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse, a victory that had jockey Brett Prebble whooping with delight.
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The Australian racing season for 2014/2015 has come to an end with Fastnet Rock crowned Champion Australian Sire by earnings and stakes-winners, his sire Danehill the Champion Australian Broodmare Sire and his sire sons Hinchinbrook and Rothesay the leading first season sires by earnings and winners respectively.
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Inglis’ sales ground at Newmarket in Sydney is buzzing ahead of the start of the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale tomorrow, which will feature the offering of Black Caviar’s half-brother as Lot 131.
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Scone, an Upper Hunter town of less than 5000 people, but one recognised as where the racing and breeding industries meet, is poised to stage what challenges as the world's richest, biggest and most glamorous country Cup carnival.
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Trainer Robert Smerdon is confident four-time Group 1 winner Mosheen will rediscover her high-class form when she runs at Flemington on Saturday.
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The final Group I event of the Australian racing season was run at Eagle Farm last Saturday with victory going to three year-old Dehere (USA) filly Pear Tart, who delivered a valuable result for her owner Patinack Farm, so we decided it was time to reflect and see just who dominated at the elite level in 2011/2012 and where our Group I stars were sourced.
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Trainer Ron Leemon has revealed Manawanui's owners have just rejected a massive $2 million-plus offer to sell their star three-year-old. It is the latest in a series of big offers for the gelding who cost just $45,000 as a yearling.
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Easter graduates in Melbourne. Classic stars in Sydney. That was the story from Warwick Farm as Manawanui and Pane In The Glass – purchased for a pittance at a combined $77,000 - made superb returns to racing at Warwick Farm today.
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SPECULATION was rife yesterday that Lee Freedman's decision to step down as a trainer will be short-lived and that he is poised to open a stable in the northern hemisphere later this year.
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THE on-track commentator called Rocket Man the "champion international sprinter of the world" when he won the KrisFlyer International Sprint on Sunday, but the five-year-old didn't come close to Black Caviar on the ratings - and he didn't even produce the performance of the week.
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13th Mar 2011
Yarraman Park based Magic Albert has been running hot this season, his success capped when his high class son Ilovethiscity held off all challengers to win the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm in a thrilling finish.
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GUY Walter has had to wait more than a decade for the chance to avenge former champion Tie The Knot's luckless defeat in the Victoria Derby. He gets the chance with Digital Fortress in the $1.5 million classic at Flemington on Saturday.
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Metal Bender and Road To Rock are poised to renew their rivalry in the Doomben Cup after running 1-2 in today’s Group 2 Hollindale Stakes on the Gold Coast.
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CHAMPION sprinter Takeover Target is poised to smash the $6million prizemoney barrier and climb higher on the all-time list of Australian racing's greatest earners if he wins at Morphettville on Saturday.
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BROTHERS Luke and Mack Griffith will both continue towards the $100,000 Inglis Challenge for two-year-olds on Scone Cup Day, May 15.
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20th Apr 2009
The three-way battle for Champion Australian Sire honours stepped up another notch at the weekend.
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METAL Bender is becoming racing's new version of former champion Octagonal - he seems to sense where the finishing post is and finds a way to win.
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It appears outstanding filly Samantha Miss is in for a super autumn after running a half head short in the Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
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