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Opie Bosson In Rushed Trip To Sydney

Leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson has made a quick turnaround to get back to Australia to ride the high-profile Te Akau team at the Sydney carnival. Bosson rode Melody Belle to third in Saturday's All-Star Mile in Melbourne and returned to New Zealand with trainer Jamie Richards. But with Australia to impose self-isolation conditions[...]
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Insurance Against Closed-Door Racing

The cost of spectator-free racing will not be known for some time but the Australian Turf Club is insured against losses for its three biggest autumn carnival meetings. Saturday's showpiece Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill, featuring five Group One races, will be held behind closed doors while the same is expected for The Championships at[...]
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Virus Racing Ban To Hit Casual Workers

The decision to bar spectators from south east Queensland race meetings will have consequences away from racing. The coronavirus is not the only problem facing Queensland authorities as lobbying over race dates and media rights intensifies. Racing Queensland officials will attend a meeting of race club chiefs on Monday when a plan to handle the[...]
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Trial Has Personal Ready For Slipper Tilt

Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes insists Personal is the forgotten horse leading into the Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Hayes has compared Personal, who will be lining up for her fourth start in Saturday's $3.5 million showpiece, with 2006 Slipper winner Miss Finland. Personal is going to the world's richest race for two-year-olds off a luckless[...]
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