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Race Is On For A Start In The Blue Diamond

Posted on January 30, 2020
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The race is on for a start in Victoria's richest two-year-old race with nine of the 90 juveniles still in Blue Diamond contention among acceptances for the Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield. The winner of Saturday's Group Three race earns enough prize money to gain a start in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
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Well-travelled gelding New Universe was once considered a Group One contender but is now being aimed at a Brisbane win in a far weaker race. New Universe will be having his first start over a distance beyond 1600m in Saturday's Open Handicap (1800m) at Eagle Farm. The gelding won his first two starts in New[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Snowden Racing has 42 of the 328 two-year-olds still in contention for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper including second favourite Dame Giselle. The Ciaron Maher/David Eustace stable has the reigning favourite Cellsabeel among its 25 youngsters in the mix at Wednesday's second acceptance stage. The stables each have a runner in Saturday's Canonbury Stakes as[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare has shaded his younger stablemate Russian Camelot in a gallop between races at Geelong. Cup winning jockey Craig Williams made a special trip to Geelong on Wednesday to ride Vow And Declare while Damien Oliver, who rode a winner earlier on the Geelong program, partnered Russian Camelot. Williams was[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Debut winner Letzbeglam will be put to the test in the Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield in a race which shapes as another pointer towards the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes. Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Letzbeglam raced to a comfortable two-length win in an 1100m maiden for two-year-old fillies at Werribee on January[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Controversial former jockey Danny Nikolic has lost his bid for a riding licence in Queensland. The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has refused an application by Nikolic for a licence to ride at provincial meetings. The QRIC said in a statement on Wednesday it had informed Nikolic his application had been declined. QRIC declined to give[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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South Coast communities in NSW will be the first beneficiaries of the Racing for the Bushfire Appeal with emergency hay drops the priority. The Australian Turf Club Foundation will immediately begin to distribute funds raised from last Saturday's fund raising day at Randwick for NSW communities and wildlife. More than $130,000 has already been raised[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Injured jockey Tegan Harrison has an extra reason to get back to riding after Mighty Mittere scored a freakish win at the Gold Coast. Trained by Harrison's partner Ben Hull, Mighty Mittere ($13) came from about eight lengths off the leaders to win the Brian Forman Handicap (900m). Few horses can give a huge start[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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After an untimely interruption to his career, Vegadaze is primed to get it back on track starting with the Group Two Expressway Stakes. The 1200m-sprint will now be run at Randwick with officials switching Saturday's meeting from Rosehill because of the forecast for extreme heat in Sydney's west. Either track is fine with trainer Anthony[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Hanseatic headlines the 90 juveniles still paid up for the $1.5 million Group One Blue Diamond Stakes, while the powerful Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has the most two-year-olds remaining in the entries. Third acceptances for Victoria's premier race for two-year-olds at Caulfield on February 22 closed on Tuesday, with Maher and Eustace having[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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The Group One Oakleigh Plate is again a target for Bons Away, with the sprinter's connections hoping it will be third time lucky. Six-year-old Bons Away begins his latest preparation towards an Oakleigh Plate tilt in Saturday's Listed WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, a race he won last year when also resuming from a[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Melbourne's weather will have the final say on the autumn reappearance of Express Pass. Trainer Nick Ryan has accepted with the three-year-old in the Alinta Energy Handicap (1000m) at The Valley on Friday night and the Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Ryan prefers The Valley option but a predicted top temperature[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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The Brisbane Racing Club is hoping the successful return of the new Eagle Farm track means it can hold its biggest number of meetings in a decade next season. Queensland's final race dates will not be finalised until March with several provincial clubs, including the Gold Coast, wanting more metropolitan standard meetings. The BRC is[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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Gold Coast mare Manaya has long promised to win another black-type race and she takes the first step towards achieving it at Eagle Farm. Manaya has been a great performer for trainer Michael Costa, winning seven races and almost $350,000 in prize money. But luck has deserted her in stakes races since she won a[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
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The Expressway Stakes meeting has been transferred from Rosehill to Randwick with a forecast for extreme heat in Sydney. Temperatures in Sydney's west are forecast to reach 40 degrees on Saturday but are cooler at 33 deg in the east. Randwick also has the benefit of sea breezes. Alizee is the early favourite for the[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
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Jockey Barend Vorster will undergo surgery to repair a fractured collarbone suffered in a fall in the Australia Stakes at The Valley. Vorster broke his collarbone when Manuel crashed to the ground in the home straight in last Friday night's Group Two race at The Valley. Last year's Group One C F Orr winner, the[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
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Godolphin Group One winners Bivouac and Kiamichi have shown they are ready for their autumn campaigns with barrier trial wins at Rosehill. Golden Rose winner Bivouac won the first of two course-proper heats over 900m on Tuesday, edging Hush Writer on the line. Last year's Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi led all the way to beat[...]

Australian Horse Racing News

Race Is On For A Start In The Blue Diamond

Stamina Test For New Universe At Eagle Farm

Snowden Yard With Large Number In Slipper

Cup Winner Impresses Williams At Geelong

Stakes Test Looms For Juvenile Letzbeglam

QRIC Declines Danny Nikolic Application

Racing Bushfire Appeal Funds On Their Way

Mighty Incentive Awaits Injured Harrison

Vegadaze To Be A Presence In Expressway

Ninety 2YO’s Pay Up For Blue Diamond Stakes

Oakleigh Plate Target Again For Bons Away

Nick Ryan On Weather Watch For Stable Star

BRC Wants Full Meetings Schedule Restored

Manaya Searching For More Stakes Success

Rosehill Meeting Transferred To Randwick

Surgery For Vorster Following Valley Fall

Bivouac, Kiamichi Win Trials At Rosehill

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