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Westbrook Park Chasing Third Straight Win

Posted on December 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A rise in distance is expected to suit Westbrook Park at Flemington where he chases a hat-trick of wins but co-trainer Ben Hayes is looking forward to racing the gelding over even longer. The three-year-old broke his maiden at Cranbourne at his fifth start last month and backed it up with a more impressive win[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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A brilliant trial and strong track work has swayed trainer Kelly Schweida to take on top company with The Odyssey in the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Eagle Farm. Schweida had also accepted with the gelding in a Class Six race on Saturday but opted to keep The Odyssey in his own age group. The[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Newcastle sprinter Bon Amis will be on a mission to prove he is more than just a short-course specialist when he heads to Randwick in search of a defining win. The gelding has carved a record as an 1100-metre specialist with five victories at the distance, but he is yet to win in eight attempts[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Trainer David Vandyke realises the promising Constant Flight faces a sharp rise in class at Eagle Farm but he believes the gelding is up to it. Constant Flight will step up from a one metropolitan win race to the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. Vandyke has been having a great season and won[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Talenti runs for the final time in the care of Robert Hickmott ahead of his transfer to Hong Kong. Unbeaten in two starts for Hickmott, Talenti has been bought by clients of retired champion Hong Kong jockey turned trainer Douglas Whyte. After successive wins at The Valley, Talenti steps up to 1800m on Saturday in[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Oh Five Glory was the best-performed Queenslander in the last Magic Millions 2YO Classic and her trainers believe she is on the road to repeating the performance in the Guineas. She takes on another stakes race, the Gold Edition Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday in her lead-up to next month's $2 million Guineas[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Among a plethora of victories in major races, Kerrin McEvoy can boast three Melbourne Cups, two Everests and a Golden Slipper. But incredibly, the top jockey has never won any of the three big mile handicap races at Randwick. While the Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) might no longer carry the prestige and status of[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
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Racing Queensland has announced plans to join with Magic Millions for a big prize money series of provincial Guineas races. Magic Millions will sponsor four Guineas races next year in Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns with almost $250,000 on offer in prize money and QTIS bonuses. The Townsville Guineas will have a prize money increase[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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Tulloch Lodge youngster Farnan has rocketed into favouritism for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic after upstaging Gimcrack Stakes winner Every Rose at Wyong. Ridden by Tim Clark, Farnan began smartly and camped outside the lead before shooting clear in the straight to score by a length over favourite Every Rose. Remorseless did best of[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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Favourite backers have been given a scare in the Magic Millions Wyong Stakes when the race did not go to script for Josh Parr and odds-on elect Diamond Thunder. The three-year-old was slow to muster speed in Thursday's 1200m-feature and settled worse than midfield, usually a recipe for trouble on the small circuit. But Parr[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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Jockey Ben Thompson has to re-acquaint himself with getting behind the steering wheel and driving again after returning from Singapore. Thompson arrived back in Melbourne on Tuesday morning having completed a year-long stint away and was back in the saddle on Wednesday, firstly for track work with Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and then to[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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A gelding procedure produced winning results for Passage Of Time during the winter and Joe Pride believes the sprinter is on the verge of recapturing that vein of form. The six-year-old raced more genuinely last preparation claiming wins in half of his six starts, including back-to-back victories at Rosehill in June. Pride expects him to[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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Matthew Williams has had St Joeys earmarked as a horse of promise for some time and the Warrnambool trainer will get a better gauge on his ability when he makes his city debut at Flemington. St Joeys raced once in his first preparation as a late two-year-old in June, finishing fourth in a 975m Swan[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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A chance to test in-form Tambo's Mate at 1400 metres has swayed trainer Stuart Kendrick to run the gelding in the $250,000 The Gateway at Eagle Farm. Kendrick accepted with Tambo's Mate in both The Gateway and the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. He had wanted to see in which race Tambo's Mate[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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Jockey Nash Rawiller will be able call on his apprentice son Campbell if he wants any advice ahead of his ride on Gold Fields in the Villiers Stakes at Randwick. Sydney-based Rawiller rides Gold Fields for the first time in Saturday's Group Two race over 1600m while his son is indentured to the gelding's trainer,[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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A positive lead from top jockey James McDonald has reinforced John Sargent's confidence ahead of Encountabull's Inglis Nursery bid at Randwick. McDonald partnered Encountabull when he flashed home for a debut fourth at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day and was impressed enough to make a long-range commitment to ride him in Saturday's race. “He[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
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After an absence of four months, trainer Robbie Griffiths has been given the all-clear to return to the racetrack following brain surgery. Griffiths underwent surgery on August 17 for an aneurism and received the final all-clear earlier this week by his medical team to attend the twilight meeting at Flemington on Saturday. Two runners will[...]

Australian Horse Racing News

Westbrook Park Chasing Third Straight Win

The Odyssey Trial Boosts Confidence

Bon Amis Out To Prove Distance Credentials

Flight In Tough Test In Lough Neagh

Hk Bound Talenti Chasing Three Straight

Filly Out To Repeat Millions Performance

Mcevoy Out To Break Randwick Mile Hoodoo

Four New Guineas Races For Provincial Qld

Farnan Upsets Rose To Win Wyong Mm

Diamond Sparkles Despite Slow Start

Ben Thompson Preparing For Plenty Of Work

Blinkers Back On For Passage Of Time

St Joeys In First City Test At Flemington

Tambo’s Mate Gets 1400 Test In The Gateway

Gold Fields Future Hinges On Villiers Run

Mcdonald Shows Faith In Nursery Prospect

Griffiths Ready For Return To The Track

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