Australian Oaks

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Queensland beckoning Aspen Colorado

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson is looking at a Queensland winter campaign to get some compensation for the bad luck that Aspen Colorado suffered at Trentham on Saturday. Aspen Colorado was a fast-finishing third in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), only getting clear in the final 150m. Richardson, who trains in partnership with[...]
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Bargain primed for Queensland Oaks

Bargain has been knocking on the Group door in her last three starts and Australian trainer Mark Newnham is hoping it will open at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Ocean Park filly has placed in her last three starts, including the Group 2 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m), and the Group[...]
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Hungry Heart triumphant in Oaks

Chris Waller has described Hungry Heart as a special filly after she outclassed her opponents to give Kerrin McEvoy his first Group 1 Australian Oaks victory at Randwick. Her triumph was another masterful feat by Sydney's dominant trainer, who prepared her for a Golden Slipper campaign as a juvenile and nursed back her confidence after[...]
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Sargent filly out to Land Oaks berth

Jamie Kah and Rachel King have become household names in racing and trainer John Sargent is predicting a similarly bright future for Alysha Collett. Melbourne jockeys' premiership leader Kah and King have six Group 1 rides between them at Randwick on Saturday, while Collett gets a black-type opportunity aboard Land Ahoy in the Group 3[...]
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Sydney sojourn for Bosson

Star filly Amarelinha has given champion jockey Opie Bosson just the confidence boost he was looking for ahead of a trip to Sydney to partner her in Saturday week's A$1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Bosson rode Amarelinha in a 1200m open trial at Ellerslie on Tuesday and was delighted with the[...]
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