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Portelli Plans Around Changed Program

Gary Portelli is as busy as ever training his horses at Warwick Farm amid some uncertainty about their goals. With the Brisbane winter carnival scrapped then reinstated on a lesser scale, plans for several horses are unclear. While racing has continued during the coronavirus pandemic, programs in Sydney and Melbourne have also changed, and are[...]
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Portelli Hoping To Strike Gold In Crown

Mares of a certain age can lose interest in being racehorses and Gary Portelli feared that was the case with Nicci's Gold this campaign. The five-year-old's trackwork had been lacklustre and she was not showing her usual enthusiasm around the stable. But since getting another taste of competition when she resumed in the Sapphire Stakes,[...]
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Collett Sets His Sights On Gold

Fresh from landing an overdue Group One win, Jason Collett will look to keep his momentum rolling at Rosehill where he has a strong book of nine rides for eight different trainers. Collett was widely considered the best jockey in Australia not to have won at the elite level before he finally got his moment[...]
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Mother Of A Day For Clenton And Duggan

Jenny Duggan and Samantha Clenton have created history at Rosehill, the pair becoming the first mothers to win Saturday metropolitan races on the same program in Sydney. Both are mature-age apprentices whose careers have been interrupted firstly by injury, then by parenthood. Duggan won on the Jason Coyle-trained River Bird on Saturday while Clenton was[...]
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