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Barb Raider packs plenty in The Roses win

Barb Raider is now third-favourite for next Saturday’s Queensland Oaks after her courageous $250,000 The Roses victory at Eagle Farm today. After holding a good position for the duration of the 2100m stayers’ feature, Craig Williams held his nerve aboard the three-year-old filly when she had challengers on either side of her deep onto the straight. They[...]
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Charms Star lands important Group victory

New Zealand trainer Lisa Latta was confident of a good showing from Group One performer Charms Star in Friday’s Group 3 JAPAC Homes Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) at Awapuni and under a positive Wiremu Pinn ride the four-year-old mare narrowly saluted from the fast-finishing favourite Sinarahma, with Samiam Seussie back in third. Latta and Pinn[...]
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Bax joins forces again with Waller

Kylie Bax is going down a familiar path with her latest Group One performer Aspen Colorado with the lightly raced filly joining Chris Waller’s Sydney stable. A model turned successful breeder and syndicator, Bax has high hopes the daughter of Proisir can further add to a family roll of honour that already features the well-performed[...]
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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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