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Kiwi-breds set to strike for Waller

Leading Australian trainer Chris Waller will have a two-pronged New Zealand-bred attack in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday with No Compromise and Kukeracha. Group One winner Kukeracha finished eighth in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) first-up and Waller is expecting an improved performance this weekend. “He has come[...]
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Memsie target for Tofane

Trainer Mike Moroney's association with four-time Group One winner Tofane is set to continue. The Flemington trainer farewelled the New Zealand-bred mare before she was sold to Yulong Investments on the Gold Coast, but to his delight he was approached to continue training the daughter of Ocean Park into the early stages of the spring.[...]
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Tofane primed for rich mile

Group One winner Tofane will try and nab the lion's share of the AUD$5 million purse of the All Star Mile (1600m) when she lines-up in the rich feature at Flemington on Saturday. The Ocean Park mare has drawn gate seven and trainer Michael Moroney is hoping she can get a soft trip from the[...]
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Tofane claims the CF Orr Stakes

Tofane was able to lead all of the way in the first Group 1 of the 2022 calendar year, bringing up her fourth victory at the highest level in the C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The Michael Moroney-trained mare recorded back-to-back Group 1 wins in Queensland during the Brisbane Winter Carnival when winning the Stradbroke[...]
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Classy filly transfers to Moroney’s Flemington barn

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed the arrival of promising Kiwi filly Let's Say Grace to his Australian base. The three-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit won impressively at Tauranga over 1400m in December under the care of Moroney's Matamata training partner Pam Gerard, with that form subsequently franked by placegetters Pinarello and Princess Lowry, who[...]
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Moroney savours Tofane’s special double

Despite COVID-19 restrictions creating ongoing logistical headaches and isolating him from his family and friends in New Zealand, trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has taken special satisfaction from the last couple of weeks. Moroney watched on from his Melbourne base as his high-class Kiwi-bred mare Tofane became just the third mare in history to complete Brisbane's[...]
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Tiara tilt for Tofane

A third Group One scalp is in the offing for New Zealand-bred mare Tofane this weekend when she lines-up in the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Ocean Park won the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) last year, and on the cusp of being sold as a broodmare[...]
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