On The Watch
On a day of amazingly fast times Trapeze Artist still enhances his reputation
The day began with the Muswellbrook-trained gelding Nic’s Vendetta (Nicconi) bettering Deploy’s (Fastnet Rock) 1200 metre course record by 0.2 seconds in winning the Class 3 TAB Highway (1200m) in a time of 1:08.04. That record set a record itself in soon becoming one of the shortest lived with the Mark Newnham-trained mare Anatola (More... Read More
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