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Overshare (AUS)
After finishing fourth in the Blue Diamond Preview (Listed, 1000m) and fifth in the Blue Diamond Prelude (Gr 3, 1100m) at Caulfield earlier in the year at his only two prior starts, Overshare resumed with a good first up win this preparation. He broke well from barrier five under Tommy Berry, showing good early... Read More
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I found then in the 1990s and early 2000s that, at large, the English punter was much less sophisticated than his Australian counterpart. No account was seemingly taken of track bias. Horses with obvious winning form but with an unfashionable trainer – jockey combination were invariably three times the right price. There was an obsession... Read More
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