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Skybird
The big guns from Hong Kong may have lifted the Cox Plate with Romantic Warrior on Saturday, but a couple of hours earlier it was the little guys who reigned supreme when Skybird (Exosphere) made it three from three in Moonee Valley’s Group 2 Fillies’ Classic. The three-year-old hails from the Ballarat stable of Mitch... Read More
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