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Taormina (AUS)
TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) Well-bred filly Taormina (Written Tycoon) will bid to make her first foray into stakes company a successful one as she tackles today’s Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly boasts an unblemished record... Read More
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Tiz Invincible (AUS)
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Racing Victoria shelve innovations, unsurprisingly
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State of Play
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Kintyre
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Unraced at two, stars at three
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