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Orion The Hunter

TRAINER: Shane Nichols RACE: Quayclean Handicap (1200m) The regally bred Orion The Hunter (Deep Field) will take a step up to metro company today when he lines up in the $150,000 Quayclean Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield. Having been beaten a total of eight lengths when ninth on his debut at Pakenham in March, the juvenile... Read More

French Endeavour (AUS)

2 f Rubick – French News by Anabaa O: Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd B: Hobartville Stud T: Matthew Smith W: Furphy Maiden Plate, 1100m, July 19, Warwick Farm A move to stakes company this spring looks to be on the cards for juvenile filly French Endeavour (Rubick) after she broke her maiden at the second... Read More

Miss Roseiano finishes on high for Gelagotis family

Miss Roseiano (Exceed And Excel), who was sold to Coolmore for $1.275 million through Inglis Digital this week, only had one official barrier trial in her career, on January 11 last year, 15 days before her Blue Diamond Preview (F) (Gr 3, 1000m) win, the only one of her 12-start career. The Peter Gelagotis-trained filly... Read More

Coco Sun

Ali and Frazier. Sampras and Agassi. Redoute’s and Encosta. Amid some of sport’s greatest rivalries, the battle between the last pair has become one of the tightest, and most engrossing, Australia’s thoroughbred landscape has enjoyed. There’s one major difference, of course: the competition between Redoute’s Choice (Danehill), born in 1996, and Encosta De Lago (Fairy... Read More

Timely boost for Justify as juvenile pair impress

Justify is set to return to covering duties at Jerrys Plains in the coming weeks with his Coolmore connections undoubtedly boosted by the fact he appears to be responsible for Europe’s best juvenile colt and filly following the weekend’s action, writes Paul Eacott.  City Of Troy rocketed to the head of the betting for both... Read More

A record-breaking season for Hong Kong

With the final meeting of the campaign having been run on Sunday, this Hong Kong season was all about records. Lots of them, and tumbling.  From Zac Purton’s much vaunted record-breaking campaign in the saddle, to John Size claiming a record 12th trainers’ title, while in the equine department Deep Field (Northern Meteor) smashed his... Read More