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Tarpaulin (AUS)

Tarpaulin (AUS) 2 c Harry Angel – Shelters by Lonhro O: Godolphin B: Godolphin T: James Cummings W: Schweppes Handicap, 1200m, July 10, Warwick Farm Godolphin look to have a potentially smart performer on their hands after the well-related colt  Tarpaulin (Harry Angel) landed a 1200-metre handicap at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in impressive fashion.... Read More

Extremely Hardys (AUS)

Extremely Hardys (AUS) 2 f Extreme Choice – Killcareless by More Than Ready O: Huashan Investments B: Kingstar Farm T: Chris Waller S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Newgate Farm P: Guy Mulcaster / Chris Waller Racing, $300,000 W: Dundeel At Arrowfield Plate, 1200m, July 3, Canterbury The Chris Waller-trained debutant Extremely Hardys... Read More

‘I am running a lot of placings, but I can’t seem to get them the way I want to’

There’s been plenty going on for the Robinson family, but for Terry unfortunately just not on the racetrack. NSW South Coast-based trainer Terry Robinson, whose eldest daughter Jen is the celebrated human rights lawyer who led WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s successful bid for freedom, admits that his stable has been performing “only averagely”. “I’m struggling.... Read More

Saturday Spotlight

New Mandate (Eagle Farm, Race 7, #2) TRAINER: Chris Waller RACE: Tattersall’s Mile (Listed, 1600m) This lightly raced six-year-old import still has plenty of spring left in his legs and finds the perfect field to kick start his winter campaign. It’s been an interesting career for this son of the Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) stallion New... Read More

Mawjood (AUS)

Mawjood (AUS) 2 g Tassort – Maysoon by Eavesdropper O: Emirates Park (Mgr: N A H Lootah) B: Emirates Park T: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes W: Vale David Mills Handicap, 1100m, June 26 Mawjood (2 g ex Maysoon by Eavesdropper) showed his potential when he landed a 1100-metre event at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. ... Read More

C’Est Magique

Here’s something you might know about Neville Begg. He ran second to Tommy Smith in the Sydney trainers’ premiership no fewer than nine times. It could have exasperated a man of different mind. “Well, Tommy had a lot more horses than me, you see,” Begg tells It’s In The Blood. “I thought I was doing... Read More