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Ten-length maiden winner to be given stakes targets
Today’s ten-length romp on debut for War Decree (War Front) filly Miss Take may have been effortless, but it doesn’t tell the story of the timely part-sale of the filly settled less than 24 hours before her Riccarton win. The Terri Rae–trained three-year-old was raced by leading ready-to-run vendor Sam Beatson of Riversley Park, along... Read More
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Waller and Nature Strip headline NSWROA’s Racing’s Night of Champions
The winners of the New South Wales Racehorse Owners Association’s Racing’s Night of Champions Awards were announced yesterday at the Royal Randwick Ballroom for the first time since Covid restrictions were lifted. While international performances were not taken into consideration for the points tallying, the list of finalists included recent Royal Ascot performers Home Affairs... Read More
Churchill embarks on the ‘spring that never was’ for Galileo
Chris Waller-trained Conqueror can prove a pivotal winner for Coolmore stallion in tomorrow’s Up And Coming Stakes On tomorrow’s card at Rosehill, Coolmore shuttler Churchill (Galileo) faces a moment of reckoning as he bids to achieve what his revered sire Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) failed from his first crop of southern hemisphere-bred progeny – land a... Read More
Verry Elleegant well beaten but trainer not disheartened
Francis Graffard described Verry Elleegant’s (Zed) performance in yesterday’s Prix Jean Romanet (Gr 1, 2000m) as ‘rusty’, with last season’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner finishing last of seven runners in the 2000-metre contest at Deauville, her first of a European campaign which connections hoped would culminate in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe... Read More
Duais’ spring campaign diverted to Melbourne after irregular heartbeat
Cummings’ multiple Group 1 winner set for Hawkesbury course proper barrier trial following Winx Stakes withdrawal Duais (Shamus Award), a dominant weight-for-age performer in the autumn and Australia’s leading chance in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, will barrier trial on her home track this morning to get her spring campaign back on track. The Edward... Read More
Zougotcha draws first blood in Silver Shadow
Champion trainer Chris Waller struck first in the opening leg of the Princess Series as Zougotcha (3 f Zoustar – Fast Talker by Fastnet Rock) secured a maiden stakes’ win in yesterday’s $250,000 Silver Shadow Stakes. Possessing plenty of untapped potential, the daughter of Widden Stud stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor) threw her name into the... Read More