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Bowman Does Not Need Ride Sharing App to Find Horses
Is there a Thoroughbred version of Uber? The last person we would ask is Hugh Bowman. Following his no surprise win on Winx in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick the weekend past, Bowman has more rides that he…
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Watch Waller Parade His Colours in Group 2 Apollo Stakes
After winning the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick in 2016 and 2017, and then taking 2018 off, Winx is back Saturday coming. A win would make her the first in the relatively brief history of the race, which started…
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All-Star Mile Potentially No-Star Mile as Voters Stay Away in Droves
The All-Star Mile does not lack for coverage, of that you can be certain. For one, it seems as though the majority of the voting is coming from Victorians who could make the rich race an exclusive Victorian affair. For…
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Caulfield Races Fall to Favourites Beyond Expectations
Statistical figures accumulated over years of Thoroughbred racing and thousands of races provide the information that the favourite horse wins about 1/3rd of the time. Saturday’s meeting at Caulfield had nine races. Five of the top picks won on the…
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Former Weir Horses Top Chances in Group 1 C F Orr Stakes
Now that Darren Weir has got what he had coming, it is time to move on and hopefully have something spicy to get the taste out of our mouths. Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will take over the Ballarat operation,…
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Huge Saturday Meeting at Caulfield Offers Group 1 C F Orr
We will borrow a page from the books of others and abstain from any further reports dealing with the recent shocking news events surrounding the 2015 Melbourne Cup winning trainer, and the one or two others that may have been…
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Et Tu Weiry? Cloud of Inquiry Threatens Melbourne Cup Winning Trainer
Will Waller receive the next Winx from Weir? Will Weir say bugger and turn in his trainer’s license? Did Alizee run off with the Expressway Stakes out of the fear of a dose of jiggering? Thoroughbred racing, somnambulant during December…
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Le Romain Launches All-Star Mile Bid with Group 2 Expressway Stakes
Dodging Winx has become something of a career for some trainers and Kris Lees, after running Le Romain in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200 m-w.f.a.) at Rosehill this weekend, plans to take the venerable sprinter south, as the intelligence…
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Pegasus World Cup Turf and World Cup Dirt Dole out $US 16 Million
The Stronach Group, a US hotel conglomerate, has emerged stronger and wiser in 2019, learning from last year’s Pegasus World Cup. Some will recall that for the 2018 edition of the race, one of the 12 slots cost $1 million….
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Quality Thoroughbred Racing Just Around the Bend for Autumn
Judging from all the fresh news, it would appear that Thoroughbred racing is ratcheting up for autumn and a look at the racing calendar confirms it. It is only just over a week before the first Group 1 of 2019,…
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