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Is Chris Waller acting from superstition or logic in pulling Winx out of the Group 2 Apollo Stakes over the prospect of not having Hugh Bowman available to ride her at Randwick on February 17? If we were on a…
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Sorry, Hughie, a ban is a ban. Hugh Bowman’s appeal of his two careless riding suspensions for his riding shenanigans at Warwick Farm was dismissed by Racing New South Wales stewards. Bowman was seeking a reduction from seven meetings to…
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As we edge inexorably closer to the resumption of Group 1 thoroughbred racing with the jump of the C F Orr Stakes (1400 m) at Caulfield weekend next, the news surrounding racing is ramping up in volume and significance. Black…
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Queensland Racing cannot win for losing. First, it was complaints, justified perhaps, from trainers complaining about the soggy turf and Eagle Farm that resulted in some major grade races being moved to Doomben. The trainers now seek a face-to-face with…
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The University of Liverpool in England has released the results of a study performed by that prestigious institution of higher education that reached the conclusion that the abilities of female and male thoroughbred racehorse jockeys are equivalent to one another….
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Our science books tell us that the half-life of uranium is about 4.5 billion years, that of the uranium isotope U-235 about 700 million years and U-234 a mere 25 thousand years. Our vast repository of chemistry minutiae from our…
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The magic Millions Yearling Sale is not the only place to buy well-bred thoroughbred racehorses. The National Yearling Sale at Karaka, some way south of Auckland, also peddles some flesh. This year, a son of Fastnet Rock from Diademe fetched…
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Lots of happenings in the world of thoroughbred racing, so today’s offering with touch briefly on an assortment of news from the world of racing. We watched The Pegasus World yesterday. The promoter, the Stronach Group, bills the race as…
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“No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service.” So reads a ubiquitous placard that is meant to keep undesirables from tarnishing a business’ image. “We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone,” reads another, although that one is slightly harder to…
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So lulled into a sense of complacency have we been that it almost escaped our notice that there are a couple of Group quality races this coming weekend. One is the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200 m) at Moonee Valley…
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