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Hugh Bowman has won 16 Group 1 races for the calendar year. It may be tempting to say, “Oh, yeah. The bloke that rides Winx.” Winx, however, has provided Bowman with just six of the Group 1 wins and it…
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According to Darren Weir, Black Heart Bart has reaped substantial benefits from jogging in the sand at Weir’s new property in Victoria. Bart is getting along in years, but it seems the sands of time have not yet caught him…
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By now, hopefully, punters are ready for the Kingston Town Classic (1800 m) at Ascot Saturday coming. We must pause briefly to insert our opinion that the Ascot racecourse is one of our favourites. When we see the horses gallop…
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The Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200 m) at Ascot this weekend past proved interesting on a number of levels. First, the win by five-year-old mare Viddora was simply astounding. She ran away at the end to the degree that it…
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Apparently, the issues at Eagle Farm racecourse in Brisbane have yet to be resolved to anyone’s satisfaction, so Saturday’s Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200 m) will be held at Doomben. It is run under quality handicap conditions and was…
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One of the most fascinating aspects of weight-for-age thoroughbred racing and handicaps is the chance to see champions return to try to defend a win, or even to increase their haul to three. If Racing Victoria officials are successful in…
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Capital Gain is set to resume after Paul Butterworth held him out of the Melbourne spring carnival to give the promising three-year-old a good freshen ahead of fielding him Saturday at Doomben. Butterworth has designs on a $500,000 bonus that…
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While we are still waiting for the barrier draw for this Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200 m weight for age) at Ascot this weekend, we at least know that it will be a field of 13, for the time…
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After a little over a month in the paddock, Winx is returning from a spell to begin preparing for her autumn campaign. Trainer Chris Waller, keeping to his routine of maintaining various routes for the horse that has sealed his…
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It feels inappropriate to mention the Group 1 Railway Stakes, yet completely ignore the Group 2 Western Australian Guineas, so here is some information that about the other important race going off at the same Ascot meeting Saturday. The WA…
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