NEWS

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  Sunset Watch impresses with Caulfield win READ MORE

  Hawkes Racing completed a two-state two-year-old double when Sunset Watch scored a comfortable win at Caulfield. Irukandji had won for the father-and-son training team of Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes 20 minutes earlier being victorious in a stakes race at Rosehill. Jumping smartly from a wide draw under Dwayne Dunn in Saturday’s Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap, […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Sanna stars in saddle as Gold Mount takes Happy Valley Vase READ MORE

  Jockey Alberto Sanna produced one of the rides of the season aboard Gold Mount to guide Tony Cruz’s charge to victory in the Class 1 Happy Valley Vase Handicap (1800m) at the city track tonight (Wednesday, 28 March). Making his Happy Valley debut, Gold Mount was settled at the rear by Sanna, as expected, in […]
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  Former star apprentice trains first city winner at Flemington READ MORE

  Nick Ryan says the transition from jockey to trainer was difficult but Mahamedeis provided the Caulfield-based horseman with his first city winner as a trainer at Saturday’s Flemington meeting. Ryan joined the likes of Darren Gauci and Damien Oliver as one of the few riders to win a Melbourne jockeys’ title as an apprentice in the 2004/05 […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Blond Me breaks through to win Woodbine’s E. P. Taylor Stakes READ MORE

  In her first race in North America since October of 2015, Blond Me made a strong outside move and drove on late to win Sunday’s Grade 1, $500,000 E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine. Blond Me out-ran Kitten’s Roar in the final furlong over soft turf, finishing 1 1/4 miles in 2:08.08 in the final […]
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  Sepoy 2YO Makes Perfect Start READ MORE

  Tony Pike’s Te Rapa plan for Sacred Rebel was perfectly executed when the highly-regarded youngster closed strongly for a debut victory. The Cambridge trainer’s confidence in the two-year-old was rewarded when the son of Sepoy opened his winning account in Saturday’s Virkon 1200. “It’s ideal to win one with them, it makes it much easier […]
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  Gold Mount’s ascent could continue in G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup READ MORE

  Gold Mount has an air of mystique about him as he goes into Sunday’s (28 May) HK$10 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m); a Royal Ascot winner, no less, the four-year-old’s fledgling Hong Kong career is already hinting at big days ahead. “He’s a horse with really good potential,” trainer Tony Cruz […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Blond Me causes Middleton Stakes surprise READ MORE

  Blond Me cast aside any stamina fears after gaining the most significant success of her career with a shock victory in the Betfred Middleton Stakes. Although sent off the 11-1 outsider of the quartet to go to post in the extended mile-and-a-quarter test, the Andrew Balding-trained five-year-old took her form to new heights to claim […]
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  Powermax makes it three this term for first-time owners READ MORE

  It was a night for honest gallopers at Happy Valley, with Richard Gibson-trained Powermax adding a third win from eight starts in the first section of the Class 3 Dorset Handicap (1200m). “It’s a great story,” Gibson said after Powermax landed a half-length victory over last-start winner Trump. “The owners are a group of young, […]
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  Kourkam Chasing Another Albury Gold Cup READ MORE

  He has been once and done it before and trainer Tony McEvoy can see no reason why Kourkam can’t add his name to the honour roll of dual winners of the Albury Gold Cup on Friday. Kourkam, who will be ridden by Luke Currie from barrier nine over the 2000 metres, is racing as well […]
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  Gold Mount will attempt a rare feat in Sunday’s BMW Hong Kong Derby READ MORE

  Gold Mount, the horse Tony Cruz describes as “a Mini Cooper with a Porsche engine inside”, will attempt a rare feat in this Sunday’s (19 March) HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). The Excellent Art four-year-old has had only one run for the trainer since importation, and the last horse to have triumphed in […]