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Itchintogo
What’s gone around has come around for Queensland’s Lucas Bloodstock as they celebrate their first stakes winner – and a duck-breaker for stallion Sun City (Zoustar) – in Itchintogo, winner of Saturday’s Phelan Ready Stakes (Listed, 1110m) at Doomben. Ben Lucas not only bred the two-year-old gelding but his dam Itchintowin (Nothing To Lose), who... Read More
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Eternal Warrior (AUS)
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Ruska Roma
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King’s English (AUS)
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Almost An Angel (AUS)
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