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Hopes high at expanding Cranbourne as Group 1 targets loom large
The Cranbourne training ranks have swollen in quantity and quality in the past 12 months, with the arrival of leviathan outfits and household names relocating from Caulfield. Despite the recent influx, long standing Cranbourne horsemen Enver Jusufovic and Julius Sandhu have been the flagbearers for south-east Melbourne’s excellent training facility over the past two weeks.... Read More
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Whyte to again test the European-breds’ Classic credentials after Emperor’s Gold display
Douglas Whyte has put his faith in the European breed as a superior product when it comes to races over a mile plus in Hong Kong, but only when given the time and patience to flourish in what is a harsher, more alien racing arena to the open pastures they are accustomed to. That judgement... Read More
Second for Churchill
New winners Churchill (pictured above) – Coolmore shuttler Churchill (Galileo) sired his second Australian winner as the Chris Waller-trained Conqueror (2 c ex Dixie Chick by Star Witness) made a winning debut in the Schweppes Plate (1100m) at Randwick. Just a week on from siring his first Australian winner when Robusto, also trained by Waller,... Read More
Former paper boy Jusufovic hopes Pinstriped can deliver a first Group 1
As a young boy growing up in Footscray, Enver Jusufovic delivered Herald newspapers at Flemington and would regularly park his bike at the fence of the racetrack to admire the horses as they went through their paces early in the morning. Decades later, the humble Yugoslav from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne is only a... Read More
Revolutionary Miss (AUS)
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Mumbai Jewel
A well-known set of a black and lime colours carried with distinction in Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, several other Group 1s and – very importantly – a Woodend Cup (1850m), are set to fly high again. When two-year-old filly Mumbai Jewel (I Am Invincible) stormed home to take out Saturday’s Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick,... Read More