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Being Billy Healey
Being entrusted as the new trainer of former top class three-year-old Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) could be viewed one of two ways. It’s either a poisoned chalice or the opportunity of a lifetime. Queensland horseman Billy Healey sees it as a chance to silence the horse’s growing legion of knockers and also as an... Read More
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Bruckner
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Zouzarella (AUS)
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Atishu
Even by its own lofty standards, Waikato Stud had a day to remember at Randwick on Saturday. Not only did New Zealand’s famous farm claim the credit in Australia’s first Group 1 of the season when Mo’unga took the Winx Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), two races later the Waikato-bred mare Atishu claimed her second win... Read More
Joao Moreira calls on the HKJC to improve its athlete wellbeing provisions
Hong Kong’s four-time champion jockey Joao Moreira has revealed to Asia Bloodstock News that he suffered from depression when struggling through the latter part of the 2019-20 season and has called on the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to match the efforts of progressive jurisdictions around the world in its approach to elite athlete mental... Read More
Animated about Anamoe – moneyballing the spring action (part two)
It demands no great level of insight to suggest that the James Cummings-trained Anamoe (Street Boss) may be the star of the 2021 spring carnival. However the “moneyball” angle says there should be no limit to those expectations and back the Godolphin-owned colt, now, to win the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m), for which he’s... Read More