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‘Maybe it was crazy training so young, but I just went with the flow’
Retired trainer Joe Hall is the patriarch of an immediate and extended family which has had an enormous influence on racing, plus he’s been a mentor and father figure to many beyond his kin. The breadth of the family’s influence is best kept simple by way of introduction. Hall, 82, and still living close to... Read More
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Nine for Capitalist
Capitalist (pictured) Newgate Farm’s Capitalist (Written Tycoon) stretched further clear in the leading first season sire table by winners, as he scored an eighth individual winner in Australia and ninth overall when Elite Thoroughbreds’ Capital Reign (2 g ex Elle Lou by Snitzel) profited in a maiden handicap over 1000 metres at Canberra on Friday.... Read More
Yao Dash
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I Am Invincible fillies sought after as Mills overcomes shakes to buy $1.95 million collector’s item
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Tragedy turns to joy for newlyweds at Easter sale
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Mile options next for Gran Alegria but ten furlongs is still on the table
Gran Alegria (Deep Impact) will revert to a mile for her next start, after the head-to-head with Triple Crown-winning colt Contrail (Deep Impact) failed to occur in Sunday’s wet-track running of the Osaka Hai (Gr 1, 2000m), but jockey Christophe Lemaire has not written off another attempt at ten furlongs for the remarkable mare. “A... Read More