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Why three-year-olds add so much to the Cox Plate
The presence of a pair of three-year-olds in tomorrow’s Cox Plate has added a layer of intrigue to the weight-for-age race, and not for the first time. The modern incarnation of the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m), born that famous day in 1986 when four-year-olds Bonecrusher (Pag Asa) and Our Waverley Star (Star Way) went... Read More
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Alabama Express
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Buying two-year-olds through Magic Millions
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Two for Alabama Express
New winners Alabama Express – Having chalked up his first winner two weeks ago, Yulong-based first-season sire Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) doubled his tally on Saturday as Shangri La Express (2 c Sent From Above by Lonhro) got off the mark at the first attempt when he won the Kirkham Plate (1000m) at Randwick. Shangri... Read More
A Cup full of history for Teofilo
It wasn’t just Caulfield Cup history being created when Without A Fight and West Wind Blows led home a quinella for their sire Teofilo in Saturday’s race. For the first time this century, the progeny of one sire claimed the quinella of one of Australia’s great races, the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m), with the... Read More