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Perfect start for Deep Impact’s $1.9 million son Profondo
Ottavio Galletta’s phone was ringing so incessantly in the hours after Profondo (Deep Impact), the $1.9 million colt he bought “on a whim” last year, made the perfect start to his highly touted career that he told trainer Richard Litt to wait to give him the post-race rundown until last night. One of the first... Read More
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Snitzel dominates three-year-old contests
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Kah among four jockeys banned for Covid breach
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