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Kah among four jockeys banned for Covid breach
Racing Victoria has hammered star jockey Jamie Kah, along with fellow riders Ben Melham, Ethan Brown and apprentice Celine Gaudray, for breaking the state’s strict Covid-19 lockdown rules. Kah will miss the ride on leading hope Behemoth (All Too Hard) in tomorrow’s Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) after the quartet were banned from racecourses and... Read More
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Haut Brion Her to be covered by I Am Invincible
Haut Brion Her (Zoustar), a dual Group 2-winning six-year-old Three Bridges Thoroughbreds-bred and raced mare, has been retired and will immediately head to stud this September. The Chris Waller-trained Haut Brion Her, the first mare home in last year’s Everest (1200m) won by Classique Legend (Not A Single Doubt), will be covered by Yarraman Park... Read More

Price and Kent Jr to have strong hand on Caulfield undercard
Ayrton, Annavisto and Parlophone set to step up their campaigns with lofty targets ahead Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr will hold a strong hand at Saturday’s Caulfield meeting but the training partners will resist the temptation to play their aces in any of the five stakes races on the Group 1 card, preferring to... Read More

Gleneagles to bypass clash with star colts – for now
San Domenico unlikely for Payne’s promising son of Capitalist but trainer holds Group 1 ambition for colt Gleneagles (Capitalist) could be given the chance to take on his generation’s best-credentialled three-year-olds during his spring campaign but it almost certainly won’t be this weekend. Rosehill-based David Payne, who took over the training of the colt during... Read More

Sadler earmarks VRC Oaks for Hirsch’s promising Sebring filly
John Sadler believes he may have unearthed a VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) contender after the first-up win of Adele Amour (Sebring), a homebred three-year-old filly for the new proprietor of Woodside Park Stud, Eddie Hirsch. Resuming from a spell after two spaced starts as a juvenile, Adele Amour ($26) was sent forward by Michael... Read More

Sandblom hopes for further French reward after purchase of fillies
Kingstar Farm supremo seeks to add to success of Sunday Best while putting close relation to Enable in foal to Capitalist Kingstar Farm principal Matthew Sandblom continued his investment in the French yearling market this week after purchasing two fillies at the Arqana August Yearling Sale in Deauville, identifying the jurisdiction as the perfect haven... Read More