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Roll The Dice aiming to gatecrash the Blue Diamond party
This Saturday’s meeting at Caulfield shapes as a potentially defining day for Roll The Dice Racing with the syndicator’s first ever runner in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) set to be joined by one of the leading chances in the Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m), A joint purchase with Mick Price Racing and... Read More
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Rich rewards await Closer To Free in the Blue Diamond
Danny O’Brien is already reaping the rewards of a more streamlined approach to his business, and after an impressive start to the autumn carnival the in-form trainer is hoping his polished performer Closer To Free (Street Boss) can deliver another diamond display in Victoria’s premier race for juveniles. Fresh from celebrating stakes success with his... Read More
Fireball explodes in Inglis Millennium
Champion trainer Chris Waller further bolstered his Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) hand after unbeaten colt Fireball (Snitzel) delivered a classy first-up victory in Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m) at Randwick. Resuming from a spell after an impressive debut win at Rosehill in November, the James Harron-owned Fireball powered home down the outside... Read More
Closer To Free forces his way into Blue Diamond calculations
Danny O’Brien’s rapidly emerging colt Closer To Free (Street Boss) surged into Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) contention following his commanding all-the-way debut victory in Saturday’s Prelude (Gr 3, 1100m) (C&G) at Caulfield. The son of Street Boss (Street Cry) justified a recent Blue Diamond market move, leading throughout under Michael Dee to score... Read More
McDonald back In Blue Diamond frame as Streisand strikes at Caulfield
Cranbourne-based trainer Clinton McDonald moved a step closer to a second Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) victory in three years after Streisand (Magnus) broke her maiden with a timely win in Saturday’s Fillies’ Prelude (Gr 2, 1100m) at Caulfield. Ridden positively by Jamie Melham, the $3 favourite took bad luck out of the equation... Read More
Ultra-progressive First Five slots another Group 1
Te Rapa-based trainer David Greene is riding the crest of a wave after he doubled his Group 1 tally when First Five (Almanzor) took out the BCD Group Sprint (Gr 1, 1400m) at his home track on Saturday. Greene recorded his first elite-level success when the Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) five-year-old won last month’s Telegraph (Gr... Read More