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Cosmo Centaurus lives up to the hype with debut win
Brisbane-based trainer Rob Heathcote declared Cosmo Centaurus (Cosmic Force) the most exciting young horse he has had in his care since Group 1 winner Rothfire (Rothesay) after the gelding became his second-season Newgate sire’s tenth winner in impressive style at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. After wins in the past three of his four barrier... Read More
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Baker keen on his Missile hope Shezanalister
Buoyed by his best season yet, Bjorn Baker believes five-year-old mare Shezanalister (Star Turn) can enhance her value when black–type racing returns to Sydney in Saturday’s Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The powerfully built chestnut steps up for her maiden attempt at black type in Sydney’s first stakes race of the season, as... Read More
Hadouken takes to the Top End in style with Darwin Cup victory
Dirt track revelation Hadouken (6 g Real Impact ex Any Other Day, by Redoute’s Choice) kept his perfect Northern Territory record intact by claiming the local industry’s biggest race, the Darwin Cup (2050m), on Monday. The well-travelled gelding, who started his career in Sydney with now retired Warwick Farm-based trainer Gabrielle Ellis before joining the... Read More
Detroit City on path to spring glory
Leading Victorian stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) may have an early spring Classics contender after Detroit City stepped up to city class to make it two wins in two starts on Saturday at Flemington. Following an impressive four-length victory on a Heavy 10 surface in a 1200-metre Wodonga two-year-old handicap, the gelding handled metro level with... Read More
I Am Famous continues progressive ways
Two million dollar yearling I Am Famous (I Am Invincible) made it a day for emerging grey mares in showing she was ready to serve justice to her price tag – and a renowned relative – by winning at Rosehill on Saturday. On the same day that Right To Party took Flemington’s Aurie’s Star Handicap... Read More
Right To Party has straight track Aura
Pinecliff’s Zoustar mare brings up hat-trick in Flemington Group 3 Winter revelation Right To Party (Zoustar) gave her surging sire the earliest honours of the new season by sealing a Flemington straight track hat-trick in Saturday’s Aurie’s Star Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m). Fresh from matching his key rival I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) Australian winners... Read More