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 Kav's Nightmares Replaced By Cox Dream
Over the past 12 months, Melbourne trainer Mark Kavanagh has had many restless nights, regularly reliving the experiences that occured on Caulfield Cup day last year. It was on that day his boom galloper, Maldivian, was scratched in the barriers only minutes before the Group 1 race...
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 Who Be Stopping Him?
Whobegotyou continued to live up to his 'hottest 3 year old of the Victorian Spring' tag with a dominating win in the AAMI Vase At Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Mark Kavanagh trained rising star was an impressive winner of the 2040m race, easing down in the last 100m to win by 1.3 lengths...
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 European Invader Too Good For Locals
The world's biggest racing stable has taken out the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup, with Godolphin-trained All The Good surprising punters to the win the Group 1 event on Saturday. The 50,000 strong crowd at Caulfield Racecourse went silent after the main race, disappointed that one of their heroes...
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 Gallica Wins By A Whisker
Seven weeks ago, she was winning a maiden race at Bairnsdale, but on Wednesday, 3 year old filly Gallica was the Queen of Caulfield, taking out the $503,000 Group 1 Thousand Guineas...
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 Who Be Gets The Guineas
Whobegotyou has become the hottest 3 year old of the Melbourne Spring, taking out the $1 million Caulfield Guineas on Saturday in dominating fashion. The Mark Kavanagh-trained gelding was a worthy $3 pre-race favourite, storming home to win by over 3 lengths...
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 Guillotine Slices Through Stars
Guillotine surprised trainer David Hayes when he stepped up to defeat a class field in the Group 2 Dato Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. With Craig Williams in the saddle, the four-year-old settled off the pace and then stormed home to win by a long neck in what was an honestly run race.
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 Fantastic Run Hussles Liston Field
Four year old star in the making Light Fantastic has kept his undefeated record intact, winning the Group 2 Liston Stakes against some quality opposition on Saturday at Caulfield. The race, which was being touted as the first showdown of Australia's two best horses...
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 Stable Of The Stars
The Annnual Stable Of The Stars competition is back on for its 4th year. The official Draft Luncheon was held in Prahran on August 10, with a record 15 entrants participating this year.
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 Efficient Stayer Steals Melbourne Cup
Before the first Tuesday in November, the Lloyd Williams-owned gelding hadn't even been placed in an open race. But a few minutes after 3pm, he had cemented himself in Australian turf history, winning the 2007 Melbourne Cup in amazing fashion.
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 El Segundo's Cox Redemption
Twelve months ago, trainer Colin Little's hopes of Cox Plate glory were dashed by a nose, thanks to Fields of Omagh's fairytale finale. But on Saturday at Moonee Valley, there was no chance of disappointment, with star runner El Segundo storming home in Australia's hottest Weight For Age race to win by 2 lengths.
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 Masterful Display Claims Caulfield Cup
It was a big day out for trainer Danny O'Brien on Saturday, training the Caulfield Cup quinella with his star horses Master O'Reilly and Duoro Valley. But the even bigger story of the day was the last minute scratching of short priced favourite Maldivian and second favourite Eskimo Queen, in the barriers.
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 Serious Speed Wins 1000 Guineas
Serious Speed became the first late entry to win the 1000 Guineas, after taking out the $500,000 race on Wednesday against her more fancied competitors. The Leon Macdonald-trained fillie started at $16, but won by over 2 lengths from Extension of Time, with Antartic Miss holding on for third after leading most of the race.
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 New Weekend Star Emerges
He hadn't even won a listed race before Saturday, but now Weekend Hussler is a Group 1 winner, dominating his rivals in the $1 million Caulfield Guineas. In just his fifth start, the Ross Mcdonald trained gelding rounded up the field at the 600m, and accelerated away for a comfortable 3 length win.
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 Golden Day At The Valley
Moonee Valley racecourse welcomed in the first Group 1 of spring in exciting fashion, with Gold Edition winning the Manikato Stakes with sizzling speed. But it was the showdown between boom gallopers El Segundo and Haradasun in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes that stole the show, in an epic battle that sets the scene in the build up to the Cox Plate.
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