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29 September 2023

Stayer runs rings around rivals

Five Rings stamped himself as a stayer of rich promise at Benalla on Friday afternoon when he made an impressive middle-distance debut. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Savabeel doubled his career …

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24 September 2023

Wolfy goes to another level at Flemington

Tivaci’s gifted son Wolfy continued his progression in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon when he accounted for a competitive line-up of three-year-olds over 1420 metres at Flemington. The Nick Ryan-trained Waikato Stud graduate had been a …

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22 September 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Attempting to make sense of our Thoroughbred Sport in little more than two paragraphs is more often than not going to require a little plagiarism. After all, even though the eleven of you accept my …

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21 September 2023

Tivaci’s son opens account

Popsagoosey has gone close to breaking his maiden on a couple of occasions and in a fresh state he made no mistake at Woodville. The son of Tivaci was resuming over 1200 metres on Thursday …

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20 September 2023

All’s well that ends well for Spaltet

Plan B at Warwick Farm on Wednesday afternoon was good enough to see Spaltet back to winning ways. Trainer Bjorn Baker had informed stewards that the pre-race plan was to lead on the son of …

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20 September 2023

Skew Wiff in top order for Australia

Group One winner Skew Wiff enjoyed a quiet exhibition gallop between races on her home track at Matamata on Wednesday afternoon. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced daughter of Savabeel worked steadily over 1000 metres in …

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20 September 2023

Ardrossan 3YO fires winning shot

A well-related son of Ardrossan has wasted no time in adding winning momentum to his three-year-old preparation. The Tony Pike-trained Cannon Hill, who had placed in his lead-up trial, showed plenty of heart at Matamata …

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19 September 2023

Progressive Walk Of Fame returns in style

Walk Of Fame opened her spring campaign in the best possible fashion at Hamilton on Monday afternoon. The promising daughter of the late Sacred Falls was resuming over 1100 metres and trainer Danny O’Brien had …

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18 September 2023

Hoops shows staying quality at Seymour

Danny O’Brien’s conditioning skills were to the fore when Hoops produced a strong staying performance to score at Seymour. The Flemington trainer had produced the Waikato Stud-bred and sold Tivaci mare to finish a resuming …

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16 September 2023

Honest Ocean Raider well rewarded

Ocean Raider is rarely far off the action and he collected a deserved victory at Echuca on Saturday afternoon. The well-related son of Ocean Park won for the third time in his career, which also …

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16 September 2023

Ideal result for well-bred mare

Allan Sharrock tipped Ideal as his best winning chance at his home track meeting on Saturday afternoon and his judgement proved right on the money. The New Plymouth trainer races the Savabeel mare with co-breeder …

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16 September 2023

Regal effort from Savabeel 4YO

Sir Albert produced an impressive performance on his home track on Saturday afternoon to double his winning tally. Trained at Riccarton by Terri Rae, the Waikato Stud-bred son of Savabeel has been patiently handled and …

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