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Trainer Ed Cummings did not lay eyes on stable star Duais for a couple of days and believes in that short time the mare has improved her condition. Duais is in Melbourne to begin …

How he negotiates the Kalgoorlie track for the first time rather than fitness will threaten General Grant’s chances of winning Saturday’s $150,000 XXXX-Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m), according to trainer Stephen Miller. …

Chris Waller toyed with splitting fillies Zougotcha and Madame Pommery after they ran the quinella in the Tea Rose Stakes before deciding both deserved their chance at a Group 1 …

Labelling Nimalee’s Golden Pendant victory “a bonus”, jockey Regan Bayliss is confident the mare is the right horse to deliver him successive wins in the Epsom Handicap. Already a Group …

Godolphin trainer James Cummings would like to see the Turnbull Stakes run at a solid tempo to give Alegron his chance of another 2000m success. Alegron registered a victory in the Group 3 Kingston …

Just 24 hours after it was confirmed that Bjorn Baker would have his first runner in The Everest, the trainer has doubled his hand. Winter find Shades Of Rose was on Thursday …

Gary Portelli’s quest for back-to-back Golden Slippers will begin this weekend when the first of the new-season two-year-olds go on show at Randwick. Portelli will start Flying Trapeze in the …

The Listed Super Impose Stakes at Flemington will give trainer Peter Moody a clearer indication of the staying potential of Red Sun Sensation. The 1800m contest on Saturday is considered an …

The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is banking on straight track experience proving beneficial in the first two-year-old race of the year at Flemington. Price and Kent Jnr took advantage of …

Are the stars finally aligning for Icebath to win a big race? A short head, a head, and a short half-head. They are the margins Icebath has been denied by in a …

Clayton Douglas admits to being a touch toey ahead of Giga Kick heading to Flemington in what is shaping as potentially the young trainer’s biggest moment. A former jumps jockey who won two Grand …

When Durston turned in an inglorious performance in the Premier’s Cup three starts ago, his spring carnival campaign was at the crossroads. The English import had raced fiercely, burning up his …

She’s currently rated an $18 chance by Tabtouch, but trainer Darryn Pateman can see no reason why Native Chimes can’t be a major player in the XXXX Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m) …

Verry Elleegant has lured Melbourne jockey Mark Zahra to Paris for a potential ride in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Mark Zahra is committed to a flight to Paris on …

Nuances and nuisances proved costly for She’s Extreme in the Golden Rose but trainer Anthony Cummings is predicting a bounce back from the Group 1 winner in the Flight Stakes at Randwick. …

Ben Pearce admits he has been taken aback somewhat by the progress and improvement of Let’s Galahvant who has gone from strength to strength this campaign. Ben Pearce says Let’s Galahvant has …

Gai Waterhouse has won the Metropolitan more times than any other trainer but a victory with Grove Ferry this year would be extra special. Waterhouse has captured the staying feature …

Phillip Stokes is well aware the task confronting General Barca when he heads to Flemington. A debut winner on the synthetic track at Pakenham last Thursday, General Barca heads straight to stakes company on …