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Brad Parnham is back on Samizdat in the Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) after the Chris and Michael Gangemi-trained six-year-old came from the clouds to score a brilliant first-up win two …

Phillip Stokes will allow the campaign of Instant Celebrity to unfold after the mare has her first-up run at Caulfield. Trainer Phillip Stokes has chosen the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) on Saturday to …

Top jockey Tommy Berry has been rubbed out for a month for his part in a race day fall at Randwick that resulted in fellow rider Brenton Avdulla being hospitalised. Avdulla’s mount …

Trainer David Brideoake is happy to go to the well once again with Red Can Man as he chases a Group 1 victory with the former Perth galloper. Red Can Man will …

Trainer Darren McAuliffe has given his boom sprinter Clairvoyance a positive update as she recovers from a career-threatening leg injury and illness. Clairvoyance had surgery in May and her future racing …

Andrew Noblet would like to see a little more rain before starting Ghodeleine at Sandown. The seven-year-old daughter of Monaco Consul runs in the Ladbrokes Easy Form Handicap (2100m) on Wednesday having scored over 1600m at the track …

Punters are unlikely to see Cox Plate favourite Zaaki again until he lines up in Saturday week’s Group Two Tramway Stakes. Cox Plate favourite Zaaki will finalise his spring preparations …

Trainer David Jolly is sticking with the recipe that won Behemoth the opening Group 1 race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival last year. Behemoth won the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield second-up, coming …

Only one of the two high-class New Zealand mares trained by Jamie Richards will line up at Caulfield. Probabeel is set to run in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) on Saturday …

Peter Robl’s in-form gelding Finally Realise will be on a quick back up on Wednesday after a narrow defeat at Kensington just last week. After narrowly missing out on a …

Liam Loughlin is daring to dream big and is toying with a WA Guineas (1600m) plan if Elite Fighter continues to blossom for Perth trainer, Holly Taylor. O’Loughlin believes Elite …

A pair of promising fillies from the Lee and Cherie Curtis stable will commence their respective spring campaigns at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. The Rosehill-based partnership will start the day off with …

Incentivise has had his first public outing since coming down from Queensland with a gallop between races at Pakenham. The Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup favourite is being trained for the Melbourne Spring …

Veteran trainer Peter Daly was walking with a spring in his step following the win of Armed And Ready in Saturday’s Elders Junction Cup (1900m). Daly was understandably excited about …

Tom Dabernig has been on a learning curve since breaking away from Lindsay Park and setting up on his own at Warrnambool. It was an ambition of his to train at the beach …

Tom Dabernig has noticed a change in Fifty Stars from his days at Lindsay Park and since returning to his former “home” at Warrnambool. Fifty Stars will be Dabernig’s first city runner since leaving Lindsay Park when he runs in the …

Trainer Phillip Stokes has given up on his ambition of turning Sansom into a miler. But the trainer will give Sansom the opportunity at Group 1 level when he runs the gelding again …

The temptation to chase the ultimate prize in Australian racing is never far away when you have a promising stayer. But training partners Robbie Griffiths and Mathew De Kock are likely …