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Racing

Trainer confident Riosand can upset fairer sex

Joe Byrne believes talented gelding Riosand can wreck the fillies' party in the $500,000 Go For 2&5 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot in a fortnight.
April 3, 2010, 12:30 pm
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Darley colt shows skills in Baillieu

A tilt at the Group One Sires' Produce Stakes is now on the cards for talented colt Skilled, winner of the Baillieu Handicap at Rosehill.
April 3, 2010, 10:29 am
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Faint Perfume gives Bart another Group One

Master trainer Bart Cummings claimed the first Group One race on Golden Slipper day when VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume took out the Vinery Stud Storm Queen Stakes at Rosehill.
April 3, 2010, 10:25 am

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Arnold watching his weight ahead of Slipper

Heavyweight jockey Steven Arnold is watching the kilograms in the countdown to his first Golden Slipper ride on the David Hayes-trained Shaaheq.
March 31, 2010, 2:04 pm

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RVL keep mum over Nikolic police probe

Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) refused to confirm or deny whether Victoria Police had opened its own investigation into 10 rides by Danny Nikolic and associated betting on those races.
March 31, 2010, 2:02 pm

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Dashing Reed to drive Dasher VC

In-form reinsman Mark Reed will drive New Zealand import Dasher VC when he makes a bid to boost his $200,000 Sky Channel WA Derby (2536m) prospects with a win at Gloucester Park tomorrow night.
March 31, 2010, 9:50 am
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Fears for turnover, but no stakes cuts

There will be no prize money cuts to WA's three racing codes next season despite the threat flat turnover posed, says Racing and Wagering WA chief executive Richard Burt.
March 31, 2010, 9:50 am
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Portelli has confidence Mirrsalo can stay

Gary Portelli has long believed Mirrasalo could develop into an Oaks filly and he will go a long way to finding out at Rosehill on Saturday.
March 31, 2010, 9:47 am
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Speed is on for BMW, says Boss

Imported stayer Speed Gifted has made significant improvement from his Ranvet Stakes placing as he attempts to turn the tables on Theseo in Saturday's $2.25 million The BMW at Rosehill.
March 31, 2010, 9:47 am
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Nikolic booked for Easter vision

Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to rejuvenate tough stayer Light Vision in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.
March 30, 2010, 12:40 pm
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Brown injury blow gives Oliver Slipper reprieve

Leading jockey Corey Brown will miss this Saturday's $3.5 million Golden Slipper after a suffering a fall and will be replaced by WA hoop Damien Oliver on More Strawberries.
March 30, 2010, 12:29 pm

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TAB should be controlled by racing industry: Griffiths

WA's racing sector should be set free of government interference that is "featherbedding" and protecting sections of the industry, according to former Labor racing minister Nick Griffiths.
March 30, 2010, 11:35 am
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Hayes targets derby with Chartreux

The David Hayes camp is preparing for a "western showdown" with rising star Chartreux gearing up to tackle local hope Bridgestone in next month's $500,000 Schweppes WATC Derby (2400m).
March 30, 2010, 9:56 am
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Gloria De Campeao gets reward in world's richest race

French star Gloria De Campeao hit the jackpot when he won the world's richest race, the $11 million Dubai World Cup, at Meydan racecourse in what was a case of third time lucky.
March 28, 2010, 7:45 pm
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Aussies flop in Dubai

Australian sprinters All Silent and Eagle Falls will go in different directions following their unplaced efforts in Dubai.
March 28, 2010, 7:41 pm
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Slipper field taking shape

The jostling for positions in the Golden Slipper is all but over with the final field of 16 for the world's richest race for two-year-olds to be declared on Tuesday.
March 28, 2010, 7:39 pm
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Parnham's double delight as Bridgestone leads quinella

Powerful colt Bridgestone showed why he already has a stranglehold on next month's Group 1 WATC Derby after his slashing win in the $75,000 Schweppes JC Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot today.
March 27, 2010, 5:14 pm

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Shoot Out fires in lead-up to Guineas

Shoot Out's Randwick Guineas win stamped his star quality and elevated him as the one to beat in today's Rosehill Guineas (2000m).
March 27, 2010, 11:27 am
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Roberts shade short for Parnham stayers

Neville Parnham yesterday warned punters star pair God Has Spoken and Bridgestone would be vulnerable in today's JC Roberts Stakes at Ascot.
March 27, 2010, 11:23 am

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Eagle Falls pleases Hayes before $2.2m feature

David Hayes shunned the crowd of owners, trainers and media trying to identify horses in a heavy mist at Meydan yesterday and whisked Eagle Falls away to a nearby training track for a leisurely gallop leading into tonight's $2.2 million Golden Shaheen.
March 27, 2010, 11:21 am
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