Coventina Bay is the first Gr1 winner for Shamexpress winning the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. Coventina Bay had twice finished runner-up in Gr.1 company and after being towards the rear early was able to make ground along the inside into the home straight before wearing down pacemaker Vernanme in the final 50m
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Cythera is SW75 for I Am Invincible winning the Lonhro Plate (1000m) at Randwick on debut. Racing in second place to the home turn, Cythera went clear halfway up the straight and although getting a little tired stayed on well to defeat the favourite, Lady Laguna (Overshare). The 37th two-year-old stakes winner for her sire,
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The Chosen One is the 27th Gr.1 winner for his champion sire Savabeel (Zabeel) and the 12th for one-time Irish National Stud shuttle-sire Flying Spur (Danehill) as a broodmare sire winning today’s Thorndon Mile at Trentham. Racing for the first time since running fifth in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) back in November, The Chosen
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Saturday’s Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes (1400m) at Turffontein winner William Robertson is the first SW for Rafeef. That aside, the win is also significant as it makes Rafeef (picture: TSA) the 31st son of Redoute’s Choice to sire a stakes winner. Bred by Arrowfield and Klawervlei Stud, Rafeef is out of the South African Champion
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Tuesday’s Hopeful Stakes (2000m) for 2yos at Nakayama Killer Ability is SW185 and the 54th Gr1 winner for Deep impact. Settled in third place in the final Gr1 contest of the turf season in Japan as Grand Line set a steady speed, Killer ability came with his challenge early in the home straight and stayed
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Monday’s runaway Malibu Stakes (7f) at Santa Anita winner Flightline is the 28th Gr 1 winner for Tapit. Superlatives are flowing for Flightline who made it three wins from as many starts with an effortless 11-1/2 length win in 1:21.37 for the trip and barely looking to get out of second gear (pic: santaanita.com). Raced
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Circle Of Life is the third Gr1 winner for Epiphaneia winning Sunday’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (1600m). Waited with towards the rear of the field passing halfway Circle Of Life began a wide sweeping move and was poised to challenge into the home straight, coming wider still to finish resolutely and reel in Lovely Your Eyes
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An unsuitable surface at Trentham last Saturday meant this race was transferred to Te Rapa and it turned into a huge day of Trelawney Stud and the training partnership of Roger James and Robert Wellwood, landing the feature with Two Illicit as well as the Gr.3 Waikato Cup with Cheaperthandivorce (Savabeel) with the training partnership
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Justin Rock is the first Graded winner and SW3 for Leontes winning the Gr3 Kyoto Nisai Stakes (2000m) for 2yos at Hanshin. Settled in second last place through the first half of the race, Justin Rock made a forward move down the back straight to be pressing for the lead wide out around the home
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Graceful Girl is the second Gr1 winner for Nicconi with a dominant win in Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Graceful Girl was last passing halfway before unleashing a big finish widest of all in the home straight to overwhelm her rivals and win going away comfortably. The Peters homebred is now the winner of
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