Melody Belle suffered a rare loss last time out but bounced back in brilliant style to win Saturday’s Bonecrusher Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie. Anchored towards the rear, she copped some buffeting around the home turn before coming widest of all and powering home to defeat stablemate Avantage and land her 14th Gr.1 win, surpassing Sunline
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Tailleur is SW4 for Shooting To Win winning the Gr3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. Tailleur led into the home straight and stayed on gamely to defeat Tricky Gal (Magic Albert) by a long-neck with Icebath (Sacred Falls) a further 1-1/4 lengths off in third. Bred and raced by Godolphin, Tailleur has won six of
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Dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Melody Belle has equalled the record of the mighty mare Sunline after completing her 13th Group One win when taking out the Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham. The Jamie Richards-trained mare was having her first start since finishing a game third in the Gr.1 McKinnon Stakes (2000m) during
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Melody Belle made it back-to-back wins in Saturday’s Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings – but only just. Melody Belle made her challenge in the home straight along with stablemate Avantage (Fastnet Rock) with the pair chasing down last start Gr1 winner Callsign Mav, getting there in the final strides with Melody Belle gaining a
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Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville winner Bella Vella is the 13th Gr1 winner for Commands. Winner of the Gr3 Missile Stakes for the Ingham family, Commands (Danehill) was acquired by Darley as part of their purchase of Woodlands Stud in 2008. Commands is the sire of 80 stakes winners from 1526 runners including Gr1
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Bella Vella was put back into training after failing to get in foal last season and completed a Group 1 fairy tale with victory in the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. Bella Vella failed to get in foal to Criterion last season and was offered for sale in an Inglis online sale last April,
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