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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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 added her 12th win at Group 1 level in Saturday’s Livamol Classic at Hastings, the win elevated her alongside US Champion Azeri for the number of wins at the highest level. On the same day Verry Elleegant landed her sixth win at the highest level in Australia’s Caulfield Cup. We’ve looked at the
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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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Nature Strip is the highest-rated Australian racehorse in the list of 2019-20 Australian Classification category winners published today. The Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip earned 124 for his two length win in the Gr1 T J Smith at Randwick in April when defeating Santa Ana Lane and Redzel. Below is the list of category winners with
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