Victoria Done With Twilights
Thursday Twilight meetings will not continue in 2012-13. Wagering & participation did not meet RV expectations in this years 3-month trial.
Archive for category: Breaking News
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Lady Not Done Yet
Former Tasmanian million-dollar earner, Lady Lynette, has NOT been retired to stud, instead being sent to the recently formed Lee Freedman/Graeme Rogerson partnership in Sydney for another racing preparation. Gerry Harvey paid $270,000 for the mare at the recent Inglis broodmare sales in Sydney and he is looking for more [...]
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Sea Siren wins 2012 BTC Cup
Veteran jockey Jim Cassidy has steered three-year-old filly Sea Siren to victory in the Group One BTC Cup at Doomben. Saturday’s 1200m race was robbed of long time favourite Buffering who was scratched in the morning with a stone bruise. But that did not take any of the gloss from [...]
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Buffering out of Group One race
Long-time BTC Cup favourite Buffering has been scratched from Saturday’s Group One sprint at Doomben after failing to recover from a bruised hoof. Trainer Rob Heathcote had been hopeful the multiple Group One placegetter would come right overnight but a veterinary examination on Saturday morning ruled him out. Heathcote will [...]
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Northerly dead after colic attack
He was renowned for his fighting qualities but this was one battle Northerly could not win. The champion galloper was euthanased on Wednesday night, aged 15, after failing to recover from a severe colic attack. His death came in the same week the sport lost another great in dashing frontrunner [...]
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Key honour for Black Caviar
Black Caviar will be presented with the keys to the City of Marion if the mare wins her 21st consecutive race in Adelaide on Saturday. The sprinter faces eight rivals in the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville and has drawn barrier eight for the $500,000 race. It will be her [...]
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Vo Rogue dies at 28
Grand campaigner and two-time Australian Cup winner Vo Rogue has died this week aged 28. The dashing frontrunner was a darling of the turf through the late 1980s and early 1990s when he won 26 of his 83 starts and was placed on another 23 occasions for earnings of more [...]
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Starspangledbanner could return to racing
Multiple Group One-winning sprinter Starspangledbanner could be set for a surprise return to racing due to fertility problems at stud. The six-year-old was trained by Leon Corstens two win the 2009 Caulfield Guineas and 2010 Oakleigh Plate. He was sold to Coolmore Stud and produced his best in the northern [...]
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Americain’s sire Dynaformer dead at 27
Dynaformer, the sire of the 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain, has died at Three Chimneys Farm, the famed United States thoroughbred stud announced. His death at 27 came a fortnight after he was retired from stud duty when he suffered an aortic valve rupture. In a stud career which produced [...]
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Black Caviar wins Sportingbet Classic 2012
Australia’s favourite mare Black Caviar has won her 20th straight race at Morphettville today in the Group 1 Sportingbet Classic ahead of Sistine Angel in second and Power Princess in third.