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The Week Ahead Sep 16

The Week Ahead Sep 16

This Saturday at Randwick will we see the remarkable veteran PRIVATE EYE, “pass the baton” to his younger half sibling KING’S SECRET? The figurative definition of that well used sporting metaphor, to hand over...

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Sectionals Review Sep 15

Sectionals Review Sep 15

Not even a brutal tempo could stop NOT ON MY WATCH from winning at Hawkesbury last week. His debut at Gosford featured heavily in this column a fortnight ago. He ran almost 8L inside standard time, which had us...

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Nic Ashman’s best bet(s) for Saturday

Nic Ashman’s best bet(s) for Saturday

A special edition of Nic Ashman's best bet this week with a full tip sheet for Saturday supplied free of charge. "No standout tip this week but we had a day out last Saturday with a 25u outlay and 47u return. Thought...

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He said NOT ON MY WATCH!

He said NOT ON MY WATCH!

Backed to the exclusion of all others, NOT ON MY WATCH duly got the cash at Hawkesbury Thursday, but not before surviving a protest lodged by the runner-up. If the pressure of having a $1.45 favourite in a maiden...

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The Week Ahead Sep 9

The Week Ahead Sep 9

A trio of lightly raced Joe Pride-trained gallopers look well placed to break their maidens this week. Promising 3yo NOT ON MY WATCH will be out to make amends for an unlucky defeat on debut when he lines up as...

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Sectionals Review Sep 8

Sectionals Review Sep 8

He was fat, woolly and unwanted on course. While many of you probably think I’m talking about a racing administrator or media pundit, this lead is actually about the rise of KING'S SECRET. The brother to dual Everest...

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Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday

Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday

Our form analyst Nic Ashman is tipping an unbeaten 3yo filly to continue on her winning ways at Randwick this Saturday. Randwick R6 N3 CHILLY GIRL "Unbeaten in two runs but on trial at 1200m whereas her main danger...

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The future is STAYING INSIDE!

The future is STAYING INSIDE!

EXTREME CHOICE is a pony sized, sub fertile absolute FREAK! Sadly though, with a commensurate service fee of $385k and yearling prices that render acquisition prohibitive. So…you must look at his developing sons to...

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The Week Ahead Sep 2

The Week Ahead Sep 2

Spring is most certainly in the air with both PRIVATE EYE and KING'S SECRET set to face the starter in Group 2 events at Randwick this Saturday. PRIVATE EYE lines up in the Tramway Stakes (1400m) looking to go one...

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Sectionals Review Sep 1

Sectionals Review Sep 1

Almost 500 years ago, Anthony Fitzherbert wrote in his Book of Husbandry that old dogs were difficult to retrain. While Fitzherbert was literally talking about training dogs, he could never have imagined that within a...

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TOWN CRIER roars back to life!

TOWN CRIER roars back to life!

TOWN CRIER’s eighth career victory revealed a new side to his racing repertoire. An established ‘on-pacer’, the 6yo gelding switched to the role of backmarker in the 1000m Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday and...

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The Week Ahead Aug 26

The Week Ahead Aug 26

Always exciting to take the covers off a potentially promising first-starter and that's what trainer Joe Pride intends to do this week. NOT ON MAY WATCH (pictured), an unraced 3yo gelding by ALL TOO HARD, has been...

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