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Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary helps jockey John Kissick ahead of Snake Gully Cup
"Let me do it for you." That was Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary's plea to help out good mate John Kissick.
- by David Polkinghorne
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Clare Cunningham ready to make her mark with Fifteen Sunflowers
It is a partnership as strong off the track as on it, but Clare Cunningham and Jason Collett are ready to make their mark together in the next couple of months out of the Warwick Farm stable.
- by Chris Roots
Michael Hawkes ready to find out more about highly rated Glenall
Michael Hawkes would rather the spotlight not be on Glenall as he starts a summer preparation but understands why there is expectation heading to Rosehill on Saturday.
- by Chris Roots
Bloodlines: New Zealand Bloodstock sale boasts impressive line-up
New Zealand breeders take the Ready To Run spotlight with a cracking selection of two-year-olds for the two-day sale next Tuesday and Wednesday at Karaka.
- by John Holloway
Godolphin's James Cummings wants his team to earn cracks at loftier goals
A careful approach to the summer from Godolphin head trainer James Cummings will "allow the horses to reach their level before putting any pressure on them".
- by Chris Roots
Gingernuts has successful surgery, and is rated a 50-50 chance to race again
Gingernuts is on the road to recovery after an operation, with connections giving him a 50-50 chance of returning to racing.
- by Peter Ryan
The Master makes a comeback - of sorts
With the Melbourne Cup taking on an Irish brogue this year at least the statue of Bart Cummings had an Aussie accent.
- by Max Presnell
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott leave Melbourne Cup carnival as racing royalty
Their training union is not even 18 months old yet, but Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott left Flemington as king and queen of the Melbourne Cup carnival after outpointing the country's superpower stables in the biggest week of Australian racing.
- by Adam Pengilly
Australian horses must be given more chances to get into Melbourne Cup
Why do we only give our local stayers two chances to shore up a spot in the race?
- by Adam Pengilly
Easiest of warm ups leads to heartbreak for Gingernuts
The mounting yard at Flemington late Saturday afternoon was a place of mixed emotions.
- by Patrick Bartley
Stakes Day 2017: Gai Waterhouse caps huge spring carnival as Savapinski wins Matriarch Stakes
Gai Waterhouse racked up a winner on every day of the Flemington carnival as the Victoria Racing Club ambassador capped a huge week in Melbourne when Savapinski ran her rivals into the ground in the Matriarch Stakes.
- by Adam Pengilly