Apprentice Riders Claim Milestone Wins

A change of career path has paid off handsomely for apprentice, Shelby Colgate, who punched home her first winner at Norseman on Saturday. Colgate had a brief taste of tertiary studies at university, but after two weeks of a physiotherapy course the 19-year-old swapped her textbooks for a saddle. At just her eighth ride, Colgate,…

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Cox Runners Withdrawn

A visit from the Compliance Assurance Team at the stables of Brian Cox on Thursday morning resulted in four horses being scratched from their engagements at Wangaratta later that day. During a routine stable inspection, the Compliance Assurance Team confiscated a substance that Cox refused to identify. Acting under the provisions of AR8(m), Stewards ordered…

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Kia Ora Koutou Derby Favourite

Group 1 galloper Kia Ora Koutou has been installed a pre-post $2.75 favourite for the $400,000 WATC Derby on April 16. The son of Scenic Lodge champion Blackfriars was unbeaten in four starts at Pinjarra and Belmont earlier this season before travelling to Flemington for the G1 Victoria Derby. He settled in the back half…

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Adelaide Cup: Final Field And Barrier Draw

Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir has accepted to run Signoff in Monday’s Group II Adelaide Cup (3200m). Up Cups is one of 18 acceptors for Monday’s Adelaide Cup. Photo: Magic Millions Signoff strolled to an easy win in the Group III Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville last Saturday but the Ballarat trainer flagged the…

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Vale Bede Murray

Popular South Coast of New South Wales trainer Bede Murray has passed away peacefully in his sleep overnight at the age of 80. Bede Murray. Photo: Steve Hart. Murray started his training career in 1962 at his Conjola property “Rissmore”, south of Nowra. “Horses in the country do better as it’s closer to their natural…

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