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Thank Rod You’re Here

Hurtling down a racetrack at four o’clock in the morning on a half-tonne animal is hardly the place you’d expect to find a 50 year old, but every day jockey...

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If Weir Doesn’t Culminate a Win – Buckley Backs Black

Owner of the Darren Weir-trained mare Culminate, Ultra Tune boss Sean Buckley, said he would be happy to see veteran champion Black Piranha rewrite the Stradbroke Handicap history books on...

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Bowman Looking to Leave a Winner

Champion Sydney hoop Hugh Bowman is hoping to have a big day at Eagle Farm on Saturday before he heads to England for a six week riding stint. Bowman has...

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Listen Son at Home in Stradbroke

The Tony Gollan trained Listen Son will put his record of being undefeated over the 1400m at Eagle Farm on the line in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle...

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Luck Needed for Stradbroke Favourite Beaded

Peter Snowden’s unswerving mare Beaded will need more than just her awesome ability to overcome a wide barrier 17 draw in Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) if...

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Listen Son – Last to Draw Gets Gate One for Stradbroke

Wednesday’s AAMI Stradbroke Handicap barrier draw proved it’s not always a case of the nice guys finishing last as likeable Toowoomba horseman Tony Gollan was the final trainer to obtain...

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Weather and Wide Draw Worry Woorim in Stradbroke

Leading local Eagle Farm-based trainer Robert Heathcote has more than just the impending rain to worry about ahead of Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap showdown after his top chance in the classic,...

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Stradbroke Thrown Open after Favourites Draw Double Digits

Three of the four top fancies for this Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap have suffered an early blow drawing double-digit gates for the $1 million Eagle Farm feature. Peter Snowden’s classy mare...

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Begg Hasn’t Conceded Stradbroke Defeat to Beaded

Sydney trainer Grahame Begg is fully aware of the challenge race favourite Beaded will bring in the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday, but after a solid track workout on Tuesday by...

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Raffaello a Daring Stradbroke Acceptor

Warrnambool horseman Patrick Ryan believes his galloper Raffaello deserves their spot in the $1 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) field on Saturday and rates them as more than just...

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Sincero to Sneak in and Soar in a Showery Stradbroke

Wyong horseman Stephen Farley is looking to the heavens and hoping the predictions of wet weather in Brisbane for Saturday reign true with his boom three-year-old Sincero looking likely to...

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Varenna Missing Stradbroke

QTC Cup winner Varenna Miss will not start in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after trainer Tony Noonan decided to stick with his original plan and aim her at Winter...