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No barrel of laughs: Farcical barrier draw as VRC short on balls for million-dollar Derby Day race

The barrier draw for Saturday’s group 1 million-dollar Empire Rose Stakes turned into a farce after the Wayne Hawkes-trained Yearning was initially forced to take barrier 14 when the perspex barrel containing balls with barrier numbers on them was found to be one ball short. Trainer Wayne Hawkes rang the stewards after the draw, which was televised on racing.com, to […]

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