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Waller hopeful JMac will stick with big guns but no pressure from master trainer

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller is relying on stable loyalty swaying champion jockey James McDonald to select superstars Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip as his big-race rides this spring carnival. McDonald is the nation’s most in-demand jockey and as the regular rider of middle distance champs Verry Elleegant and Zaaki, plus exciting sprinters Nature Strip and Lost And Running, […]

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Eagle Farm track to remain Brisbane racing’s biggest problem until at least next winter

Queensland racing will be stuck with the troubled Eagle Farm track for at least another year, even if the sport’s powers heed calls to rip up the much-maligned surface. Leading trainer Robert Heathcote maintained his rage at the Eagle Farm surface in a Melbourne radio interview on Monday morning shortly after Racing Queensland chief executive Brendan Parnell refused to rule […]

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Champion jockey Steven Pateman sticks with Saunter Boy in quest for record fifth Grand National Hurdle

Spoiled for choice champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman will ride Saunter Boy in Sunday‘s $250,000 Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown Lakeside. Joint record-holder Pateman, who won four on the bounce through 2011-14, is hoping to become the first jockey in history to win five Grand National Hurdles. But recent wins aboard Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Saunter Boy‘s stablemates […]

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