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02 Mar 10 | DERIVATIVE Receipt might miss his chance to win back-to-back Armidale Cups while another Cup hopeful, Ready As, has been retired.
27 Feb 10 | LEE Menser produced a heady and instinctive ride to win the $20,000 Akubra Quirindi Cup at her first attempt and hand Tamworth trainer Lesley Jeffriess another cup success yesterday.
26 Feb 10 | ALL Again and apprentice jockey Lee Menser will resume their cup-winning partnership for another cup tilt at Quirindi today.
25 Feb 10 | MORUYA trainer John Marzol is doubling his chances for his assault on tomorrow’s $20,000 Akubra Quirindi Cup (1600m) as he attempts to go “one
better”.
24 Feb 10 | Walcha Cup winner Tocapitalize will carry an extra half kilogram in Friday’s $20,000 Quirindi Cup (1600m) in what could be an omen for the Maitland-trained gelding.
23 Feb 10 | WALCHA Cup winner Tocapitalize, placegetters Tizapaine and All Again, as well as fourth-placed He’s Full Of It were among the 23-strong nominations list for Friday’s $20,000 Quirindi Cup (1600m) yesterday.
22 Feb 10 | JESSICA Drury almost made it a habit of “kicking again” at Scone on Saturday when she celebrated her first ever treble.
20 Feb 10 | IMPROVING Tamworth gelding Tackles will chase his third straight win today, but at Scone and not Tamworth as trainer Barry Lockwood would have hoped.
18 Feb 10 | SUTTON Princess aims for a fourth win in five outings when the Scone filly contests today’s $40,000 Patinack Farm Queen of the North Benchmark 75 Handicap (1200m) at Port Macquarie.
17 Feb 10 | GEOFF Snowden’s tilt at a second Armidale Cup is back on track after a mishap at Saturday’s second day of the 2010 Walcha Cup Carnival threatened to derail his season.
15 Feb 10 | PAUL Messara has enjoyed a great start to the week and hopes to cap it off in Melbourne on Saturday when star colt Beneteau starts favourite in the $1million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m)
14 Feb 10 | WALCHA Jockey Club had one of its biggest Cup day crowds but one of its poorest betting results on Friday.
14 Feb 10 | HE MAY be rising seven but the only way is up for The Jackal according to the man who knows the powerhouse sprinter better than anyone else.
12 Feb 10 | NEWCASTLE trainer Ken Lantry made the right decision to head north to Walcha yesterday with six-year-old gelding Tocapitalize.
11 Feb 10 | DYNAMITE Dancer, $4.80 favourite for today’s $25,000 Elders Walcha Cup (1440m), can erase horror memories of his only previous Cup start by winning the 2010 edition.
10 Feb 10 | DERIVATIVE Receipt can atone for last year’s disappointing effort by winning tomorrow’s $25,000 Elders Walcha Cup (1440m), but it won’t be the Armidale gelding’s main focus.
09 Feb 10 | STUDIO Star won an Inverell Shorts for Tamworth trainer Sue Grills at one of his first starts for her just over 12 months ago.
08 Feb 10 | THE PAUL Perry stable is wondering whether it should follow the lead set by Tamworth’s Sue Grills and start sending some of its better-performed country horses to Brisbane.
07 Feb 10 | WAYNE Oakenfull celebrated a Bingara Cup win in Brisbane on Saturday.
04 Feb 10 | GEOFF O’Brien returned to his old home town Binnaway last year to capture the Binnaway Cup in an emotional success with Best On Board.