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Black Caviar's record on par with Phar Lap

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ In a sport notorious for irrelevant comparisons between champions of different eras, an exception has emerged that helps answer the one slight knock on the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar.

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Sponsorship deal for symphony under stars

08 Feb 12 | TASMANIAN Symphony Orchestra principal flautist Douglas Mackie will be one of 47 musicians on stage at the Symphony Under the Stars concert at Launceston's City Park on February 25 thanks to the RACT.

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Rainbow Styling waits for flight confirmation

08 Feb 12 | THE perennial problem of arranging air transport to Tasmania is the only thing worrying the connections of Hobart Cup topweight Rainbow Styling.

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Skitter eyes four straight

08 Feb 12 | Cranbourne trainer Doug Harrison has started the year well with eight winners in January and is hoping to keep the ball rolling with the in-form Skitter at Sandown today.

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Payne's weighty game

07 Feb 12 | PATRICK Payne's attitude to weight has turned full circle since he became a trainer. When he was one of Australia's best heavyweight jockeys, Payne needed horses to get big handicaps or he couldn't ride them.

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Spot Nine toughs it out

06 Feb 12 | IT TOOK tough horses to win in wild, wet and windy conditions at Mowbray last night, and there was none tougher than Spot Nine.

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Outside barrier can't hold back winning Havatryst

05 Feb 12 | BRISBANE - The real Havatryst returned to his best form at Doomben yesterday, overcoming an outside barrier to claim the Woolworths Open Handicap.

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Bel Sprinter on track for Oakleigh Plate

05 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE - Talented four-year-old Bel Sprinter will take on star three-year-old colt Sepoy in the Oakleigh Plate in three weeks following his impressive first-up win at Caulfield.

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Mama's Choice wins from last

05 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE _ The last-to-first debut effort of the David Hayes-trained Mama's Choice caused Blue Diamond Stakes markets to be reshuffled with Malasun, who did not race yesterday, taking over as favourite.

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Jimando to tighten Blue Diamond grip

04 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE _ Blue Diamond favourite Jimando can tighten his grip on the $1 million race with a strong performance in Saturday's Emirates Airlines Stakes at Caulfield.

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Youthful Jack's win thrills Trinder

02 Feb 12 | CLASSY Sydney sprinter Youthful Jack gave former top jumps jockey Adam Trinder his biggest win as a trainer in last night's $90,000 Tote Stakes at Mowbray.

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Elwick attracts two Kiwi stayers

01 Feb 12 | TWO quality New Zealand stayers are among the entries for the $225,000 Hobart Cup at Elwick on Sunday week.

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Stitt returns to state after six-year absence

01 Feb 12 | NEW South Wales trainer Ross Stitt will have his first runner in Tasmania since he won the 2006 Launceston Cup when he starts Youthful Jack in tonight's $90,000 Tote Stakes at Mowbray.

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Bel Sprinter on song for autumn

01 Feb 12 | Trainer Jason Warren has dismissed an Oakleigh Plate-Newmarket Handicap double assault with exciting four-year-old Bel Sprinter.

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McLean vies for features with Nicastro

31 Jan 12 | VICTORIAN trainer Jarrod McLean made a flying start to his Tasmanian campaign at Spreyton on Sunday, but the real purpose of his visit will be unveiled at Mowbray tomorrow night.

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Trainer eyes off Hobart feature races

31 Jan 12 | JOHN Thompson, head trainer for mining magnate Nathan Tinkler's Patinack Farm, has entered horses for three feature races in Hobart on Sunday.

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Annie gives family good reason to celebrate

30 Jan 12 | THE pressure was on trainer Mark Ganderton when he saddled up seven-year-old mare Annie By Design at Spreyton yesterday. He desperately wanted to

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Fontelina returns to form as a gelding

29 Jan 12 | Group 1 options will be weighed up by trainer Anthony Cummings after Fontelina returned with a narrow win at Canterbury yesterday.

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Gold flashes brilliance Doomben

29 Jan 12 | Lynn Tipper landed her biggest win of her seven-year training career when outsider Vipera Gold won the Listed Nudgee Handicap at Doomben yesterday.

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Chief steward's minor protest upheld

29 Jan 12 | SYDNEY - In the aftermath of an eventful staying race at Canterbury, Racing New South Wales chief steward Ray Murrihy fired in a successful protest on behalf of the connections of the sixth placegetter.

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