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First Season USA based Sire UNCLE MO keeps going from strength to strength and his unbeaten colt NYQUIST kept his record intact when taking out the Gr1 Del Mar Futurity which incidentally was a race won last year by champion galloper American Pharaoh.

Murwillumbah based trainer Matthew Dunn was badly injured in a nasty training mishap this morning and as a result, will require facial surgery after being kicked in the face by a horse.

"Black-Book" the name MISS COBRA for the Gr1 New Zealand Oaks. She put in a eye-catching, strong, late run from maiden filly in the Guineas. Shuffled back to last mid-race 20 lengths off the leaders, she left nobody in any doubt that she is the real deal when it comes to being a genuine NZ Oaks candidate - and being out of the high quality broodmare Athenri (by Zabeel) is also very significant.

The ATC has launched its spring carnival at Randwick, announcing the ambassadors include Gai Waterhouse's daughter Kate and her husband, Luke Ricketson. South Sydney NRL players Tom & George Burgess, actress Anna Bamford & Channel V host Carissa Walford. However it was Gai Waterhouse who took centre stage, spruiking the fashion and social element of racing. "It's great to see so many younger people getting involved," Waterhouse said.

KAWI became the tenth (10th) individual Group 1 winner by Zabeel’s outstanding son SAVABEEL - with his win in the Makfi Challenge Stakes, New Zealand’s first G1 race of the season. This yet another example how New Zealand’s Champion Sire continues to uplift mares to produce Stakes Class progeny.

We post this story to highlight the variation to the training regimes GAI employees to get the best out of her equine athletes and the standard of service set by GAI WATERHOUSE RACING for our owners which is without peer. Our owners with GAI WATERHOUSE have had their ownership involvement taken to a new level of excellence.

The next sets of Sydney 2yo trials will be held at Randwick on September 7, Warwick Farm on September 11, Rosehill on September 15 before the official Sydney two-year-old trials are conducted at Randwick on September 21. The first races for the 2yo’s will be at Randwick on October 3 - the Breeders Plate 1000m for colts and geldings and the Gimcrack Stakes 1000m for fillies

Exciting filly PAYROLL is aiming at the $1 million Crown Oaks (2500m). Trainer Richard Laming said he was considering the Flemington feature for the daughter of Not A Single Doubt ex Workhard, who worked over 1000m at Moonee Valley Tuesday, covering her final 400m in 24.33 secs. Laming said Payroll would resume in Saturday week’s Listed Cap D’antibes Stakes (1100m), before heading towards the Group 1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) and then the Gr1 Oaks.

REWARD FOR EFFORT’s oldest progeny are now 3yo’s and he's off to a great start as stud. He's gone on with the job since the start of the new season. GOLD SYMPHONY made it 2 Stakes Wins in a row taking out the McNeil Stakes and also MARIE CLARE easily won. He is now entrenched at the top of the Leading Second Season Sire List.