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2 weeks ago | 
theage.com.au | Roy Ward |Andrew Wu |Russell Bennett |Danny Russell
Nestled in the members wing of the Charles Brownlow Stand at Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium sits a palatial corporate box decked out with leather couches and marble bars. It has a private door, a special security guard and a large decking area for guests to watch the Cats in action as they mingle in the fresh air.
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2 months ago | 
smh.com.au | Danny Russell |Sarah Danckert |Danny Russell
By Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert February 7, 2025 — 3.19pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked for as trainers from 2014 until 2023.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
smh.com.au | Danny Russell |Scott Spits |Marc McGowan
Pinned post from By Scott SpitsDaniil Medvedev is out of the Australian Open, beaten by 19-year-old American qualifier Learner Tien in an epic five-setter that lasted nearly five hours and finished with the clock ticking close to 3am on Friday morning. Three-time finalist Medvedev will leave Melbourne with more chapters added to his remarkable Australian Open history, having spent close to eight hours on court but his tournament ending in just the second round.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Danny Russell |Peter Ryan
By Danny Russell and Peter Ryan December 9, 2024 — 9.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Melbourne Racing Club has agreed to sell a $195 million parcel of land at Caulfield Racecourse to Mount Scopus Memorial College for the Jewish private school to build a new campus.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
watoday.com.au | Danny Russell |Peter Ryan
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
theage.com.au | Danny Russell
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Renowned owner Terry Henderson has pointed to a lack of communication and consultation from Racing Victoria as the key issue to emerge from the last-minute scratching of his Melbourne Cup runner Athabascan.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theage.com.au | Danny Russell |Peter Ryan
By Danny Russell and Peter Ryan November 6, 2024 — 1.50pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In today’s spring carnival briefing, your wrap of racing news:Pride Of Jenni owner Tony Ottobre has opted for a shock jockey change in a bid to spark one of the country’s most popular gallopers for Champions Day at Flemington on Saturday.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Roy Ward |Tim Habel |Danny Russell
Pinned post from Chris Waller looks likely to have a quarter of the Melbourne Cup field on Tuesday after racing Victoria vets pulled Kiwi galloper Mahrajaan out of the race on Saturday morning. Racing Victoria stewards announced in the lead-up to Derby Day at Flemington that Mahrajaan had failed a compulsory CT scan. Vets ruled it was at “heightened risk of injury” if it took its place in the group 1 3200-metre staying test on Tuesday.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Danny Russell
A week out from the Cup, here’s what you need to know about all the potential runnersWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A week out from the Melbourne Cup and the field of potential runners is down to 34 following the stewards decision to rule Irish fancy Jan Brueghel out of the race.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Danny Russell
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Colin McKenna was overwhelmed with emotion in the Caulfield mounting yard. It was the last day of August this year, less than two months before he died. McKenna had just watched his renowned racing silks – the green and blue hoops with a green and blue cap – flash past the finishing post for another impressive win.
