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Melbourne Cup weights: Defending champion Half Yours handed 59kg topweight
Reigning champion Half Yours has been handed 59kg for his Melbourne Cup defence, a weight no horse has carried to victory since Rain Lover in 1969.
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Gibbo’s Gold Coast Gold: Full preview, tips and best bets for Saturday
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‘Extremely extraordinary’: Moody miffed over jockey access, politics is a brutal business, talk fest minus the everyday punter, Weir to from here, burnin’ cash, trainer’s empty pockets
Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column
‘It hit me’: Romantic Warrior coming to Australia for retirement with J-Mac
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John Leek Jnr’s property future in doubt after hefty three-year ban
Victorian trainer John Leek Jnr has been given a three-year ban and also faces uncertainty over whether he can continue...
‘Justice has been found’: Jockey overturns hefty suspension
A jockey controversially banned for 5 weeks for a front running ride on a despised outsider is free to compete...
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