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RSN927 AARON’S LEAP INTO HISTORY May 5, 2021 3:05 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor As jumps hero Steve Pateman was being bumped around back in the field and Clayton Douglas was on the ground with ripped britches after being bumped off, it was up to a first-timer to perfectly navigate the steeplechase course at Warrnambool today. Aaron Mitchell had never ridden the tricky course because he’d never ridden in a steeplechase, or a hurdle race, before today. The 24-year-old’s impeccable display aboard the Patrick Payne-trained Can anyone recall a first-timer winning a jumps race at the...

Cherry Tortoni, back in trip, heads the Sportsbet.com.au market for the Adelaide Guineas (1600m) this Saturday at Morphettville. The Patrick Payne trained three

Link to Share Group 1 Australian Guineas day at Flemington produced more than one unexpected result and while on occasion it left punters scratching their heads, so too connections of beaten runners. A $301 winner of the feature race meant there was plenty of fallout from the Guineas itself and the stewards were busy, suspending two leading jockeys for careless riding. Read all the information and fallout from a big news day. PLATOON (3rd) Jockey Brad Parnham: “It was a great run, the pace backed off and then they quickened at the 600m and when that happened he was left flat footed, but re...

Defibrillate to show plenty of heart in Australian Cup Posted by: RS NewsWire+ at 12:44pm on 3/3/2021   Image: Bruno Cannatelli Defibrillate has improved his fitness levels in search of a fifth consecutive win in the Australian Cup New Zealand-bred Defibrillate faces his sternest test as he tries to extend his winning sequence in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. The son of Shocking, who started his career in New Zealand with Graham Richardson, who remains in the ownership along with former test captain Brendon McCallum and racing legend Lance O�...

Link to Share In-form galloper Defibrillate is giving his New Zealand owners a great thrill, having strung together four consecutive wins in Melbourne, and he will be vying to extend it to five at Flemington on Saturday. Co-bred and part-owned by Matamata trainer Graham Richardson, the son of Shocking is set to line-up in the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) this weekend for Plumpton conditioner Patrick Payne, his first tilt at elite-level. The six-year-old gelding has been in stellar form this time in, winning four of his five starts, including the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield on Boxin...