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Ken Condon’s Success Days and the David Menuisier-trained Dancetaria make the journey to ParisLongchamp on Monday for the Group Three La Coupe.Success Days finished third last time out in the Huxley Stakes at Chester to Forest Ranger, while Dancetaria filled the same...

By Rob BurnetA drop in class worked well for the Kris Lees trained Itz Lily for the Snitzel filly to take her first metropolitan win in the $125,000, Bradley Photographers Bm 74 Handicap (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday.After a fourth place in the Group 2 The Roses...

By Mitch Cohen Twenty years after winning his maiden Brisbane Cup top jockey Damien Oliver added his third after storming home to salute on Sixties Groove at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Oliver won the feature Cup on Sheer Kingston (1999) and Viewed (2008) and gave...

The Queensland Derby holds a special place for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees who chases his first win in the Group 1 feature with fillies Aliferous and Grand Bouquet at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Lees’ father, the late Max Lees, won the Queensland Derby in 2002 with County...

Kris Lees hopes Tactical Advantage can gain a Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) start after mixed fortunes at the barrier draw on Wednesday for Saturday's Eagle Farm meeting.The Newcastle trainer has Princess Posh in the $1.5 million Stradbroke but another Australian...

By Glenn DavisEmotions are certain to run high if Newcastle mare Princess Posh wins the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Princess Posh is raced by Australian Bloodstock and more than 16 owners who hail from Queensland, NSW, South Australia and New...

A strong gallop lead-up by Aliferous has boosted jockey Brenton Avdulla's chance to make a Group One-winning return to Australia at Doomben.Avdulla will ride Aliferous for trainer Kris Lees in Saturday's $500,000 Queensland Oaks (2200m).Lees has a strong Oaks hand...

Newcastle mare Princess Posh will bypass the Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale and run in the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400 metres) on June 8 after a brilliant second in the group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) on Saturday.The Kris Lees-trained five-year-old...

Connections hope a long-shot throw at the stumps with Newcastle mare Princess Posh in the group 1 $700,000 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300 metres) at Eagle Farm on Saturday will pay off.A $25,000 buy, the Kris Lees-trained five-year-old has won eight races in 31 starts and...

AUSTRALIAN Bloodstock have won bigger races, but the Doomben Cup (2000 metres) will always be a special one for the Hunter syndicators after the 2012 win of Mawingo.On Saturday, Australian Bloodstock will have a dual shot at the $700,000 weight-for-age with two more...

A big week could become even bigger for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees at Doomben on Saturday.Lees was humbled to join his father, the late Max Lees, as an inductee into the Newcastle Jockey Club's Hall Of Fame this week.Lees, who is second to Chris Waller in the NSW...

Two-year-old Snowzone's Gold Coast victory continued a family tradition as he was the 10th foal of his dam Snowdrift to win a race.Memories of one of Australia's most prolific winner-producing broodmares were revived when Snowzone won at the Gold Coast.Snowzone...