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<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left"><h1 style="text-align: left; font-weight: 900; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important" level="1"></h1>by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.racingandsports.com.au/news/contributors" style="color: rgb(0, 70, 147)">Ray Thomas - International Racing Editor</a> , 9 hours ago</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left">3 minute readTrainer Matt Dunn can provide star apprentice Jett Newman with a farewell winner on talented Moon Sweeper in the TAB Highway Plate (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Trainer Matt Dunn can provide star apprentice Jett Newman with a farewell winner on talented Moon Sweeper in the TAB Highway Plate (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Newman's indentures have been transferred to trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and she will start at Tulloch Lodge after the Randwick meeting.It is an unselfish move by Dunn to let Newman try her luck in Sydney racing but he believes the time is right for Newman to take her career to the next level.<img data-mce-id="__mcenew" src="https://resource11.racingandsports.com.au/Photos/photogallery/large/2023/Trainer-matthew-dunn-197548-750x500.jpg" alt="Trainer : MATTHEW DUNN after, GOLDEN DECADE winning the COOLMORE HIGHWAY">Trainer : MATTHEW DUNN after, GOLDEN DECADE winning the COOLMORE HIGHWAY Picture: Martin King / Sportpix"If I hold Jett back any longer, her career development might stagnate,'' Dunn told Racing And Sports."She's a competitive kid and now is the time to send her down to Sydney for the next challenge."She has been with me for about 14 months now and this has all happened a year or so before we had anticipated."But Jett ripped through her country claim in 10 months and is down to claiming 2kg at the provincials."She's ready for this move and it will give her the chance to ride against the better jockeys in a very competitive environment. Even riding trackwork against these jockeys will help her development.''Newman, 18, has been riding for less than two seasons but already has 113 winners including 58 for the Dunn stable.But Dunn revealed he was initially reluctant to take on the crack young apprentice."A good friend of her father, Mitch, is a friend of mine and he rang me one day to ask if I wanted to take on an apprentice,'' Dunn said."I said 'no, not really' but he still sent me about 50 replays of Jett riding in barrier trials."When I watched her riding, it was noticeable she had the perfect 'seat' in the saddle and just looked a natural.''Dunn, who has also had a career-best season training 126 winners so far to be seventh in the NSW premiership for stable earnings of nearly $6.4 million prizemoney, believes Moon Sweeper can end his partnership with Newman on a winning note at Royal Randwick.<img data-mce-id="__mcenew" src="https://resource11.racingandsports.com.au/Photos/photogallery/large/2026/Horse-moon-sweeper-218925-750x500.jpg" alt="MOON SWEEPER winning the TAB HIGHWAY PLATE at Rosehill in Australia.">MOON SWEEPER winning the TAB HIGHWAY PLATE at Rosehill in Australia. Picture: Bradly PhotosMoon Sweeper, a brilliant Rosehill Highway winner last start, is the $1.70 favourite to maintain his winning momentum."The only Highways Moon Sweeper he can run in these days are the 'Plates' otherwise he would get 65kg,'' Dunn said."But gets into Saturday's race with 59kg topweight and after Jett's claim, he has 56kg so he's well weighted. "He has drawn a nice barrier, likes the wet and he's in very good form.''Newman has four rides at the Randwick including two for the Brett and Georgie Cavanough stable on Honniball Drive ($23) in the Elite Sand And Soil Handicap (1400m) and Williamsburg ($15) in the Precise Air Handicap (1800m), and the Matthew Smith-trained Astero ($26) in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1400m).</div>

Moon Sweeper to give star apprentice Jett Newman a timely career-boosting win

<div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 59, 129)">Newman's Set To Sweep Into Tulloch Lodge</div><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(64, 64, 64)">By Ray HicksonWhen trainer Matthew Dunn sent his apprentice Jett Newman to Sydney back in January she stole the show, when she lands at Randwick on Saturday it’ll signal the start of a new chapter as the 18-year-old prepares to join Tulloch Lodge.Newman rode a double for Dunn at Rosehill earlier this year and he’s hoping Moon Sweeper can give her the perfect send off in the TAB Highway (1600m) before she links up with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for a three month loan.While her four rides this weekend will be her first at Randwick, she's no stranger to headquarters.A few years ago when Newman started out as an apprentice, prior to heading to Dunn, she was based at Hawkesbury with Claire and Chad Lever and they organised for her to ride trackwork once a week for the Waterhouse/Bott stable.With 113 winners behind her, Dunn feels the time is right for Newman to join what is already a strong contingent of apprentices in Sydney.“She’s where she needs to be now, she needs to go to a new level,’’ Dunn said.“She’s riding lots of winners at the Gold Coast and the provincials in Queensland and we’ve purposely held her back from riding too much in the city to hold her claim for when she gets down there.<img data-mce-id="__mcenew" src="https://www.racingnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2237710.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="236">Jett Newman after winning on Band Of Brothers for Matt Dunn at Rosehill in January (Pic: Bradley Photos).“It was always in the plan for her to go down and we were trying to work out the right place, the right stable for her to go to.“I spoke to Adrian a few weeks ago and I think it’s the right place for her and she’ll hold her own for sure. She’s ready to go now and she’ll do a good job.”Moon Sweeper hasn’t been seen since he scored a runaway Highway win at Rosehill back on May 30 but Dunn said he won’t be beaten on Saturday on the score of fitness.He's one of four rides the teenager has secured for her first meeting at headquarters.The four-year-old revelled in heavy conditions on that occasion and the Murwillumbah trainer said he’s more than happy to be striking another wet track given how well suited the grey is under the Highway's conditions.“He’s drawn the right gate and gets the right run, and if it happened to rain more it’d be even better,’’ he said.“When he came back he went out to the water treadmill for a week, which is what I pretty much do with most horses that go to Sydney and come back.“It gives them a chance to regroup and get over the travel.“He’s up to the mark fitness wise, he’s done the work, and his last few gallops have been really strong. He’s had a jump out at home in that time to keep him up to the mark.“It’s hard to place him in Highways, we had to hold for a Plate because in handicaps he has too much weight so he’s well placed.”Dunn has long championed Newman, the daughter of former jockey and trainer Mitch Newman who was twice Sydney’s champion apprentice, as a young rider who will make the grade and he said he hasn’t changed that opinion one bit.And you can be sure if Moon Sweeper looms he’ll be leading the cheering.“It’d be great to see her win on him,’’ he said.“We needed the claim, he’s well in with 56kg, but we tried to time it as well as we could. If she could win on him two days before she turns up at Randwick it will help her along.”Meanwhile, Dunn could have two runners in next Wednesday’s Listed Ramornie Handicap (1200m) at Grafton with Boom Torque locked in and Band Of Brothers being considered to also tacklethe carnival’s feature sprint.</div>

Jett set to fly in Sydney

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Size isn't everything.
And especially when it comes to one of the key fancies for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/country-championships">$1m Country Championships Final</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/tracks/nsw/randwick">Randwick</a>&nbsp;on Saturday.
Four-year-old mare&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/considered-aus" target="_self">Considered</a>&nbsp;is the smallest horse in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/trainer/matthew-dunn" target="_self">Matt Dunn</a>'s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/tracks/nsw/murwillumbah">Murwillumbah</a>&nbsp;stables, but what she lacks in size she makes up for in heart and in ability.
Considered will be shooting for an extraordinary seven wins in a row as she tries to claim the Country Championships Final (1400m) and bank a $540,000 first place cheque for connections.
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Not bad, especially when you consider there isn't much of her and she cost just $30,000 as a yearling.
"Have you seen this horse? She is just so small," Dunn said.
"But she does all her work and eats her food and tries her heart out every time she races.
"When she won at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/tracks/qld/gold-coast">Gold Coast</a>&nbsp;the other day, she was off the bridle for the entire race.
"She never really travelled in the race, but all of a sudden she just finds these afterburners and goes whoosh.
"Horses don't need to be these great big things who are built like Adonis.
"You can't judge horses on their size, because they can make a fool of you every time.
"She might be little, but she has the action of a big horse.
"Little horses who have big horse's actions can be very good."
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Considered, who adores wet tracks, started her career with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/trainer/cody-morgan">Cody Morgan</a>&nbsp;and has now won six in a row &ndash; including four on the bounce for Dunn.
At&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/tracks/nsw/rosehill">Rosehill</a>&nbsp;in January, she was the horse who gave Dunn's boom young apprentice&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/jockey/jett-newman">Jett Newman</a>&nbsp;her first city winner.
Considered is yet to taste defeat for Dunn and although she is particularly proficient on wet tracks, Dunn says she can win the Country Championships Final regardless of track conditions.
She has drawn well in barrier four and has the services of experienced and elite Sydney jockey&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/jockey/nash-rawiller">Nash Rawiller</a>.
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Matt Dunn. Picture: Getty Images.
 
"Right from her first trial for me, I liked this horse, she runs fast," Dunn said.
"It was great that Jett was able to win on her, this horse welcomed her to the big league and they got the win together.
"Considered does like wet tracks, but she can still win a race like this on a dry track, for sure.
"This Country Country Championships Final is a very good concept and it is a great selling point for my stable.
"People send horses to me to set them for a Country Championships Final."
Dunn was also hoping to have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/scripted-aus-1">Scripted</a>&nbsp;in the Country Championships Final, but that mare is now spelling after having a messy preparation and not being able to qualify through a Wild Card race.
Astute horseman Dunn is striving to score his second Country Championships Final after&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/sunset/gracie-belle">Gracie Belle</a>&nbsp;won for him in 2020.
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All things Considered, size isn't everything

Trainer Matt Dunn can only hope things are finally going to script with talented mare Scripted as she looks to force her way into the $1m Evergreen Turf Country Championships Final via Scone on Friday.
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Trainer Matthew Dunn (Pic: Bradley Photos)
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She was due to contest the Northern Rivers qualifying race last month but had to be scratched and Dunn had to take a different path which has brought her to the $150,000 Northern Wild Card (1400m) for her last chance to make it to Randwick.
Dunn, who already has Considered in the Final, said a favourable draw can allow Scripted to run up to the view he has of her &ndash; that she&rsquo;s capable of winning the big one.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to see her draw a gate because she doesn&rsquo;t need to be back,&rsquo;&rsquo; he said.
&ldquo;She has early speed if we want to use it particularly at 1400m but we haven&rsquo;t been able to because she doesn&rsquo;t have enough speed to go forward and overcome a wide gate.
&ldquo;From an inside barrier she&rsquo;ll be sweet and take up a spot in the first half.
&ldquo;She travelled to Scone on Sunday and settled in well pretty good. She did her last piece of work at home on Saturday and worked great, and she&rsquo;s drawn a decent gate for once in her life. That&rsquo;s something.&rdquo;
Tommy Berry makes the trip to Scone to ride Scripted, $3.10 with TAB on Wednesday, with a view to taking the ride if she progresses to the Final.
It&rsquo;s been a month since her last run, which Dunn describes as a &ldquo;train wreck&rdquo;, where she ran third at Doomben over 1200m as a short priced favourite.
&ldquo;We were back in the field three deep and circled them from the 800m which is suicide at Doomben,&rsquo;&rsquo; he said.
&ldquo;We ended up in an unfortunate position where we were going to get in but we didn&rsquo;t. They didn&rsquo;t go fast and (jockey Martin Harley) had to something.
&ldquo;If he sits there and waits and the runs don&rsquo;t come he looks like an idiot or he can take off which he did and she peaked on her run.&rdquo;
The four-year-old is on the fourth line of betting for the Final at $8 with TAB and the Northern Wild Card also features the current favourite Clear Thinking ($3.50) who was unplaced first-up at Muswellbrook earlier in the month.
&ldquo;I think she is stakes grade and that&rsquo;s probably the level of horse you need to win the race,&rsquo;&rsquo; Dunn said.
&ldquo;We have to take on some local horses that go very well and haven&rsquo;t had to travel but hopefully she can get it done for us.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, Considered will be chasing seven wins on end when she lines up in the Country Championships Final following a win that impressed Dunn last weekend in Brisbane.
The mare, who won the Northern Rivers Championships at Coffs Harbour, will likely be ridden by Nash Rawiller in the Final and Dunn said he&rsquo;d head there supremely confident if a wet track presents.
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&ldquo;She was really good last start, it was always a bit of a risk that she might have got to a point where coming back in trip deep into a prep was against her,&rsquo;&rsquo; he said.
&ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t travel for the first 600m of the race but at the pointy end she put them away so quickly.&rdquo;

Country Championships Bid Back On Script

A &lsquo;hiccup&rsquo; that cost promising mare Scripted a trip to Sydney could prove a blessing in disguise as she leads trainer Matthew Dunn&rsquo;s bid for a third consecutive $150,000 Evergreen Turf Northern Rivers Country Championships (1400m).
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Trainer Matthew Dunn (Pic: Bradley Photos)
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Though Dunn&rsquo;s contingent for Sunday&rsquo;s feature at Coffs Harbour was cut to six due to Without Parallel having to be withdrawn, Dunn feels he has a horse in Scripted that could go all the way.
As the mare was being prepared to travel to Randwick last week an elevated inflammatory marker found during routine stable testing of horses headed for the road meant she stayed home.
Dunn said it was &ldquo;just a little hiccup&rdquo; and a couple of days later her readings returned to normal and he refocused on the Country Championships.
&ldquo;It ended up being nothing and that happens sometimes with these tests,&rsquo;&rsquo; Dunn said.
&ldquo;She hasn&rsquo;t missed a beat, she&rsquo;s done everything right all the way through.
&ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t miss any work, didn&rsquo;t spike any temperature and it&rsquo;s fair to say she should nearly have won every start this prep.&rdquo;
The Murwillumbah trainer has won the past two Northern Rivers Championships with Tribeca Star, who was successful at Grafton in 2024 and Lismore last year, and it&rsquo;s now been six years since Gracie Belle gave him a win in the Final.
He said the likes of Arctic Legend, Kingdom Underseige, Considered, Yendy and Moscow Circus will get their chance and any would be a deserved winner but he has to consider Scripted his top seed.
The four-year-old, $2.40 with TAB on Saturday, was a victim of having to concede a big start from a poor barrier in the $1m Magic Millions Fillies and Mares, where she started $7.50 and charged home late to be beaten 2-3/4 lengths.
Ultimately he hopes she, and all his runners, gets every chance.
&ldquo;On Magic Millions Day she drew a crummy gate and went back and if she gets space on straightening she probably rips home and just about beats them,&rsquo;&rsquo; Dunn said.
&ldquo;These races are generally run at high speed and that may not be the case this year because most of them are mine and I don&rsquo;t ever instruct any jockey to go out at a ridiculous speed.
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a couple in the race that will appreciate speed and a couple that appreciate a softer tempo.&rdquo;
Dunn is bringing jockey Nash Rawiller to Coffs Harbour to partner last start Highway winner Kingdom Underseige in his bid to make it four wins on end this preparation.
And in some ways he&rsquo;s pleased he has imported the leading Sydney rider as the gelding will jump from the outside gate.
&ldquo;It might not be the end of the world and Nash is really good with the wide gates,&rsquo;&rsquo; Dunn said.
&ldquo;Even if you get in to the three or four wide line he lets them find a rhythm and build momentum.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s done a really good job this prep, he&rsquo;s come back a different horse and all of his runs have been perfect.&rdquo;
Considered is also bringing a Highway win into her Championships bid and Dunn said if the race remains at Coffs Harbour on a wet track she&rsquo;s going to be advantaged.
The mare was Dunn&rsquo;s apprentice Jett Newman&rsquo;s first Sydney winner when she scored at Rosehill a month ago, Andrew Mallyon will ride Considered while Newman partners stablemate Moscow Circus.
&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a swimmer and she&rsquo;ll skip through the ground really well,&rsquo;&rsquo; he said.
&ldquo;She was good in Sydney, she beat those horses as you&rsquo;d hope at Highway level going into Country Championships so she&rsquo;s in it up to her ears.&rdquo;
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Matthew Dunn on Arctic Legend: &ldquo;He was disappointing (at Murwillumbah last time) but that was a fill in run. His run on Magic Millions Day was great and that was strong enough. He&rsquo;ll be ridden a bit more conservatively so he can do a bit better and I reckon he&rsquo;ll love the ground too.&rdquo;
On Yendy: &ldquo;She was pretty good at Port Macquarie, she probably ended up in the worst part of the track and the stablemate was too good for her. Whether she has quite got the quality some of the others have I&rsquo;m not sure but she will go forward and give herself a chance.&rdquo;
On Moscow Circus: &ldquo;She&rsquo;ll love soft ground, she did a good job at Port Macquarie because that track was reasonably firm and she got through it well. She came away from them after doing a bit of work and was strong late so the 1400m will be good for her.&rdquo;

Dunn chases 3 Country Championship Qualifiers in a row

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<td>The Matt Dunn-trained gelding was wayward in the straight under Ben Melham and made contact with odds-on favourite Ninja on several occasions, prompting jockey Tommy Berry to lodge a protest on behalf of connections. While stewards took their time to consider the interference and deliberate over the result, they could not be satisfied that the contact cost Ninja the race and dismissed the objection. For Dunn, the lucrative win was one to savour and came after a string of near misses with the son of Shamus Award. Torque To Be Sure had run minor placings in five of his 10 starts prior to Saturday. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been a frustration and I&rsquo;m lucky I&rsquo;ve got a very patient ownership group in him,&rdquo; Dunn said. &ldquo;But look what he did today, he&rsquo;s certainly always had the talent and he did a wonderful job. &ldquo;The sky is the limit, who knows what he can do. &ldquo;We probably should&rsquo;ve finished right next to Ninja two starts ago when Ninja nearly shoved him through the inside fence so maybe that was a square up late today. &ldquo;They ($3 million races) are special, especially when you have a maiden going into them. &ldquo;This week is incredible and it&rsquo;s getting bigger, it&rsquo;s a wonderful carnival.&rdquo; Dunn combined with Neil Jenkinson to buy Torque To Be Sure for $260,000 out of the Attunga Stud draft at the 2024 Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The duo partnered on four yearlings during Book 1 of the 2026 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, including a colt and a filly by Harry Angel. Melham said Torque To Be Sure&rsquo;s win was full of merit, despite the interference in the concluding stages of the race. &ldquo;He is a horse that can do a little bit wrong as we saw but he was dominant today I felt,&rdquo; Melham said. &ldquo;He was a bit wayward but he had a margin on the second horse.&rdquo; The win advanced Torque To Be Sure&rsquo;s career earnings to just shy of $2 million. Crash The Party finished fourth in the race and, in addition to $135,000 prizemoney, picked up $162,500 as the first of the horses eligible for the Magic Millions Racing Women Bonus past the post. Icarian Dream (7th &ndash; $50,000), Hi Barbie (9th &ndash; $25,000) and Norty Forty (16th &ndash; $12,500) also picked up Magic Millions Racing Women bonuses for their female connections.</td>
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Oh So Sure

<div class="author">Kat Webster - Sunday December 7</div>
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It was yet another big win for Peters Investments in a Perth major!
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The gifts of Bob Peters as a breeder were on full display once again as&nbsp;Cosmic Crusader, his five year old son of Maurice (JPN), powered to victory in the $1.5million G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) over the gallant Railway winner&nbsp;Watch Me Rock&nbsp;(Awesome Rock) in an pulsating&nbsp; finish to the last G1 of the Australian racing year.
The win was an emotional one for trainer Michael Grantham as it brought up the first G1 success of his training career.
It was even more emotional for Cosmic Crusader's jockey Clint Johnston-Porter, riding with a heavy heart after the sad passing of his grandfather overnight.
Ever the professional, Johnston-Porter gave $6 chance Cosmic Crusader a perfect ride, and the horse cleared out from his opposition in the straight after the 1800m contest was run at a very genuine pace.
Only one challenger was able to emerge from the chasers, and it was the Railway Stakes winner Watch Me Rock ($12), attempting to become only the fifth horse in history to do the Railway / Northerly G1 double.
He almost got there.
The ever so honest son of Awesome Rock produced his customary burst of acceleration for Nash Rawiller, and set about chasing Cosmic Crusader down.&nbsp;
The two exciting gallopers had kicked well clear of the pack and had the race to themselves at the last, with Cosmic Crusader hanging tough to defeat his gallant rival by a head and give Johnston-Porter his second G1 win, after the hoop piloted Port Lockroy to success in the Railway Stakes last year.
Evergreen warhorse and Railway runner up&nbsp;Western&nbsp;Empire&nbsp;(Iffraaj) was well in the market at $7 and rattled home for third, giving trainers Grant and Alana Williams both placegetters in the Ascot feature.&nbsp;
Western Empire, who ran second in 2021 when the race was still known as the Kingston Town Classic, was almost five lengths in arrears of the first two though!
The best of the eastern staters were Chris Waller&rsquo;s $60-1 shot&nbsp;Osipenko&nbsp;(Pierro) who had crossed from a wide gate and raced on the hot speed, sticking on mightily to hold fourth narrowly from the Archibald stable&rsquo;s&nbsp;Depth Of Character&nbsp;(Deep Field).
Punters had put a stack of money on Ciaron Maher&rsquo;s quality Hellbent mare&nbsp;Vivy Air,&nbsp;but Vivy left her winning form in Sydney.
She was far from disgraced, finishing in the tight bunch of horses battling for the minor money which also included roughies&nbsp;In&nbsp;Good Order&nbsp;(American Pharoah) and&nbsp;Admiration Express&nbsp;(My Admiration)
The disappointment of the race was the $2.40 favourite, Dan Morton&rsquo;s undefeated three year old&nbsp;King Of Light&nbsp;(Earthlight), who was twelve lengths off them as they approached the home turn.&nbsp;
This time, the exciting galloper could not produce that exhilarating turn of foot which has quickly become his trademark. He never got going at all and finished well down the track.&nbsp;
In retrospect, jockey William Pike's post-race comment about the horse being uncharacteristically &ldquo;agitated&rdquo; before his incredible WA Guineas win a fortnight ago might have been some indication that King Of Light was coming to the end of it for this prep, and that he put everything he had left into making that Guineas win happen - but hindsight is a gift as they say!
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Cosmic Crusader&rsquo;s stunning performance left little doubt that the gelding would have gone close in Ascot&rsquo;s famous mile feature had he started.
Unlucky not to gain a run in the big one, the handsome son of Maurice recorded a facile victory in the G3 Listed WATC Carbine Club over 1400m last Saturday as some small consolation.
But it&rsquo;s all academic now, because he&rsquo;s a G1 winner!
&ldquo;It makes you wonder what might have happened in the previous race," said a pleased owner/breeder Peters.
"It's very good to win this race."
Bob is used to collecting big wins.
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&nbsp;Michael Grantham was a bit more jubilant!
"I don't know how to explain how I'm feeling," said the delighted trainer of his first taste of G1 glory.
"It's more the horse has done it.
I shouldn't say it's another race, because it's not like that -&nbsp; but it's another race. I'll be the same person I was coming into this race.
It's a massive team effort. People do this week after week in Sydney and Melbourne and it hasn't hit me yet!&rdquo;
It was obviously a bittersweet moment for winning jockey Johnston-Porter.&nbsp;
"My Grandad passed away last night so it's pretty special winning this," he said.
"I knew my Pop was carrying me across the line. I thought I was the one getting in the horse's way for a few runs this prep.
&ldquo;I've always thought he was a good animal. I was gutted when he won the Carbine Club. I thought he should have won the Railway that day, so for me to get it right today is pretty special."
The patiently handled Cosmic Crusader advances his record to 8 wins and 4 placings from 16 starts, with career earnings now topping $1.2 million.
Foaled in New Zealand, Cosmic Crusader is the seventh G1 winner among 34 stakes winners to date for Arrowfield's outstanding stallion Maurice.
The winner of six G1 races at home and abroad including the Hong Kong Mile, Hong Kong Cup and Champions Mile, Japan's 2015 HOTY is a remarkably versatile sire.
&nbsp;His Australian G1 winners include the&nbsp; VRC /ATC&nbsp; Derby /Australian Guineas hero Hitotsu, and the elite sprinter and Doomben 10,000 winner Mazu!
Cosmic Crusader is the best of two winners from the classy Street Sense (USA) mare&nbsp;Cosmic&nbsp;Storm, who was also bred and raced by Bob Peters, winning seven races including the G3 WATC&nbsp; La Trice Classic.
While in New Zealand, Cosmic Storm was served by Windsor Park Stud stallion Charm Spirit. The resulting filly foal was named Cosmic Spirit and is also trained by Grantham. She has had three starts for two wins and a third
Cosmic Storm is a half sister to dual Melbourne GI winner Superstorm and SW Mikimototo, and a full sister to SW Royal Command, being from the multiple Group winner&nbsp;Stormy Nova,&nbsp;a daughter of the great broodmare sire Metal Storm.
Her five stakes wins included the G3 WATC Champion Fillies Stakes, G3 Ernest Lee-Steere Classic and G2 Yallambee Classic in Adelaide.
Stormy Nova was originally owned by Peters Investments, but bred her last three foals for Oakland Park Stud, where the grand old mare sadly passed away last year.
Stormy Nova continued her winning ways as a broodmare, with all of her ten foals making it to the track, nine of them winners and four stakes winners - but there might be one more to come!
Her final foal was a royally bred colt by Too Darn Hot, who failed to meet his $400,000 reserve at the 2024 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale and was retained by Oakland Park, who head his ownership group which includes Ciaron Maher Racing.
Named&nbsp;Too Darn Stormy&nbsp;and racing out of the Dan Morton stable, the youngster showed a heap of promise in his two winter starts.
He displayed a fine turn of foot and won impressively on debut, with this season's brilliant stakes winning filly Playin'it Sweet behind him in third place.
Cosmic Crusader&rsquo;s dam&nbsp;Cosmic Storm&nbsp;like her mum won the La Trice Classic, and was also victorious in the Listed Belmont Oaks among her four black type wins.
Stormy Nova's dam&nbsp;Pro&nbsp;Challenge&nbsp;was sired by the Mr Prospector son Protos, like Metal Storm an enduring source of quality in the WA broodmare population.
She too was a talented race mare, stakes placed and a reliable producer of seven winners but Stormy Nova was her standout offspring.
Pro Challenge was one of only three foals from her dam&nbsp;Carousel Challenge, and all were winners.
This female line is Colonial family 10 tracing to the taproot mare&nbsp;Betty, sired in the early days of NSW settlement by the famous Arabian stallion Hector out of the imported&nbsp;Old Betty.
Betty founded a successful and prolific family and her line continues strong in the West, notably through her descendant&nbsp;Todvega, daughter&nbsp;Vegahoney&nbsp;and grand daughter&nbsp;La Volta.
Like Cosmic Crusader, they descend from&nbsp;Fine Pim,&nbsp;a daughter of the longtime champion WA sire Sansofine who got four winners of the Railway Stakes and became an elite broodmare sire.&nbsp;
Stakes winners Terevega, Solemn, Honeywine, Priority Road, Balfine, Rodin, Coastwatch, Raf Attack, Catch A Fire, Seaburge, Leica Falcon, Mighty Boss, Bodacious Harmony, Zloties, Brave Mead and Pinito are of this family.
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Cosmic Crusader is bred
Northern Dancer 5m x 5m
Mr Prospector x5m,5m
His damsire Street Sense was a sensation on the track becoming the first ever colt to take the Breeders Cup Juvenile / Kentucky Derby double.&nbsp;
The son of breedshaper Street Cry from the family of Danehill Dancer has been just as good at stud with 13 G1 winners to date.
Street Sense shuttled to Australia and Japan for Darley, and his G1 winners from his time in Oz were Golden Rose hero and successful sire Hallowed Crown, Doomben 10,000 winner Sense Of Occasion and the elite mares Politeness and Dixie Blossoms.
Street Sense is the damsire of the ill fated champion Roaring Lion.
His Australian G1 winning sons were out of a Zabeel mare (Sense Of Occasion) and from the immediate family of Zabeel (Hallowed Crown) - so easy to see the appeal of Maurice for the mare, as that stallion is out of a daughter of Zabeel's close relative Carnegie.&nbsp;
One of the most notable aspects of Stormy Nova's pedigree was her 4f x 5f breeding to the excellent son of My Babu, Milesian. His family (22-a) is one to which Maurice's damline is extensively linebred including via a line to Primero, the full brother to Milesian's second dam Athasi.
In fact much of Cosmic Crusader's pedigree is built around the affinities between the various branches of the 22 family, including Street Sense himself (22b), and Petingo (the all important grandsire of Street Cry's dam Helen Street) to name but two.
Another fantastic nick is Cosmic Storm's dual lines to Delta Judge - his daughters produced both Street Sense's damsire Dixieland Band and her own second damsire Protos.
Delta Judge is a close relation of Roberto, the tail male ancestor of Maurice.&nbsp;
Cosmic Storm carries sex balanced lines to Blue Hen&nbsp;Costa Sola&nbsp;by Worden, the ancestress of Street Cry and dam of Sun Prince - her fifth dam was sired by his son Moon Sammy.&nbsp;
Maurice brings multiple lines of Worden's close relative Norseman
Cosmic Crusader is linebred to Halo,his dam&nbsp;Cosmah&nbsp;and her half sister&nbsp;Natalma&nbsp;as well as to Halo's sire Hail To Reason, to whom Metal Storm is a relation, though distant.&nbsp;
His pedigree also creates duplications of His Majesty and Riverman and through the latter's sire Never Bend and Sadler's Wells, to Blue Hen&nbsp;Lalun.
Bob Peters has had plenty of faith in the mating of Maurice over Cosmic Storm and she has a 2YO colt by him called&nbsp;Cosmic Icon&nbsp;and then lost a filly by him, before missing to him last year.
That faith has been justified with Cosmic Crusader's quantum leap from Listed winner to G1 WFA glory, and it will be fascinating to see what challenge this exciting galloper will meet next!
Could an Australian Cup campaign be on the cards?
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New G1 Winner for Maurice - Cosmic Crusader Wins G1 Northerly

Both Golden Decade and Without Parallel travelled to Sydney on Wednesday night, their usual pre-race routine and have arrived safely, in great condition, and ready to go.
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy with both horses going into The Kosciuszko tomorrow,&rdquo; said trainer Matthew Dunn. &ldquo;I think the barrier draw was kind to both horses and their racing patterns, and any overnight weather might be the difference between them. If the predicted rain arrives, the mare will be aided by that, and if the rain doesn&rsquo;t come, Golden Decade will get his preferred firm ground.&rdquo;
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Matthew added:
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&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very strong edition of the race and I hope both horses run to their best &mdash; and they&rsquo;ll need to &mdash; to figure in the money for their owners and slot holders.&rdquo;
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<h3 data-start="1004" data-end="1050">Good Luck to Our Kosciuszko Contenders</h3>
GOLDEN DECADE Owners: Phillip &amp; Maxine Jacobsen Slot Holder: Andrew Brown
WITHOUT PARALLEL Owners: David Dick &amp; Andrew Dunneman Slot Holder: Bill Cowdery
We&rsquo;ll be cheering loudly trackside and from the lounge room &mdash; and we hope to see your happy faces on course or on the big screen as we chase a share of the $2 million in this year&rsquo;s Kosciuszko.
Good luck to all involved!

Let's scale the Kosciuzko

We are very fortunate to train for some outstanding syndicators, and the results at Murwillumbah on Tuesday were a great example of their value to not only to us, but to the broader racing industry.
Three of the four winners on the day were owned by syndicators, showcasing the important role they play in making ownership accessible and enjoyable.
<h3 data-start="587" data-end="611"><a href="https://cdn2.prism.horse/media/85b66ef0379945cfb107dc1fc8e88636.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://www.prism.horse/api/public/image/a8d8f4a6b39443289fcbcc7fe441ddcd.jpg" alt="" width="675" height="379" /></a> Looking for a Horse?</h3>
If we don&rsquo;t currently have a horse that suits you or matches what you&rsquo;re looking for, we&rsquo;re always happy to recommend one of the syndicators who regularly race horses with our stable.
Below are a few of our trusted partners and their websites:
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<h4 data-start="868" data-end="923"> <a class="decorated-link" href="https://www.vivaracing.com.au/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="876" data-end="921">Viva Racing</a></h4>
Mitch Lowe Mitch is our largest syndicator by number, with a familiar face and set of colours.
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<h4 data-start="1055" data-end="1127"> <a class="decorated-link" href="https://www.toplinethoroughbreds.com/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="1063" data-end="1125">Topline Thoroughbreds</a></h4>
Tony Carroll Tony is a great bloke to enjoy a horse with and brings a wealth of experience to horse ownership.
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<h4 data-start="1249" data-end="1314"> <a class="decorated-link" href="https://edgethoroughbreds.com.au/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="1257" data-end="1312">Edge Thoroughbreds</a></h4>
Brendan Nelson While relatively new to syndication, Brendan has been involved in ownership for some time. A double in their colours&nbsp;yesterday proves they&rsquo;re off to a flying start.
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<h4 data-start="1509" data-end="1580"> <a class="decorated-link" href="https://www.dreamthoroughbreds.com.au/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="1517" data-end="1578">Dream Thoroughbreds</a></h4>
David Azzopardi David has a number of promising horses across Australia - including a debut winner for us yesterday.
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<h3 data-start="1712" data-end="1726"> Final Word</h3>
We&rsquo;re proud to work with syndicators who make ownership accessible, exciting, and successful. Whether you're a first-time owner or looking to expand your portfolio, these teams know how to do it right.

Trainer Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Prize Money	Strike Rate	Starts
Chris Waller	368	338	330	288	277	$80,743,231.00	13.96%	2636
Ciaron Maher	322	297	295	261	238	$56,997,257.00	14.13%	2279
Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	215	212	173	172	158	$21,759,115.00	13.87%	1550
Annabel & Rob Archibald	209	183	168	154	151	$16,128,614.75	14.58%	1433
Tony Gollan	208	204	161	148	113	$15,995,557.00	17.02%	1222
Bjorn Baker	130	92	86	75	77	$20,033,743.00	16.95%	767
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	128	113	79	72	85	$17,980,766.00	17.46%	733
Matthew Dunn	127	107	66	61	63	$6,718,648.00	20.00%	635
Kris Lees	123	123	113	102	100	$10,200,209.00	12.62%	975
Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr	116	113	77	93	68	$14,496,920.00	15.05%	771
Michael Freedman	108	100	76	75	56	$12,965,325.00	18.15%	595
Anthony & Sam Freedman	102	104	80	76	63	$11,727,362.50	15.29%	667
Phillip Stokes	97	101	76	82	66	$9,111,660.50	13.78%	704
Chris & Corey Munce	95	59	69	70	61	$6,317,041.00	17.63%	539
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman	95	103	99	72	75	$12,666,210.00	13.40%	709
Mark Currie	93	69	53	32	58	$2,707,360.00	20.85%	446
Tony & Calvin McEvoy	90	65	61	54	48	$14,008,615.50	18.95%	475
Grant & Alana Williams	87	65	36	33	25	$6,567,501.50	21.86%	398
Matthew Smith	86	76	97	80	80	$6,785,920.00	13.21%	651
Michael Grantham	85	48	51	33	35	$5,383,426.00	21.41%	397

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