Year: 2020

The final Grafton meeting for the year was transferred to Coffs Harbour last Sunday due to the extreme heat but it was not enough to stop Grafton trainers coming home with a couple of winners. First to taste success was  Andy Parramore when Fu Hao ...
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The only way to be sure that someone is reading your stories is to make a mistake or leave out a detail and this scribe did just that when reviewing the Grafton meeting last Tuesday worst part is he was chatting with the trainer after the race and ...
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With the CRJC preparing for its final race meeting of 2020 on Sunday it is the right time to report on racing at the last Grafton meeting. Scott Henley prepared his first winner since returning to the training caper when Boyles ridden by Antho...
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On this site in the past we have outlined the work Jason Reilly does in an attempt to purchase horses capable of winning a race in the NRRA area and he was up to his old tricks again at Lismore on Monday. Crypto Fiorelli had been to quite a fe...
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With Grafton racing again on Tuesday it is time to catch up with all the news from the Jacaranda Cup meeting. Whilst Murwillumbah based trainers stole the limelight winning five of the eight events Grafton based trainers were able to find thei...
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Melbourne Cup Week is the biggest week in Australian racing and Grafton trainers were out doing what they do best looking to train winners. At Coffs Harbour on Saturday it was Rip Sparkler prepared by Dan Want and ridden to perfection by Kirk ...
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It seems at the moment if you want to bowl a maiden over than John Shelton is the man to do the job. Shelton added to his already difficult task of placing his recent Maiden winners in suitable Class 1 races when Magic Smile scored an impressi...
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Whilst team Shelton continued on its winning way at Grafton yesterday it was not the only Grafton stable to be in the winners circle. Shane Everson was the first to celebrate when Rioli finally put his best foot forward to get the ju...
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There is no doubt that Grafton's number one stable John Shelton has been in white hot form since the start of the new season with winners coming everywhere and the last couple of weeks have been made even more interesting with three Maiden winners al...
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It was another successful day for the locals at the Grafton race meeting yesterday with two of the five winners going to Grafton based stables. The day started well for the Dwayne Schmidt yard when Define Tyranny proved too strong for his riva...
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