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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Shelton Shines
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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Rioli Breaks Through
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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Shelton Is Flying
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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Tyranny Takes Control
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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Sandy A Good Selection
Lismore Cup day has often proven to be a happy hunting ground for Grafton based trainers over the years and last Thursday was no exception with Andy Parramore bringing home the bacon with Canexcell in the Maiden 1200m.
The win is one that woul...
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Tobasco Gets Hotter
It was a huge day for Grafton trained horses on Monday with four of the eight races going to Grafton prepared runners.
First celebrating was team Shelton when Tobasco continued his hot run of form to made it three on the bounce when he won the...
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Four For Jule’s
John Shelton is having a great start to the new season and that run continued at the Ballina race meeting yesterday.
Marred by rain throughout the day many thought the meeting may not even start and after the first couple of races getting to r...
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Crafty Victory
Weekend racing returned to Grafton last Saturday with the running of the Coutts Crossing Cup however whilst Grafton was not able to bring home the prize in the feature event of the day there was one stable celebrating after the running of the Maide...
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The Heat Is On
They say "when you're hot your hot and when you're not your not".
Just at the moment no stable in Grafton is hotter when it comes to training winners than the John Shelton camp.
The new season is just a month old and Shelton has already r...
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