With the Grafton Carnival in full swing Grafton trainer Vanessa McLennan decided to head further afield in search of easier pickings and with fruitful results.
Following unsuccessful trips to Port Macquarie and Ipswich it was the trip to Inver...
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Maclean Cup Day Wrap
The final day of the Grafton Cup Carnival the Maclean Cup Day was bitterly cold and only the stupid or the broke braved the conditions to go racing.
Grafton trainer John Shelton was feeling no pain after Hayley's Rocket overcame a very tough r...
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Ramornie & Cup Day Wraps
Ramornie and Grafton Cup days have traditionally been very tough days for the locals to win a race but this year a Grafton trained horse managed to win a race on each of the two main days.
Ramornie Day was looking a little bleak until the fina...
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South Cup Day Wrap
South Grafton Cup day proved to be a wonderful day for the locals with three of the seven winners prepared by Grafton based trainers.
The day started well with the John Shelton trained Fictional Force scoring a final stride victory in the Clas...
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Prelude Day Wrap
As the seekers once sang " The carnival is over" and it now time to reflect on the training performances of Grafton based trainers over the carnival.
Day one of the carnival Prelude Day saw Grafton trainers produce two winners.
The featur...
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Dubious Decision
As we move towards the July Racing Carnival it is the appropriate time to review the form of the Grafton Trainers at recent meetings.
Firstly the pick up meeting in May and Grafton trainer and jockey combination of Wayne Lawson and Jodi Worley...
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Empire Strikes Back
Elder statesman trainer Jim Herriot was to the fore at the Grafton meeting on Saturday when he was able to win with the only horses he has been racing in Ottoman Empire.
Ridden by Jodi Worley Ottoman Empire was labelled urgent out of the gates...
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Five Rings Two Wins
Team Henley have never been afraid to head across the border in search of a winner and last Saturday was no exception.
Whilst most Grafton trainers had runners at the local meeting Fleur Henley headed to the Poly at the Gold Coast with a coupl...
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Twist Of Fate
They say that luck is a fortune in racing but from my experience at least it seems that there is abundantly more bad luck than good.
Grafton based trainer Vanessa McLennan has certainly had her share of both in recent weeks.
The late canc...
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Third Time Lucky
Last week was a week that most Grafton based trainers would well and truly like to put behind them following two separate attempts to conduct a meeting on their home track unfortunately thwarted by the weather.
Nevertheless it was time to head...
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