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Tough as teak gelding Larynx will soon raise the baton on 50 starts and top $200000 in earnings but not before potentially adding the Cowra Cup (1280m) to his win tally at Orange on Sunday. Born and bred at Gooree, the son of the Mudgee nursery's Group 1 winning sprinter Your Song, is closing on his eighth win and/or 28th podium finish at his 48th…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gunnedah and Moruya. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 6, No.9: SKYFORGER The three-year-old has been runner-up at three of…

Trainer Jason Coyle will return to one of his happiest grounds on Sunday on 500 not out and eager to up his tally via the promising debutant Sweetpea Moochi at Nowra. Coyle brought up his milestone 500th winner at Canberra 10 days ago when Impressiero edged his way to a clear first victory in a maiden. "Besides my 12 months with Patinack, which was…

Matthew Dunn is hoping it will be smooth sailing for comeback galloper Sagacious when he steps out in the Ballina Cup Prelude at Murwillumbah on Tuesday. This week marks the 37th anniversary of the gelding's namesake's overall win in the Sydney To Hobart yacht race. Sagacious, the four legged one, was forced into dock for some repairs after winning…

Punters will have the first leg of the quaddie locked in if The Everest and Royal Ascot form holds up on Sunday at Sapphire Coast. Goulburn trainer Danny Williams does the honours via the raw but talented Prince Nicconi whose CV includes a third to his giant-killer stablemate Shelby Sixtysix. Not only is Shelby Sixtysix a Group 1 winner, but he is…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Beaumont and Grafton. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 6, No.12: VELVET LADY A John Ramsey-trained…

Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse train The Milkybar Kid. Picture: Toby Zerna Co-trainer Adrian Bott has kept the door open for The Milkybar Kid to back-up on Saturday after shortest priced favourite since Winx came out on top in the first two-horse race in Sydney for more than a decade. A long list of scratchings saw the promising stayer go around at…