First Season Sire Watch on Saturday

Tara Madgwick - Friday February 26

Wow, what can you say about these first season horses - metro winners last night for Maurice (Jpn) and Shalaa (IRE) – they just keep doing the job and with loads of runners all over Australia and New Zealand on Saturday it looks like more of the same today!

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Capitalist looks to have a strong hand with multiple chances in stakes races, while Shalaa’s big banger Shaqero is back in action following his Magic Millions 2YO Classic success.

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