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Zach Perton rides Giga Kick in TJ Smith

Champion jockey Zach Perton will compete on the Giga Kick in Group 1 of the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m). Purton made the announcement on social media on Wednesday evening. He was originally granted permission from the Hong Kong Jockey Club to ride Arturius in the race, but his plans changed. Purton revealed that Arturius, who

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Opinion: Russians suffer under Putin. Will they ever kick him out?

What punishment will the Russians suffer? About a thousand Russian soldiers die every day in Ukraine. Victory is not in sight, and tens of thousands more, perhaps even hundreds of thousands, will die before the end of the war. The economy is bursting at the seams, living standards are steadily declining, young professionals are either

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Lunar New Year celebrations kick off in Brisbane

Thousands of people gathered in Brisbane on Saturday 21 January to mark the start of the Lunar New Year, which falls on Sunday. Footage posted to Twitter shows the group performing a traditional lion dance. A source said the video was filmed in Fortitude Valley, a suburb of the city. This year marks the Year

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Minor kick delays return of 2021 Caulfield Cup winner

Players will have to wait a little longer to see the return of 2021 Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise. Incentivize has not raced since the gelding was recuperating from long-standing leg injuries when he was second to champion mare Verry Ellegant in that year’s Melbourne Cup. Stayer began to prepare for a return to racing, but

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UK rail strikes kick off wave of holiday strikes

British Railways on Tuesday a two-day national strike broke out, setting off a month-long strike involving nurses and passport control workers that could spell Christmas woe for millions. Passengers at rush hour faced a struggle to get to work, while many chose to stay at home as thousands of members of the country’s largest railway

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