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ZAMEX looked like he’d lasted but Future Event arrived late as today’s $38,000 Riverview Hotel Murwillumbah Cup (1530m) finished in a dead heat. Both “winning” trainers thought they had won. Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn felt Zamex might have lasted to win him his second home town Cup while Gold Coast trainer John Zielke thought hisMore info

TAILLEVENT speared to one of his best wins when the Gold Coaster won today’s $28,000 TURSA Employment & Training Murwillumbah Newmarket Handicap (1200m). Trained by Bruce Hill, to give the former Kiwi trainer a running double for the day, Taillevent blasted past his opposition for a stirring win over fellow Gold Coast gelding, Lucky Tom.More info

GOLD Coast trainer Bruce Hill pulled the right rein when Ecker Road burst to a dominant win in today’s $20,000 Murwillumbah Cellars Benchmark 58 Handicap (1100m). Hill did accept with him in the Class 1 1200m where he had the 59kg topweight. However he elected to run in the shorter (1100m) B58 and despite havingMore info

MATT Dunn went one, two, three for the second time on Murwillumbah Cup day as he dominated the first half of the 2018 Riverview Hotel Murwillumbah Cup meeting. After landing the quinella in the first race and then the trifecta in the second the Murwillumbah trainer claimed the trifecta in the fourth when Indian RocksMore info

CROOKED Gent swooped to win today’s $20,000 Australian Bitumen Services Class 1 Handicap (1200m) for his veteran Casino trainer. Leo Clapham, 75, celebrated the second career win of his five-year-old gelding, who surged home from second last to beat Duke Of Frederick by a half length with Conquers All a neck away third. Crooked GentMore info

MATT Dunn improved on his first race quinella at Murwillumbah today by going one better in the second. The Murwillumbah trainer claimed a trifecta, first starter Pirlo beating Rock “N” Roll Music by a half head with Trestrail three lengths away third in the $20,000 Brims Concrete Eva Smith Memorial Maiden Handicap (1200m). It wasMore info