Magnus' Front Page and News Girl Dominate Betting for The Kosciuszko

Mark Smith - Thursday July 9

A rush trip across the border to Corowa with his star performers Front Page and News Girl could well pay off for trainer Geoff Duryea as the brother-sister combination have been elevated to favourite and equal third favourite respectively for the $1,300,000 The Kosciuszko at Randwick in October.

Front Page dominates betting for The Kosciuszko

Both were having a let-up in Victoria but with the closing of the NSW-Victoria border looming, Duryea returned them to his stables at Corowa.

With the news that Snitz will not run, Front Page is as short as $4.50 for The Kosciuszko while News Girl is quoted at $11.

Both are in fine form. Front Page created a huge excitement with his two and three-quarter romp in the Listed A.R. Creswick Stakes at Flemington while News Girl was runner-up in the Group III Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield in February before winning at Caulfield in May and was most recently fifth behind the promising Tavisan over 1100 metres at Caulfield.

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Out of the Bel Esprit mare, Stacey Lee, Front Page and News Girl are fine representatives of the quality of horse produced by Sun Stud’s top-class stallion Magnus.

No guess work needed by breeders here. With four Group 1 winning millionaires and at least one stakes-winner in each of his first eight crops, the son of Flying Spur is a no-brainer at a fee of $15,400 in 2020.  

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