Matthew Dale

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Fill The Page must fire or retire: Jones

David Polkinghorne Canberra Cup winner Fill The Page has three more runs to prove she still wants to race or she'll be put up for sale as a broodmare.

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Canberra sprinter serves up goods in Wagga Plate

Matt Malone Talented Canberra sprinter Unanimously recaptured his best form to claim a runaway victory in the $80,000 Wagga Town Plate.

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GWS syndicate dares to dream of Caviar

David Polkinghorne Could the next Black Caviar be on her way to the nation's capital to be trained by Matthew Dale?

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Appeal decisions stump stewards

David Polkinghorne Racing NSW is expected to appeal a decision by its own appeals panel.

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Payne's colt fulfils Slipper criteria with Opal win

David Polkinghorne David Payne wants to be the first trainer since Frank Cleary to pull off the Black Opal-Golden Slipper double.

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Canberra trainer says Unanimously is 'in mix'

David Polkinghorne Take out Ortensia and Barakey and Canberra trainer Matthew Dale thinks Unanimously would be a serious contender in the group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100 metres) at Caulfield on Saturday.

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From dawn to dusk and beyond, Dale blazes a trail

Mike Hedge A day in the life of Canberra's Matthew Dale is this week set to test any notion that the pressures on a modern racehorse trainer can be justified by the rewards available.

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Loy scores triple treat

David Polkinghorne A 16-year-old apprentice jockey brought up his 15th career winner with a treble at Canberra on Friday.

Jackpot Queen on mission to rediscover form of her youth

Tony White Former talented two-year-old Jackpot Queen makes her return to racing in Melbourne on Tuesday. Trained by Matthew Dale in Canberra, the Not A Single Doubt mare, which boasts four wins and two seconds...

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Bluff called as favourite backers feeling ill

David Polkinghorne Granite Bluff put a mystery illness behind him to return to the winners' list at Thoroughbred Park on Sunday.

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Capital comes out to play for Cup

David Polkinghorne It's called the race that stops the nation for a reason and the Canberra racing industry predictably shut down for a couple of minutes for the Melbourne Cup.

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Dale claims third strike

Matt Malone Canberra trainer Matthew Dale can lay claim to being king of the Snake Gully Cup after Lebrechaun provided him with his third win in the race at Gundagai on Friday.

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Nisbet loses Best As Zariz

David Polkinghorne WHILE the Canberra racing community was celebrating a Snake Gully Cup trifecta, John Nisbet was having a terrible day at the Gundagai carnival on Friday.

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Caprossa comes up trumps

David Polkinghorne Paul Jones has had a good weekend in Sydney. On Friday night, Caprossa saluted at Canterbury for the Canberra trainer, while Delabombell finished fourth at Rosehill on Saturday.

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Nisbet plans to go for gold between rides

Fleta Page Canberra jockey Kayla Nisbet has six rides at Thoroughbred Park on Tuesday, but come 3pm, the 18-year-old will be keeping as close an eye as any on the Melbourne Cup as she cheers for Tommy Berry on...

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Dale backs Gladius to shine on Flemington's big stage

David Polkinghorne As a happily married father of one, Matthew Dale will have eyes for only one filly at ladies' day at Flemington today.

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Best As Zariz tops class in Canberra

David Polkinghorne The mud might have kept the horses away, but it didn't stop the students from enjoying Canberra's first twilight meeting at Thoroughbred Park yesterday.

Cahill handed 12-month ban for race fixing

David Polkinghorne Top country jockey Mathew Cahill has been suspended for 12 months for conspiring to fix a race while aboard Canberra horse Astronomer at Goulburn in June.