Tara Talks Racing - The Christmas Episode

Craig Tompson - Monday December 22

A quickie to end the year and wish our listeners a very happy Christmas as we pick apart the Magic Millions contenders that have jumped out of the woodwork in the past week, who do we like heading into the Christmas break?

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Three impressive debut winners last weekend - Lumbini, Warwoven and Unit Five - see what we think of them and what we see as the top seed for the $3million MM 2YO Classic on January 17 !

Some pretty happy owners heading into Christmas!

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