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Heather Poland was been rewarded for her hard work with Eckstein, combining with the talented when they combined for their first stakes win on Saturday.Poland went to the lead on Eckstein ($9) and held on to beat Candika ($11) by a half-neck with a head to the favourite Gibraltar Girl ($5) in the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.Originally from New Zealand, Poland was in Goulburn, NSW, before relocating to the Gold Coast recently.She has a top record on Eckstein having won races at Rosehill and Randwick on the filly in October.It was only my second ride at Eagle Farm and it is my first stakes win. But I am glad do win a big race on this filly. She is very tough, Poland said.Eckstein is trained by Polands partner Kurt Goldman who gave her most of the credit for the win.Heather has been with her on the Gold Coast and done all the work with her, Goldman said.Eckstein can be hard to handle but Heather knows her and that is why she rides her in her races.It was probably a bonus when the Mode Plate was called off last week because Eckstein didnt travel well and had been off her feed. But she picked up this week.Poland will retain the ride on Ecksetin, who has now won three of her six starts, and the pair could have even bigger rewards ahead.Goldman said Eckstein would stay on the Gold Coast and tackle either the Magic Millions Guineas or the Magic Millions fillies and mares race on January 14.The filly is likely to have her lead-up race in the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate on December 31.Meanwhile, trainer Matt Dunn would like to run three year old Realing in the Magic Millions Guineas but fears she wont have enough prize money to earn a start.Realing ($13) took his eligible prize money for the Guineas to $65,000 with his win.It is hard to say how much he will need. But it is worth considering running him in the Vo Rogue Plate in three weeks to chase some big prize money, Dunn said.Consistent mare Mystic Opal continued to reap the benefit of a perfect preparation with a win in the Cascade Handicap (1400m).You would like every horse in your stable to have the preparation he has had as it has been perfect, trainer Chris Anderson said.She overcame a few problems to win by nearly thee lengths today. We might even start thinking about the better races in the winter.Whitey Herzog Jersey . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. 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Hinch Jersey . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era.RIO DE JANEIRO -- With Olympic gold finally in hand, the pressure is squarely on Brazils senior team now.The home of Jogo Bonito is considered by many to be the most powerful soccer nation in the world. The Brazilians have won a record five World Cup titles, eight Copa America championships and now an Olympic gold medal -- at their home Olympics, no less.Now we need to look toward the future, said Rogerio Micale, the coach of Brazils Olympic team. Not only to the next match, but to the future of the national team.Brazil last won the World Cup in 2002. Although the Selecao has been competitive in every tournament since, the team was humiliated by a 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals at the last World Cup, which was also hosted by Brazil.Neymar, the national teams biggest star and a teammate of Lionel Messi at Barcelona, is the present, and expected leader of the team by the time the next World Cup comes around in Russia in 2018.The future is Gabriel Jesus and Gabigol, both 19-year-old strikers. Defenders Marquinhos and Rodrigo Caio, too.They all played at the Olympics and helped the team win gold, giving the host nation its biggest moment of the Rio de Janeiro Games and restoring some of its soccer pride.Since that devastating defeat against Germany two years ago, Brazil lost in tthe quarterfinals at the 2015 Copa America and then, playing without Neymar, was eliminated in the group stage at this years Copa America -- the South American continents biggest tournament.ddddddddddddAt the Olympics, Neymar was one of three overage exceptions for Brazil in a tournament for under-23 teams and served as the teams captain. He even wears the No. 10 made famous by Pele.Playing in the gold medal game at the iconic Maracana Stadium against Germany, Neymar scored the winning penalty kick -- and almost immediately broke into tears.The celebration wont last long, with a pair of World Cup qualifiers coming up against Ecuador and Colombia.Tite, the coach of Brazils senior national team, will announce his squad for those matches on Monday, with Gabriel Jesus and Gabigol among those expected to be named alongside national team veterans such as Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Oscar, Willian and Douglas Costa.I think we have a very good generation of players and I think that they can contribute a lot, Micale said. The seed has been planted.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '