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FRIDAY MAY 18, 2012
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| Well done to John Warren and Harry Herbert from Highclere Thoroughbreds who have syndicated the Dante Stakes winner Bonfire overnight. BonfireBest this morning were Star Thoroughbred's Solitarian who impressed Mark Newnham when working over 1000m. Mark commented "it was very good work."Blake Shinn was delighted with 2yo filly Rex Is A Star who he commented is "flying at present." The filly will... MORE |
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FRIDAY MAY 18, 2012
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| This time of year can be pretty frustrating for anyone trying to program his or her horses. Owners and trainers alike are often left scratching their heads as they try find that elusive three year old race. Battant (Flying Spur x Snipify) won his maiden yesterday and he can now head to Saturday city class - and with the ease he won yesterday, he could - but if I want to take him through the... MORE |
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THURSDAY MAY 17, 2012
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| Today at Canterbury we saw two very smart horses from my stable. A while back, not many would have thought Battant (Flying Spur x Snipify) would win a race in the city, let alone smash a long-standing class record. I love horses that deceive the average eye and Battant is exactly that. As a young horse he was rather plain and a tad gawky, and I may have called him a pig's ear but this... MORE |
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TUESDAY MAY 15, 2012
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| Much is happening at head quarters at the moment but this time I mean in regards to Racing NSW. It's amazing the way people waste money and it's quite remarkable how the funds that were so hardly fought for, will seemingly dissipate. The latest thing is to extend minor prize money to pay down to tenth, with the reasoning being to get bigger fields. Well that won't achieve anything and... MORE |
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MONDAY MAY 14, 2012
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| Photographer Katrina Partridge captured that winning feeling on film when the great mare More Joyous won the great Randwick mile, the Group 1 BMW Doncaster Handicap. Gai Waterhouse Racing Manager Bruce Slade, and stable foreman John Livingstone and Ranjeet Singh were amongst the excited Tulloch Lodge team. This is how they got her home: MORE |
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FRIDAY MAY 11, 2012
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| It seems summer has come at last. Well Damien tells me that only three days have been hotter during summer than the past couple of days. It really has been blissful being out and about. I've been all over the place today and it all began at the track. The mighty Star Thoroughbreds mare Teardrop Rock (Fastnet Rock x Satin'n'Silk) has commenced pace work and is going super. I use the... MORE |
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