It's In The Blood
Ameena
As the old saying goes, you love it when a plan comes together. But when a gamble pays off, it’s surely ten times better. Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson took a sizeable punt to seal a stallion deal on Tassort (Brazen Beau) after he’d had only two starts. Plenty of stallions have plenty more runs, mostly... Read More
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Geegees Mistruth
Here’s an idea for a new pop-up race, certain to captivate all the punters who wonder where so many of these names come from. And we mean so many. You take all the horses called Gee Gee something, all the Mishanis, all the Oakfields and all the Ausbreds, and they go in a series of... Read More
Cosmo Centaurus
Sometimes you can get stuck behind others in running and it ends up being OK. Mark Egge, a mixed businessman from Newcastle who dabbled with a mare or two, went online with his son and hobby breeding partner Lucas in 2020 to try to buy a Redoute’s Choice mare they had in mind. They got... Read More
I Am Famous
She may have a boy’s name – and not a real boy at that – but in terms of being a wonderful broodmare, Pinocchio (Encosta De Lago) appears to have proven herself the genuine article once again. The grey mare might also have a quite particular taste in stallions, and had an ordinary track record... Read More
Red Aces
Nick Ryan appears to have been rewarded for his bold outlay in buying Red Aces (Dundeel) – an early fancy for the VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) – and he may have rival trainer Anthony Freedman to thank. Ryan set a personal high in going to $380,000 to secure the colt at the Inglis Premier... Read More
C’Est Magique
Here’s something you might know about Neville Begg. He ran second to Tommy Smith in the Sydney trainers’ premiership no fewer than nine times. It could have exasperated a man of different mind. “Well, Tommy had a lot more horses than me, you see,” Begg tells It’s In The Blood. “I thought I was doing... Read More