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A pattern that can’t be denied

If you were given the choice between a mare bred on the Bletchingly (Biscay)-Vain (Wilkes) cross or one bred on the Metal Storm (Kenmare)-What A Guest (Be My Guest) cross, it would likely be a no-brainer. Everyone would plump for the former. Not so fast. Bear with me because our subject has both, with the... Read More

Sirileo Miss (AUS)

Sirileo Miss (AUS) 3 f Pride Of Dubai – She’s Sirius by Galileo O: Mr S W Wilde, Mrs L M Bryant, Mr G M Bryant, Mrs C M Douglas, Forty-One Fullbacks, Mr T J Wilson, Mrs S L Wilson, Mr W D Douglas, Armsville, Mr G W O’Meara, Mr S S O’Meara, Mr G... Read More

Bivouac

We all know the definition of insanity as stated by Albert Einstein: Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.  Yet with all due respect to the man, mentioned in dispatches as being no midweek maiden above the shoulders, doing the same thing repeatedly and seeing the same result isn’t necessarily a... Read More

Scobie Breasley – Best of all?

Arthur Edward “Scobie” Breasley (1914–2006) is generally described as the greatest of the Australian jockeys who had sustained and remarkable success in England, Ireland and France from the 1900s to 1970s – the group we’ve dubbed The Incomparables. My view is that distinction should possibly sit with Rae “Togo” Johnstone who rode 51 Group 1... Read More

12 for Air Force Blue

New first season sire winners Air Force Blue  First season sire Air Force Blue (War Front) recorded his 12th individual winner on Wednesday when Ablah (2 f ex Here Comes Lucinda by Dixieland Band) landed a six-furlong nursery on Dundalk’s all-weather track. Air Force Blue, who has his first two-year-olds in Australia this season, will... Read More

Johnny Get Angry (NZ)

Johnny Get Angry (NZ) 3 g Tavistock – Luminova by Zabeel O: Denis Pagan B: Greenwich Stud Pty Ltd T: Denis Pagan S: 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale V: Bradbury Park P: Malua Racing / Flemington Bloodstock, NZ$50,000 W: Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m), October 31, Flemington There were so many angles to... Read More