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Company ‘loss carry back’ can refund tax now!
In the tax world, like fashion, often the timeless “everything old is new again” quote applies. Such is the case for the company ‘loss carry back’ rules. These rules were first introduced in the 2012 budget, however their benefits were, regrettably, short lived as they were repealed from the 2014 tax year. Recognising that these... Read More
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Synchronize (NZ)
Synchronize (NZ) 2 f Savabeel – Splits by O’Reilly O: Te Akau Flexibeel Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) B: Waikato Stud T: Jamie Richards S: NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1, V: Waikato Stud, P: David Ellis, $280,000 W: Pearl Series Race, 1050m, March 31, Matamata The Jamie Richards-trained Synchronize (Savabeel) made an impressive... Read More
Stay Inside
If you take an only sometimes fertile, thousand-dollar mare and put her with a misfiring first season stallion and get her in foal, that’s a result, right? If you can then sell the mare for $90,000, you’d be clicking your heels. But if the product of that mating goes on to win the most influential... Read More
“The future belongs to those who plan for it”
Tony McEvoy celebrated his 60th birthday, in his hometown of Streaky Bay, last Sunday. That birthday milestone would spell imminent retirement in most professions. Not if you are a racehorse trainer. McEvoy-Mitchell Racing remains very much in the now and with an eye to the future which he explained, appropriately enough, from the hut atop... Read More
After Dubai all eyes are on the Osaka Hai
Forget Dubai – at least for a moment – the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Gr 1, 1200m) at Chukyo was last weekend’s standout race. Danon Smash (Lord Kanaloa) edged the crack filly Resistencia (Daiwa Major) in Japan’s springtime sprint showpiece, with top-class miler Indy Champ (Stay Gold) enjoying his new beat in third. As the trio flashed... Read More
Three for American Pharoah
American Pharoah Coolmore shuttle stallion American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) sired his third Australian winner when Patton (2 c ex Tsaritsa by Dane Shadow) broke his maiden on debut at Pakenham on Thursday. The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained youngster landed the 1200-metre maiden by one and a quarter lengths under Craig Williams. Runner-up Realised... Read More