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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
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“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
Biscayne Bay (AUS)
Biscayne Bay (Aus) 2 f Sebring – Fratianne by Lonhro O: Sun Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: Ms M C Cheng) B: Widden Stud T: Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes S: 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Widden Stud P: Sun Bloodstock, $410,000 W: Two-Year-Old Fillies Handicap, 1300m, March 24, Sandown-Lakeside The Lindsay Park-trained... Read More
Daily Bugle
How fitting that a breeder who set himself up in the printing industry now has a horse making headlines by Press Statement (Hinchinbrook) called Daily Bugle? Ken Williams built his print business over several decades before selling out 20 years ago and buying the boutique Tarcoola Stud on the Mornington peninsula. He went from a... Read More