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Denis Pagan – racing’s left-field story of the year

Imagine if Troy Corstens were to coach an AFL team to a premiership win in two years’ time.  That would, perhaps, provide the best perspective to rookie trainer, Corstens’ protege and dual AFL premiership coach Denis Pagan’s remarkable achievement in winning this year’s Gr 1 Victoria Derby with maiden Johnny Get Angry (Tavistock).  This story... Read More

13 for Air Force Blue

New first season sire winners Air Force Blue First-season sire Air Force Blue (War Front) recorded his 13th individual winner when Major Frontier (2 c ex Make Haste by Tiznow) made a successful debut at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday, on what was the last day of racing at the south Florida venue. Trained by... Read More

Readily Availabull (Aus)

Readily Availabull (AUS) 2 c Bull Point – Readily by More Than Ready O: Ms W L Beckett, Mrs M A Carroll, Mrs F A Chapmon, Miss S E Vosper, Mrs S A Sargent, Miss L J Sargent, Miss N Carter, Mrs S Carter, Mrs E L Chalker, Mrs M P Don, Mrs C J... Read More

Roller-coaster recovery continues for Playing God

Darling View Thoroughbreds stud manager Brent Atwell has been riding a roller-coaster of emotions with Playing God (Blackfriars) and I’m All The Talk (Stratum) this month. Atwell and his father Clive brokered Western Australia’s biggest ever deal for a locally-based stallion when they purchased Playing God from Mungrup Stud earlier this year. A week later... Read More

Inspirational Girl

Inspirational Girl landed a windfall for favourite backers who crunched her from $3.50 to $2.60 in taking the Railway Stakes at Ascot last Saturday, becoming the first Group 1 winner bred by New Zealand’s Jamieson Park stud.  The West Australian mare – yet another from breeder Bob Peters’ cerise and white production line – had... Read More

Kah leads the pack in race to complete extraordinary achievement

Jockey Jamie Kah’s success is likely to prove the racing story of the current season.  That will be especially so if she were to go on to claim the Victorian metropolitan jockeys’ premiership in which she currently has a seven win lead over Damien Oliver and a winning  strike rate of 20 per cent, which... Read More