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Classique Legend
It took Racing To Win four-and-a-half years to earn $3.7 million in prize–money, through a stellar career in which the gelding won five Group 1s – including Randwick’s Big Mile double the year he was the nation’s champion male three-year-old. Last Saturday at Randwick, it took Classique Legend 68-and-a-half seconds to win almost double that... Read More
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Garnet Bougoure – multiple Classic winner England and Ireland
Garnet “Garnie” Bougoure (3 March 1923 – 22 November 2008) is a glaring omission from Australian racing’s Hall of Fame. Even more surprising is that he is yet to be inducted, alongside his brother-in-law George Moore, into his home state Queensland’s Hall of Fame. Indeed, there is an argument his extended family should have a... Read More
First for Capitalist
New first season sire winners Capitalist Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Capitalist (Written Tycoon) brought up his first winner on Saturday when Captivant (2 c ex Speedboat by Commands) took out the Victory Vein Plate (1000m) at Randwick in impressive fashion. Sent out as an $8 chance, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Captivant... Read More
Strip ‘still the one’ to scale Everest
For three decades from 1978, the Nine Network used the slogan “Still The One” to promote both its perceived and genuine dominance in the Australian broadcast market, especially after the emergence of cable television in the mid 1990s. Their ads, backed by the Orleans song of the same name, featured many of their personalities espousing... Read More
Fake Love (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Anatina by Fastnet Rock O: M C Mathiesen, Miss H Mathiesen, Mrs O Ronsini, Mrs L Feghali, T P S Racing (Mgr: D M Gillies), Ormonde Bloodstock (Mgr: Miss L Ryan) & Nigel Jones Bloodstock (Mgr: N D Jones) B: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd T: Ciaron Maher and... Read More
Ole Kirk
The best-known link between Denmark and Australia probably comes in the form of Mary Donaldson, the former Tasmanian advertising worker who married the heir to the Danish throne and is now Crown Princess Mary. But you wonder if anyone in Denmark knows there’s an extremely formidable branch of Australian thoroughbred royalty that traces back, the... Read More