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First for Frosted
New winners Frosted – Darley’s Frosted (Tapit) sired his first winner on Saturday as Inject (2 f ex Appealing Zophie by Successful Appeal) romped to a six-length victory in a five furlong maiden at Ellis Park on Saturday. A three-time Grade 1 winner in America, Frosted is due to have his first southern hemisphere runners... Read More
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Joviality (AUS)
3 f I Am Invincible – Limbo Down by Fastnet Rock O: Star Thoroughbreds P/L (Ms D J Martin), Felgate Holdings (P D Felgate), C G Olliver, Paramount Racing (Ms K M Wood), R B T Aurisch, Mrs H A Aurisch, Nick Vass Bloodstock, Mrs D M Handley, McLeish Family Racing, Mrs R A Glasgow,... Read More
The war-torn ride of Bernard ‘Brownie’ Carslake
– Jockey who must join our list of Incomparables – Bernard Grantham “Brownie” Carslake (1886 – 1941) lived a relatively short but remarkable life. It might well have been shorter but, as he often put it, for his “luck being in” but it could not have been any more extraordinary. The passage of time hides... Read More
Treble for Maurice
New winners Treble for Maurice – It was a breakout weekend for former Arrowfield shuttler Maurice (Screen Hero), who sired three new first-crop winners in Japan. On Saturday, Stutti (2 f ex Lilavati by Zenno Rob Roy) was the first of winners as she broke her maiden over 1600 metres on debut at Niigata, followed... Read More
Jenni’s Rainbow (AUS)
3 f More Than Ready – Three Rainbows by Kingmambo O: Cape Schanck Racing, Mrs L Ottobre, Mr M Ottobre B: Mrs S Hale T: David Brideoake S: 2019 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 V: Cornerstone Stud P: Cape Schanck Stud, $75,000 W: Welcome To Sportsbet-Pakenham 3YO Maiden Plate, 1100m, August 4, Pakenham... Read More
‘The Incomparables’: The remarkable story of Frank Wootton
Francis Leonard Wootton (1893 – 1940), from Australia and known as Frank, was champion jockey of England in 1909-10-11-12 – all before his 19th birthday. He should have been champion five years straight … but we’ll get to that. He arguably paved the way for the group which might be happily and appropriately dubbed The... Read More