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‘It’s been a mounting issue for years and now it’s reaching a critical point’
There’s been an all-too-common theme in the conversations I have been having with racing participants lately; staff – and the lack of them. Leading trainers including Danny O’Brien, who is currently on the lookout for an assistant trainer, and Richard Freedman recently took to Twitter to express their concerns and pleaded for the industry to... Read More
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Eponymous (AUS)
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Nature Strip wows at Ascot
Nature Strip, simply wow. What more can you say? The horse has the talent, but trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald’s management of the sprinter has been superb. He looked as well as he ever has in the mounting yard (watching from my loungeroom). Waller’s meticulousness is what sets him apart. Even with hundreds... Read More
Johnny Rocker
And now for Snitzel’s next trick: siring sires. In 2016, the year which began the great son of Redoute’s Choice’s (Danehill) four straight general sires’ titles, he also debuted as a sire of a stallion in the first season table. It was a humble start, with Salade ending the 2015-16 season in 31st spot, after... Read More
Deep Field joins Hong Kong’s elite stallions with prize-money haul
Deep Field is poised to add another record to his burgeoning resume in the coming weeks – and possibly as early as this weekend – with the rising 12-year-old set to challenge for the highest earnings recorded by a stallion in a single Hong Kong season. The Newgate Farm star, whose sons have earned $51,666,620... Read More
Five for Merchant Navy
New winners Merchant Navy (pictured above) – Coolmore’s Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) sired his fifth individual winner when the Annabel Neasham-trained Dirty Merchant (2 c ex Onemorezeta by Onemorenomore) broke through for a maiden win at Newcastle in the Yarraman Park Maiden Plate (1400m). Making his third career start, having finished third on debut and... Read More