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Bargain buy Bella Vella the result of a team effort

Inside barrier poses Moir concern but connections still rapt with remarkable ride The ownership behind Bella Vella (Commands) is made up of an eclectic group of racing industry professionals and savvy form analysts whose collective minds have helped develop the online sale bargain buy into a valuable Group 1-winning sprinter. The next phase of the... Read More

Moodie brings his Contract Racing team back in-house under Ellerton and Zahra

Brazen Beau colt lands Darley Spring Preview in first payoff of remodelled business Twelve months ago David Moodie, one of Australia’s most successful owner-breeders for at least three decades, was assessing his new season crop of about 30 yearlings when he determined to return to the formula which had been so successful in the 1990s... Read More

Rothfire leads to rejuvenation of unlikely horse trainer Rob Heathcote

Brilliant three-year-old maintains short-priced favouritism for Golden Rose Rob Heathcote was at Doomben yesterday putting a team of horses through their paces in jump–outs and barrier trials, three new season two-year-olds among them, when the acceptances for the Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) were released. The self-taught trainer’s stable star Rothfire (Rothesay), an unfashionably... Read More

Homebred Written Tycoon filly makes big impression at Kensington trial

Gimcrack and Slipper on radar of Emirates Park’s two-year-old as first season sires make mark Enthaar (Written Tycoon) will be given her chance to provide Emirates Park with its third Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) win after the homebred filly set the benchmark at the official Sydney two-year-old barrier trials yesterday, running the fastest... Read More

Diamond searching for next two-year-old trial treasure at Kensington

G1G Racing and Breeding share in ownership of ten juveniles stepping out in Sydney heats For Gary Diamond, the official two-year-old barrier trials in Sydney is his favourite day of the year but because of Covid-19 the NSW prominent owner and breeder will not be at Randwick for the heats. The G1G Racing and Breeding... Read More

Waller and Waikato combine for Ocean Park quinella

The 2012 Cox Plate winner is proving a versatile stallion and he continued his rise with the George Main 1-2 yesterday The success of training juggernaut Chris Waller continued unabated in Sydney’s George Main Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) as Waikato Stud stallion Ocean Park (Thorn Park) recorded his first Group 1 quinella while, in Melbourne,... Read More