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Horse movement steps up despite tighter Covid-19 travel restrictions
Scone Equine Transport delivering an average of 200 horses a week in bid to facilitate start of breeding season With the breeding season officially set to begin in two week’s time, horse movement around the nation has stepped up to it’s usual frenetic pace and there’s now more reliance than ever on commercial transport companies... Read More
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Nonconformist a dream come true for breeder Danielle Henwood
The Group 2-winning five-year-old resumes in the P B Lawrence Stakes today and is on course for a crack at the Caulfield Cup Owner Danielle Henwood struggled to sell shares in Nonconformist (Rebel Raider), a horse she and her mother bred, and now the horse that nobody wanted is on a genuine path towards the... Read More
Australian Bloodstock moves on ‘fast European stayer’ Rodrigo Diaz
Lovell confident David Simcock-trained stayer will pass stringent veterinary tests with Melbourne Cup the target Jamie Lovett is confident that European stayer Rodrigo Diaz (Golden Horn) will pass Racing Victoria’s stringent veterinary checks to allow the lightly raced gelding to travel Australia and compete in this year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). The Australian Bloodstock... Read More
Phobetor answers Costa’s call with Missile Stakes win
Son of Dream Ahead wins first black type race of new season to land in-form trainer maiden Group 2 victory Emerging talent Phobetor (Dream Ahead) brought up the biggest win of young gun Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa’s career with a notable victory over some big names in the Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at... Read More
In-form Costa heads south for Missile strike with Phobetor
Melbourne plans also afoot for Gold Coast trainer who has ambitions to build stable depth Michael Costa’s immediate focus is on today’s Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick with lightly raced sprinter Phobetor (Dream Ahead), but the trainer is also looking further ahead at Group 1 spring carnival races in Melbourne for members of... Read More
Calaway Gal winner Better Reflection sells for $350,000
Written Tycoon or Farnan on the cards for star country Queensland mare John Wigginton, a laidback trainer from the beef capital of Rockhampton, has been down the breeding route before. Those experiences rendered any thoughts of holding onto Better Reflection (Better Than Ready) obsolete. So, when he made the sudden decision late last month to... Read More