Yesterdays’s Mowbray meeting proved to be another very successful day for Armidale Sires with both Savoire Vivre and Tough Speed siring doubles. SIMON SAID LET’S GO (Savoire Vivre – Mighty If) bred by John and Claire Farrell of Hobart, started the ball rolling with a solid performance to win the Maiden over 1100m by 3/4 length from HELIKE’s son...
Learn MoreWherever you looked this weekend racing was at its brilliant best. Starting with PIERRO’s TRIPLE CROWN winning run at Randwick, then MORE JOYOUS becoming the first filly in 70 years to win the Queen Elizabeth Group 1 also at Randwick, and finally BLACK CAVIAR’S run in Adelaide to re write the history books. What a fabulous Saturday of racing. Then today at...
Learn MoreWELLDOYA (Telesto – Fangalang) started the favourite in the Northern Territory Guineas for three year olds today, run over 1600m. He duly saluted the judge making it 2 wins in a row for his new owners. Welldoya was bred in Tasmania by Gary Emmet, who has a 2 year old brother to this horse for sale. Off to Sydney tomorrow for the Inglis Easter Broodmare Sale and am...
Learn MoreWell the World Cup has been run and won, and we are safely back in Tassie enjoying the beautiful blue sky and green paddocks of Armidale. Yes the World Cup was pretty amazing, but racing in Dubai lacks the ‘heart and soul’ and atmosphere of Australian racing. Why? Well I think its a combination of things – the fact that only the very wealthy (ie Sheiks)...
Learn MoreTodays Gulf News has a 8 page lift out on the World Cup races and runners so Jen and I have been sitting at breakfast studying form! As there is no betting here in Dubai, and we don’t have a horse racing today, our only chance of winning anything is in the competition to pick 7 winners of 7 races! So some serious form studying has been necessary, but I imagine when...
Learn MoreRacing enthusiasts from all over the globe flocked to the magnificent Medyan racecourse early yesterday morning to attend Breakfast with The Stars. And stars were aplenty – both the four legged and two legged varieties! With most horses have their final hit out on Wednesday morning, yesterday was a far more relaxed affair with jockeys riding longer and looking...
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