TOUGH SPEED’S interstate winners keep on coming with a double in Victoria last weekend. JUAN TUFFAMIGO (TOUGH SPEED – COMIC CONNECTION) won impressively at Cranbourne for trainer Ray Besanko over 1400m. The very next day TOUGH VINTAGE (TOUGH SPEED – DAZZLING VINTAGE) won its 3 year old maiden at Ballarat for trainer Mark Riley and jockey Chris...
Learn MoreWell it has to be the year of Tasmanian invaders interstate when it comes to Cups! With the Walter McShane trained NORSQUI winning the Adelaide Cup and running second in the Sydney Cup, and up and coming star BANCA MO (Tough Speed – I Gotcha Babe) winning the Packenham Cup, and yesterday racing away for an easy win in the Listed Warrranambool Cup over...
Learn MoreArmidale Stud sires provided 4 of the 9 race winners at Mowbray in Launceston on Wednesday evening. They also sired 8 of the placegetters! MISS EVE CANDY (Savoire Vivre – Falling Rain) was beaten a nose in the opening event a class 1 over 1400m WAY TO GO TELESTO (Telesto – Way To Go Ruby), trained by Brighton mentor Royston Carr, and bred by Armidale Stud won...
Learn MoreArmidale sires were responsible for 1/3 of the winners at the Tasmanian Oaks meeting on Wednesday evening, with SAVOIRE VIVRE (GB) siring a double and LADONI (GB) a winner. Tough Speed also added to his stakes horses when gutsy filly SETTLER’S JOY (Tough Speed – Manalapan) ran a close 3rd in the Listed Tasmanian Oaks over 2100m. Suffering interference mid...
Learn MoreWhen you consider that our great old sire LADONI (GB) only gets around 10 – 20 mares per season, and has done for the past 5 – 6 years, its a pretty remarkable achievement for him to sire a double on Cup Day. DATE AND SIGN (from West With Pride and bred by John and Clare Farrell of Hobart) won the Class 1 over 1200m for trainer S Lockhart, and apprentice...
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Just occasionally you get a yearling that really, really reminds you of some of the better racehorses in the family. She may be smallish, a little fine, with a shorter neck than is considered ideal -yes, that’s just how we described her auntie NUCLEAR FREE as a yearling and she went on to win at Group 2 level. It’s also how we described her dam MISLAID when...
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