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‘I am running a lot of placings, but I can’t seem to get them the way I want to’
There’s been plenty going on for the Robinson family, but for Terry unfortunately just not on the racetrack. NSW South Coast-based trainer Terry Robinson, whose eldest daughter Jen is the celebrated human rights lawyer who led WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s successful bid for freedom, admits that his stable has been performing “only averagely”. “I’m struggling.... Read More
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New Mandate (Eagle Farm, Race 7, #2) TRAINER: Chris Waller RACE: Tattersall’s Mile (Listed, 1600m) This lightly raced six-year-old import still has plenty of spring left in his legs and finds the perfect field to kick start his winter campaign. It’s been an interesting career for this son of the Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) stallion New... Read More
Mawjood (AUS)
Mawjood (AUS) 2 g Tassort – Maysoon by Eavesdropper O: Emirates Park (Mgr: N A H Lootah) B: Emirates Park T: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes W: Vale David Mills Handicap, 1100m, June 26 Mawjood (2 g ex Maysoon by Eavesdropper) showed his potential when he landed a 1100-metre event at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. ... Read More
C’Est Magique
Here’s something you might know about Neville Begg. He ran second to Tommy Smith in the Sydney trainers’ premiership no fewer than nine times. It could have exasperated a man of different mind. “Well, Tommy had a lot more horses than me, you see,” Begg tells It’s In The Blood. “I thought I was doing... Read More
‘All our information on him is via the connections’
Corey Smith, the racing manager for Cranbourne trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock, won’t be submitting an application to join the Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) any time soon. But he did take great delight in playing his role – along with Griffiths, de Kock and FBAA member Peter Ford – in buying... Read More
Good Sort (AUS)
Good Sort (AUS) 2 f Tassort – Canossa by Haradasun O: Grand Parkview Stud (Mgr: Ms LC Timms) B: Grand Park View Stud T: Chris Waller W: Hitotsu At Arrowfield Mdn Hcp, 1250m, June 19, Canterbury Grand Parkview Stud homebred Good Sort showed significant improvement and overcame a wide run to score on her second... Read More