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Stefi Magnetica

Mid Summer Music (Oamaru Force), the little mare that could, seems like she was put on this planet to just keep defying expectations and first impressions. She was up against it from the off, with her dam Samsara Lady (Nassipour) dying as she foaled her, in 2005. The chestnut filly had to be hand-raised, her... Read More

I Found You (AUS)

2 f I Am Invincible – Listen Here by Elusive Quality O: China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd B: Cressfield Thoroughbreds T: Peter and Paul Snowden S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Cressfield P: China Horse Club, $1,300,000 W: James Squire Maiden Handicap, 1150m, June 12, Randwick-Kensington The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained I... Read More

“He’s been well received already”

Telemon Thoroughbreds is first and foremost a stallion farm, but studmaster Dan Fletcher was reticent to add a new boy to the Queensland farm’s roster just for the sake of it. The game’s too hard as it is and the family owned Telemon doesn’t have the outside financial backing to be able to play the... Read More

Socks Nation

You’ve got to love a bit of excitement, even over-excitement, in racing. It’s what the industry is based on, after all. When Ciaron Maher won the 2020 Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) with Sir Dragonet (Camelot), in one of the great post-race interviews, he famously thanked his sisters. “I’ve gotta give my mum and dad... Read More

I Am Famous (AUS)

3 f I Am Invincible – Pinocchio by Encosta De Lago O: The Yellowbrick Road Co Pty Ltd (Mgr: R J Visalli) B: Wallings Bloodstock T: Chris Waller S: 2022 Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Tyreel Stud P: The Yellow Brick Road Company / Mitchell Bloodstock, $2 million  W: TAB Plate, 1300m, June 5, Warwick... Read More

“I was $1,200 and the bloke who bought him went $1,250”

For more than 20 years, Peter and Peta Gray have been buying horses – on the cheap. They’ve never spent more than $3,000 on a horse, but they’ve sure bought plenty of them. Over the past week-and-a-half, the Grays were the most prolific buyers at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast, signing for 49... Read More