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Industry chiefs meet federal parliamentarians of all persuasions

The importance of Australia’s thoroughbred industry leaders meeting with federal parliamentarians of all persuasions in Canberra this week cannot be understated. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA), led by Tom Reilly, and breeding industry figures from around the country were at Parliament House for the Parliamentary Friends of Primary Producers event, held for the first time since... Read More

Coleman (AUS)

Coleman (AUS) 2 c Pierata – Sboog by Redoute’s Choice  O: Carringbush Park (Mgr: M Laurie), Mrs S Cummings, Mrs J Groves, R L Smith, Mrs C M Smith, F D Brown, Trilogy (Mgr: Mrs M Stenning), Mrs C A Dingwall, D V Mustica, Mrs L Mustica, P S Mustica, Mrs J Mustica, M D... Read More

Griff

He might have some big shoes to fill, but Trapeze Artist can already boast something that his sire, the great Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), cannot. Trapeze Artist went through his first season as a sire with a range of two-year-olds showing potential, with nine winners from 36 runners, which ranked him equal second among first–season sires,... Read More

The Pride of The Everest

Since 2020, Joe Pride’s affinity for The Everest has yielded his runners $14.1 million in prize-money, and now a winner of Australia’s richest race. Over a 23-year training career, Joe Pride has forged a reputation for turning affordable horses into star performers, but the emergence of Think About It (So You Think) as a winner... Read More

Good week for Darley’s Dubawi

New winners Calyx – Warda Jamila (2 f ex Promise Me by Montjeu) became the 19th individual winner for Coolmore’s former shuttle stallion Calyx (Kingman) when landing a mile novice event at Leicester on Tuesday. Calyx, who shuttled to Jerrys Plains Farm in 2020 and 2021, stood the 2023 northern hemisphere breeding season at Coolmore’s... Read More

Flying Spur’s special Saturday

On one of Australian racing’s biggest days, the influence of the great Flying Spur shone through, not only through the winner of The Everest, but in the pedigrees of three Group 1 winners. The 1995 Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) proved a frustrating end to a frustrating three-year-old spring for Flying Spur (Danehill). In his... Read More