The Horse’s Birthday today and the first day of the 2020/2021 Racing Season, 1st August 2020 and Apprentice Jockey Tom Sherry lands his first city winner at Royal Randwick with the newly turned 4-year-old mare, Fulmina (Snitzel/Inchita). Track was rated a Heavy 9, but this time she was up against her own sex in a [...]
The final day of the 2019/2020 Racing Season saw the stable finish with a double at Wyong 31st July 2020, bringing our total winners to 68 (up 10 winners from last year’s tally). The first winner came in the form of well-bred filly Malfy (Dundeel/Belle Giselle) in race one, the De Bortoli Wines Maiden [...]
Sixgun (Snitzel/Acquired) made his debut at Canterbury on Wednesday, 10 June 2020, taking out the Harry Angel @ Darley Handicap over 1100m, holding up the family tradition. This talented colt is a full brother to the Group 2 Arrowfield Stakes winning Splintex, with both horses owned and bred by Geoff and Mary Grimish. In wintery [...]
Splintex Nails the Arrowfield Improving colt Splintex (Snitzel/Acquired) took out the Group 2 Arrowfield Sprint (1200m) for 3 year olds at Randwick Racecourse on Day two of The Championships, 11th April 2020. Stepping up to Group company for the first time after winning The Spark of Life Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill, he answered the question [...]
Today, Saturday 7th March 2020 Shadow Hero (Pierro/Sookie) took out the Group 1 Mostyn Copper Randwick Guineas over 1600m, claiming the first leg of the coveted three-year-old triple crown series. Coming off a disappointing run in the Victorian Derby late last year he was friendless in the betting, blowing out to 6/1, but the trainer [...]
By now we all know how tough Quackerjack (Not A Single Doubt/Quack It) is but to see him ‘attack’ the line in the Liverpool City Cup on Saturday 29th February 2020 was something else. The Group 3 race was held at Randwick over 1300m with Jockey Josh Parr at the helm, carrying 56.5kg he had [...]
It was an emotion charged win for Destiny’s Son (Husson/Predestined) on the Beaumont Track at Newcastle on Thursday 27th February 2020. The 3yo chestnut gelding won the Sydney Junction Hotel 3yo Maiden Handicap over 1150m. The heavy 9 track rating and the 57kg carried didn’t stop him either, as he was just ‘destined’ to win. [...]
Every now and again you get to experience a day in racing which just takes your breath away and makes your spirits soar. We had one of those days on Saturday, 14th December 2019. It started at Kembla Grange where Arthur in Charge (Charge Forward/Morton), sporting the Mittiga Family colours and ridden by our latest [...]
It has been a frustrating journey waiting for this 3yo bay filly, Arousal (Snitzel/Intimate Moment) to have the opportunity to showcase the talent she possesses. She cost $1.1 million and was purchased during the very last session at the Magic Millions Yearling Sales in January 2018. She had a set back early on in her [...]
The team headed off Thursday 12th December 2019, to see Diamond Thunder contest the Magic Millions Wyong 3yo & 4yo Stakes over 1200m. The talented son of Dawn Approach was slow to begin from Barrier 4, and in running was always just worse than mid field. Still jockey Josh Parr didn’t panic, just showed the [...]
