Trainer and jockey Rachel King once again combined to win successive Group 2 Villiers. Last year winning this time-honoured Randwick mile with Quackerjack and now in 2020 with stable sweetheart, Greysful Glamour (Stratum/Rippled). This gentle mare jumped best from barrier 5 and took the lead. As per her usual pattern of racing, she held the [...]
It was such a thrill to train our first winner for Domeland with That’s Better (Exceed and Excel/Soaressa) taking out the Lawrence & Hanson Maiden Plate over 1000m at Wyong, Thursday 10th December 2020. The 4-year-old bay gelding jumped best from barrier 5 and went straight to the front. Ridden by Jockey Josh Parr he [...]
A mid-week meeting at Warwick Farm, 9th December 2020 saw the Stable take out a consecutive race double. In Race 5, import Skymax (Ger) contested the Ranvet Handicap over 2400m. Ridden by jockey Josh Parr he jumped from barrier 5, rolled forward and eventually settled better than mid-field. At the half-way mark, horse and rider [...]
The stable celebrated another great day, Saturday 28th November 2020. Our runners acquitted themselves beautifully, all performing competitively across 3 racetracks and two states. It was a late start to the day when our first runner the Gerry Harvey owned filly Rosa Moyessi (I Am Invincible/Lady Lynette) contested the Frank “Apples” Potter Memorial Maiden Plate [...]
It was the well named 3yo Colt Onchao, the son of Medaglia D’Oro, out of Grand Daughter that took out the Donnica Clarke Foundation Maiden Handicap at Gosford, 21st November 2020, over 1200m in distance. Onchao (meaning Golden Son) ridden by jockey Mitchell Bell, jumped well from the inside barrier, and was left alone hugging [...]
At Hawkesbury today, 19th November 2020, we saw the 3-year-old bay filly Escape Artist (Exceed and Excel/Se Sauver) take out Race 1, the Furphy Maiden Plate over 1100m. Ridden by jockey Rachel King she jumped well from the inside barrier, pushing up to take the lead. Hugging the fence throughout, she was challenged briefly by [...]
The sun was setting as they headed off to the barriers for race three at Canterbury, 13th November 2020. The dusk had created hazy shadows as the backdrop to the race on this Black Friday and first night meeting for the season. The eleven-horse field were loaded up to contest the Urbanista Handicap over 1900m. [...]
At Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day, 3rd November 2020 Invictus Salute (Exceed and Excel/Acquired) took out the Bentley Choisir Handicap over 1100m. Now with new owners Sledmere Stud, we were very grateful for the opportunity to keep Invictus Salute in the stable after being served by I Am Invisible. Ridden by jockey Rachel King, this [...]
It is Sunday, 18th October 2020 and here we are at Nowra where Stable Representative, Aaron Lau led the team to take out a double in races 2 and 4. The first winner came in the Hales Douglass Maiden Plate over 1400 with Solar Flash (Olympic Glory/Aurora’s Star) jumping clearly in front and staying in [...]
Today Thursday, 15th October 2020, Mission Legend a bay gelding by Reward for Effort, out of Our Fairy Bee took out the Aaron Huke 3yo Maiden Handicap over 1000m at Kembla Grange. Mission Legend jumped mid-field from barrier 5. Ridden by Stable Apprentice Tyler Schiller he was wide with cover, that is until the bend. [...]
