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CHEVAL DE TROY Royston's Stud CHEVAL DE TROY could well become Queensland's 'gift' stallion.

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In other words, they were priced fairly when this crop of yearlings were conceived in 2007 – due to the nonexistence of racing progeny at the time – and will probably remain at that figure until further notice.

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Breednet’s Tara Madgwick however, claims that a drop should not only have been factored in … it could also be a few years yet before we get back to pre-crisis prices.

Not surprisingly, the downward spiral invariably raised the topic of stallion prices and while some of the major studs were keeping their powder dry at the time of going to press, it appears inevitable that fees will continue to drop.

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Rock and Stratum to name two – and despite their success at Easter, it’s unlikely the relevant studs will elevate their asking price to unsustainable levels.

Tara’s A-Z summary of Easter and her ‘Why were we so surprised?’ article commences on page 18.

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Probably the best news going in to spring however is the number of new stallions heading to stud that have been announced in recent weeks: Manhattan Rain, Wanted, Onemorenomore, All American, Big Brown and Medaglia D’oro to name but a few. Kristen Manning continues her profile of First Season Sires on page 52 and there’s something for everyone.

Last, but certainly not least, this month marks the publication of our 60th issue … that’s five years of Track To Track, Australia’s premier thoroughbred trading magazine.

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Matsons Engineering was asked by a trainer 15 years ago to make a machine that cracked grain. The trainer had heard of the added nutritional value of fresh cracked grain versus processed grain from the produce stores, so the company put their thinking caps on and created the Mini Mill.

And it has worked well.

Farmers with prize cattle, and various stud farmers with performance horses, started buying them up and the health of their animals improved substantially.

Horses which were fed fresh cracked grain in their meals simply got healthier. The company has improved on the original mill by adding double gears to make an excellent machine which made it suitable for oats. And this mill outperforms any other small mill.

“But this new machine can do all sorts of grain from oats to chick peas. It cracks the grain to perfection. The rollers run at different speeds and they tear the grain apart. All the grain is guaranteed to be cracked open,” he added.

The new mill weighs about 80kg and stands just 140cm high. It doesn’t take up much room in the feed shed. It is only powered by a 240 volt electric motor.

As the experts say cracked grain starts losing its value after a couple of days. For best results you should feed your horses the grain that has been cracked only a day or two earlier.” It is a known fact that cracked grain deteriorates in its absolute value once it is broken.

Matsons believe the market for this mill is precise and discerning trainers will be the ones most interested. “Trainers go for quality horses therefore they want quality foods for their horses too.”

The grain cracking machines are available at Matsons Engineering in Queensland and, for further information, you can phone Russell on 07 4661 8966 or email russell@matsonseng.com.au - RIC CHAPMAN

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Unless you’ve been keeping company with Rip Van Winkle for a spell, Crystal Lily’s anointment as Horse of the Month will come as no surprise.

After all, winning the world’s biggest 2YO race is surely worthy of literary acknowledgement. However, there’s much more to the Crystal Lily story than records and riches. It’s the chronicle of one bloke’s epic journey and a rare example of when a pedigree does exactly as it should.

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AVID MOODIE is Victorian through and through.

Runs his companies in Victoria, his stable in Victoria, his farm in Victoria and is on the board of Racing Victoria That said, he didn’t need to ask for directions to Rosehill racecourse in early April to watch his filly, Crystal Lily, go around in the $3.5 million AAMI Golden Slipper Stakes.

Now David, and his wife Jenny, have won lots of races all around Australia – some very good races too. In fact, there’s probably a very productive silver mine in Bolivia courtesy of his trophy cabinet. Premierships … awards … you name it, chances are he’s won it.

But Rosehill – especially on Golden Slipper day – had hardly been a happy hunting ground for Moodie.

He took his Star Watch colt, Hurricane Sky, to the ‘hill in 1994 after winning the Blue Diamond-G1. Expectations were naturally high but Hurricane Sky lost all momentum when the eventual winner, Danzero, took his running. Moodie’s colt finished fifth and, with it, any opportunity of protesting the result.

Hurricane Sky would subsequently win again at Group One level and shape up as a very handy sire (Divine Madonna, Desert Sky etc.), but the memory would linger.

Nothing if not stoic, Moodie returned two years later with Paint – another Blue Diamond

winner – and, if anything, rated a better hope than Hurricane Sky. This time was particularly cruel though: the eventual winner, Merlene, and his jockey Greg Hall pretty much ensured the Moodie neddy lived up to his name by taking plenty of paint off the rails and, as the visiting Victorian said later: “Paint got skittled … knocked over the rail, put on his nose, had to pick himself up again”.

Stewards fined Hall a record $50,000 and gave him a couple of months on the sidelines, but Moodie still went home without the prize.

So, fast forward the clock some 13 years and you can understand why Moodie decided not to pay up for the first round of Golden Slipper nominations for his Stratum filly, Crystal Lily. >>

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LILY’S GOLDEN PEDIGREE Thoroughbred breeding’s great paradox is that careful planning rarely goes to plan.

Take Subzero for instance. He was from the first crop of a Group One winning 2YO and was sold at the Gold Coast Magic Millions. Yet he couldn’t win at less than 1600m and would gain his hoof hold in history by winning the 1992 Melbourne Cup. But Crystal Lily has Golden Slipper written all over her. She’s by a Golden Slipper winner in Stratum, while his sire, Redoute’s Choice, and grandsire, Danehill, have produced seven Golden Slipper winners between them.

Stratum’s dam, Bourgeois, is by 1977 Golden Slipper winner Luskin Star.

Crystal Lily’s dam – Crystal Snip – is by Snippets, who didn’t sire a Golden Slipper winner but produced a Champion 2YO in Hasna.

In turn, Crystal Snip is out of a Century mare in Crystal Century: Century is the sire of 1979 Golden Slipper winner Century Miss.

And, just to top it all off, Crystal Lily is inbred 4 x 4 to arguably the greatest Slipper winner of them all … Vain.

But don’t be surprised if this year’s Grand Annual Steeplechase winner at Warrnambool or the Cup winner on that first Tuesday in November ends up with more of a Slipper ‘influence’ than Crystal Lily.

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However, his reasoning is driven by pragmatism, not bitterness. He breeds and races a lot of juveniles every year and vouched: “nominating horses as unbroken yearlings doesn’t make sense as an owner.”

equally at ease when travelling to Sydney two weeks later, taking out the Sweet Embrace Stakes-G3 at Randwick.

Team Moodie was then left with little choice but to pay up the $150,000 late entry fee to get Crystal Lily a Slipper start, despite the nightmare scenario of having the gold in his grasp, only to lose it to due to standover, walk over and run over tactics.

But then Crystal Lily came out and finished a whisker second on debut in the applicably named Debutants at Caulfield, then ran a handy third at stakes level at Flemington on Cup Day before being ROSEHILL – ESPECIALLY tipped out ON GOLDEN by training duo Mathew SLIPPER DAY – HAD Ellerton HARDLY BEEN A HAPPY and Simon HUNTING GROUND Zahra.

This time t h o u g h , it was M o o d i e ’s miss who threw her w e i g h t around. One FOR MOODIE Resuming wonders on Australia o n e Day with a comfortable victory what was going through the in the Blue Diamond Preview- collective heads of the Moodie LR, Crystal Lily took on the clan as Crystal Lily trotted to Blue Diamond but found trouble the barrier. at the kick and, despite leading them for home, eventually David had, earlier in the week, knocked back an offer of $2 finished sixth to Star Witness. million for Crystal Lily, which The die was fairly cast though – all things considered – was a when Crystal Lily won her ballsy call based on his Slipper next assignment, the Listed history and the fact Lily filly had Chairman’s at Caulfield, by won just $260,000 before her almost five panels and was date with destiny.

Seems that Crystal Lily corrected some previous Slipper wrongs by giving Solar Charged a zap in the run home, but not nearly bad enough a rev up to affect the decision.

As Sydney scribe, Craig ‘Stinger’ Young penned later: “Crystal Lily wasn’t the best behaved horse in the Slipper, but she was the best”.

Meanwhile, the victor from Victoria pocketed $2 million with change, justifying his decision to knock back the big bucks and take another chance at drinking from the cup. Or Slipper as the case may be.

One thing’s for sure …

Moodie won’t need champagne to drown out any more Slipper nightmares!

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AT A GLANCE

But if that was on his mind at the start of the race, imagine the emotions swirling through those (normally) ice cold veins for the 1:10.78 it took Crystal Lily to run the 1200m and those nervous moments after when, briefly, it looked as if there was going to be a wait for correct weight.

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BY D L, J L, L L & Mrs G R O'Keeffe) Contract Racing Pty Ltd,VIC RACETRAINER RECORD Joseph Pride (Warwick 7 starts, 4 wins, 1 second, 1 thirdFarm) BRED BY $2,289,250 SIRE Wynne Pastoral Partnership, Charlie Cropper, NSW STRATUM RACE RECORD Bay 2002-Stud 2006 16 starts, 6 –wins (1 SW), 1 second, 3 Redoute’s Choice Bourgeois thirds (1 SP): $224,320 Winner of 2 races & $2,444,500 inc. STC SIRE Golden Slipper-G1, Pago Pago S-G2, 2nd TALE OF THE VRC Newmarket H-G1; CAT sire of (USA) Crystal B/Br 1999 (NH &progeny SH) Lily and SP1994-Stud Pellizotti etc.

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Coolmore Classic-G1; De Lightning Ridge is her 3rd foal; dam of 2 winners from 2 to race inc. 2YO SP Coast to the Post; served in 2009 by Authorized.

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HE SCONE HORSE Festival has become something of an institution, growing both in terms of stature and ‘population’.

Matter of fact, 2010 marks year 30 for the Festival and neddy enthusiasts throughout the country will be flocking to Australia’s horse capital for the fun and games which run from 30 April to 16 May. There’s dinners, campdraft clinics, a fete, busking competition, Calcutta, B&S and picnic by the lake, but for the majority of thoroughbred folk, the main focus will be on the Hunter Valley Thoroughbred Breeders/Inglis Scone Yearling Sale (Thursday 13 and Sunday 16 May) and the now fabulously rich Scone Cup Carnival (Friday 14 May).

According to Hunter Valley institution and industry pundit, Brian Russell, the one day Cup carnival is “by far” the richest program in country racing history with $1.2 million in prizemoney on offer.

Inglis – which has effectively flourished due to Hunter Valley largesse – is definitely not being shy this year by returning a very large favour: two of the races on the card are the inaugural $770,000 Inglis Guineas and the $100,000 Inglis 2YO Challenge, while two other races on the day – the Emirates Park Scone Cup-LR and Yarraman Park Dark Jewel Classic – carry over $100,000 in stakes.

This is certainly a huge boon for the district’s racing community and brings a whole new dynamic to the Festival.

Consequently, this year’s HTBA Yearling Sale organisers have done their best to keep pace and, as Russell points out, 13 of the 15 runners in the 2010 Golden Slipper were by sires to be represented at Scone, namely Stratum, Foreplay, More Than Ready, Redoute’s Choice, Rock of Gibraltar, General

REDOUTE'S CHOICE - CHAMPION SIRE IS REPRESENTED AT SCONE

Nediym, Snitzel, Charge Forward, Choisir, Flying Spur and Lonhro.

And they’ll have plenty of support from the progeny by Anabaa, Arena, Bel Esprit, Canny Lad, Dane Shadow, Danzero, Exceed and Excel, Falvelon, Elvstroem, Fusaichi Pegasus, Hussonet, Johannesburg, Kitten’s Joy (a leading American juvenile sire), Hidden Dragon, Magic Albert, Lucky Owners, Mossman, Not a Single Doubt, O’Reilly, Royal Academy, Show a Heart, Starcraft, Testa Rossa and Zeditave.

Russell – who quite possibly has catalogues dating back that far – believes the sale to be the “most impressive in 65 years of Scone selling”.

Whereas the sale was confined to one day in 2009, this time around the 412 strong catalogue demands a two day affair, with the second session on the Sunday appearing to be the strongest.

And if you’re heading to Scone, don’t forget the Hunter Valley Breeders dinner and awards night, one which is to be held on the Wednesday (12 May). It promises to be another great evening and you can phone Sally on 02 6545 0338 for further information. www.tracktotrack.com

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Scone Yearlings Sale Lot 18

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Exceed And Excel – Rainbow Scene (by Scenic):

½ to Hong Kong winner Perfect Vision out of sister to dam of SUBASTRAL & CENTO. Lot 138

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Oratorio (IRE) - Fairy Moon (by Fairy King):

½ to multiple city winner Moondancing out of sister to dam of NAPPING. Lot 151

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Lonhro – Gleeful (by Seeking The Gold):

½ to 4 winners incl 10 times winner Pleasant Hall from family of CAERLEON. Lot 179

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Excites – Little Rory (by Rory’s Jester):

½ to 3 times city winner Mosso – twice successful at two.

Lot 208

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Nadeem – Opaline (by Jade Robbery):

dam ½ sister to Gr.1 sprinter JETBALL & Gr.3 winner MARWINA. Lot 219

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Youthful Legs (USA) – Pretty Mover (by Danzero):

full to 5 times winning 3Y0 Pretty Useful, family of Gr.1 winners DANEY BOY & MAGIC OF SYDNEY. Lot 233

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Dr Green (NZ) – Rush About (by Soviet Lad):

out of a 2 times winner from family of SOHO SQUARE & INNOVATION GIRL. Lot 308

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Nothin’ Leica Dane – Change Over (by Wrong Page):

½ to winner Time For Change from family of VENGEANCE OF RAIN.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

EASTER from

to AZ

Breednet editor, TARA MADGWICK, is one of the keener industry observers and her annual ‘summary’ of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale provides an insider’s look to Australasia’s premier bloodstock auction.

AC Atmosphere was decidedly lacking at this sale, ask anyone.

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Buyers … not enough b i g spenders, s a d l y, w i t h notable absentees being the Hong Kong Jockey Club (still carrying on some ridiculous vendetta against Peter V’Landys with Inglis caught in the middle), Charles Laird (bought 10 horses for $2.8 million on the Gold Coast in January) and Darley head honcho John Ferguson (although they did buy two for $950,000, down from 15 for $7.1 million last year)

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Crash of 1990 took eight years to recover from, so only the most optimistic punter could have thought Inglis Easter this year would be good. See sidebar.

WHY WERE WE SO SURPRISED? Supposedly we learn from our mistakes and ideally we should use history as a guide in moving forwards. That being the case, why were some people so surprised at the largely lacklustre outcome of the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale? Those who remember the crash of 1990 would have been prepared for that … and for a few more years of pain to come.

Last year when the market crashed we looked back and did some research, charting the slow market recovery post 1990.

The glaringly obvious thing to take note of is the fact Inglis Easter dropped again in 1991 and from there took a further seven years to recover to pre-crash levels before going ‘high octane’ from 2005 (with an unsustainable level of growth that has ultimately led to the current situation, whereby many breeders are experiencing severe financial pain).

The fact many of these breeders also made ridiculous sums of money off the back of the boom is probably of small consolation to them now – how many of us acquire money and then squirrel it away for a rainy day?

Not many … it tends to be re-invested or spent in other ways and is unlikely to be sitting there waiting to cover the losses of today.

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De Burgh Equine featured in the buyers list with two purchases: James Harron securing a colt by Fastnet Rock from Forest Native (USA) for $925,000 and a filly by Flying Spur from Star Satire (NZ) for $700,000 on behalf of Sydney based owners Dr and Mrs Edmund Bateman. James has been a regular visitor to our shores for a few years now, starting with Gai Waterhouse, and then progressing to a stint with Coolmore before returning to Ireland to take up his current position with De Burgh Equine under Hubie de Burgh.

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EI delivered a bonus for Lockyer Thoroughbreds which sold its Stratum x Absolute Dream filly for $450,000. Originally the mare was to be sent to Tale of the Cat, but when that stallion got caught up in the EI drama, Lockyer was ‘sold’ on Stratum. Now Stratum has won the Golden Slipper with Crystal Lily … the rest is history.

That said, the resilient types will be made stronger by all of this ‘character building’ stuff and, with arguably the best group of freshman sires we’ve ever had about to hit our studs this spring, opportunity is there for the taking.

Let’s not forget Danehill (USA) came to our shores in 1990 – the year of the big bloodstock crash – and who is to say there is not another Danehill in this batch.

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Group One trifecta in the AJC Australian Derby for High Chaparral, who will join the Coolmore roster in Australia this spring and may well lay claim to being the best sire of stayers we have ever had stand in this country. Let’s hope the current trend among yearling buyers towards the more classic staying types remains in vogue until this bloke gets his first Aussie bred yearlings into the sales in 2013.

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Hospitality f r o m vendors is, as always, first class and much appreciated by all at the sale.

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Interesting to see highly progressive farm Kitchwin Hills sell a gorgeous colt by Redoute’s Choice from Asian Reef (GB) for $1,200,000 and buy another from Regrowth (pictured below) for $1,875,000: time will decide which colt is the better of the two, but here’s hoping they pulled the right rein as both colts had unlimited admirers.

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John Hawkes had a great track record buying from Inglis Easter when he was a part of the former Wo o d l a n d s / Ingham empire and looks to have snaffled another promising bunch this year as the leading buyer.

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Kiwi farm, Rich Hill Thoroughbreds, led the Inglis Easter vendors by average with four selling at an average $480,000. While other Kiwi vendors may have pondered the wisdom of abandoning their own flagship sale in favour of Sydney, Rich Hill got the results to justify the decision

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Last time auctioneering at this sale for Jamie Inglis (above) apparently.

His retirement from the box marks the end of an era, with no Inglis actually going to bang the gavel down at sales in the immediate future.

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Makybe Diva’s filly garnered a mixed reaction from sale regulars and as to whose opinion is correct? That will be decided on the racetrack.

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N a d e e m (above) was, a m a z i n g l y, the only first season sire to have enough youngsters sell (three or more) to attain a legitimate average. First season sire action at this sale was at an all time low.

O n ground – best that is – was a prize sponsored by Luxbet and awarded to Willow Park Stud for having the best presented staff and horses at this year’s sale. Obviously the professional attitude of Glenn Burrows, Joan Faras and their dedicated team paid big dividends in the sale ring with 12 yearlings selling at an average of $375,417.

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BAY GELDING Foaled 02/10/2008

ALERT (ARG)

HALO BAY GELDING - FoaledSOUTHERN ALERT (ARG) 02/10/2008 AUGUSTINA’S DREAM BAY GELDING - Foaled 02/10/2008 SOUTHERN HALO ALERT (ARG)

AUGUSTINA’S DREAM SOUTHERN HALO BAY GELDING - Foaled 02/10/2008 DANEHILL DANCER DANEHILL DANCER AUGUSTINA’S DREAM (IRE) NADENE OBLIGE SOUTHERN HALO DANEHILL DANCER NADENE ALERT (ARG) (IRE) AUGUSTINA’S DREAM OBLIGE This is a quality gelding veryNADENE much in the DANCER mould of DANEHILL BAY GELDING - Foaled his sire.

He is from the02/10/2008 metropolitan (IRE) winning OBLIGE Danehill mare Oblige whose only to race This is a Dancer quality gelding very NADENE much in thefoal mould of has won. He is from the metropolitan winning $15,000 +GST his sire.

SOUTHERN HALO

ALERT (ARG) OBLIGE

(Southern Halo x Augustina’s Dream

by Senor Pete)

(IRE)

This is a quality gelding very much in the mould of his sire. He is from the metropolitan winning Danehill Dancer mare Oblige whose only foal to race has won. $15,000 +GST

BROWN COLT Foaled 15/09/2008

ALERT (ARG) Danehill Dancer mare Oblige whose only foal to race AUGUSTINA’S DREAM has +GST Thiswon. is a quality gelding very much in$15,000 the mould of BROWN 15/09/2008 his sire. COLT He is–from the metropolitan winning DANEHILL DANCER Danehill Dancer mare Oblige whose only foal to race (IRE) OBLIGE BROWN has won.COLT – 15/09/2008 $15,000 +GST SOUTHERN HALO NADENE ALERT (ARG)

ALERT (ARG)

SOUTHERN HALO

AUGUSTINA’S DREAM

AUGUSTINA’S DREAM SOUTHERN HALO This is a (ARG) quality very much in the mould of BROWN COLT –gelding 15/09/2008 ALERT MONONGAHELA (USA) his sire. He is from the metropolitan winning AUGUSTINA’S DREAM KONINDERIE Danehill Dancer mare Oblige whose only foal to race HUSSAR’S GOLD SOUTHERN HALO has won. $15,000 +GST MONONGAHELA (USA) ALERT (ARG) KONINDERIE AUGUSTINA’S HUSSAR’S GOLD DREAM A striking looking colt with great conformation.

KONINDERIE

MONONGAHELA (USA) HUSSAR’S GOLD

From Koninderie, a dual winner and twice

BROWN COLT – 15/09/2008 MONONGAHELA A striking looking colt with great conformation. metropolitan placed, only foal to race has(USA) been AKONINDERIE striking looking colther with great conformation. placed this season.a dualawinner $15,000 +GST From Koninderie, dual winner From Koninderie, and twice SOUTHERN HALO HUSSAR’S GOLD and twice metropolitan placed, her only foal to race has been ALERT (ARG) metropolitan placed, her only foal to race has placed this season. $15,000 +GSTDREAM AUGUSTINA’S GELDING – 01/11/2008 A striking looking colt with great conformation. beenBAY placed this season. $15,000 +GST

BAY GELDING Foaled 01/11/2008

From Koninderie, a dualMONONGAHELA winner and twice (USA) KONINDERIE metropolitan her onlySOUTHERN foal to raceHALO has been BAY GELDING placed, – 01/11/2008 HUSSAR’S placed this season. $15,000 GOLD +GST ALERT (ARG) AUGUSTINA’S DREAM SOUTHERN HALO A striking looking colt with great conformation.

ALERT (ARG) DEHERE BAY GELDING – 01/11/2008 From Koninderie, a dual winner and twice(USA) AUGUSTINA’S DREAM ZAKYNTHOS LODGE metropolitan placed, her only foal to race has been ZAKYNTHOS placed this season. $15,000DEHERE +GST (USA) SOUTHERN HALO ZAKYNTHOS LODGE ALERTis(ARG) This gelding a compact sprinter type with good ZAKYNTHOS AUGUSTINA’S DREAM conformation is naturally muscled.

This gelding BAY GELDING and – 01/11/2008 has winners on both sprinter sides, being sizzling Thisearly gelding is a compact type by with good DEHERE (USA) speedy sire Alert, out of a Dehere mare who won conformation and is naturally muscled.

This gelding ZAKYNTHOS HALO over 1000m as a LODGE two year old. SOUTHERN $10,000 +GST has early winners by sizzling ZAKYNTHOS ALERT (ARG) on both sides, being speedy sire Alert, out of a AUGUSTINA’S Dehere mare DREAM who won BAY-GREY FILLY – 22/10/2008 over 1000m as a two year old. $10,000 +GST This gelding is a compact sprinter type with good DEHERE (USA) conformation and is naturally muscled. HALO This gelding BAY-GREY FILLY – 22/10/2008 SOUTHERN ZAKYNTHOS LODGE has early winners being by sizzling ALERT (ARG) on both sides, ZAKYNTHOS speedy sire Alert, out of aAUGUSTINA’S Dehere mare who won DREAM SOUTHERN HALO +GST over 1000m as a two year old. $10,000 ALERT is (ARG) This gelding a compact SOMETHINGDIFFERENT sprinter type with good DREAM conformation and is naturallyAUGUSTINA’S muscled.

This gelding (USA) BAY-GREY FILLY – 22/10/2008 JANDOH has early winners on both sides, being by sizzling SOMETHINGDIFFERENT JANDERINO (NZ)won speedy sire Alert, out of a Dehere mare who (USA) JANDOH over 1000m as a two year old. SOUTHERN $10,000HALO +GST JANDERINO This filly has (ARG) a very strong New Zealand (NZ) pedigree ALERT BAY-GREY FILLY 22/10/2008 being out of the –dual winner AUGUSTINA’S Jandoh, who isDREAM a half sister to 8 winners, including Nobellotto, a dual This filly has a very strongSOMETHINGDIFFERENT New Zealand pedigree Stakes winner and dam of two Stakeswho winners in being out of the dual winner Jandoh, is a half SOUTHERN HALO (USA) +GST Noble Red and Oomph. $10,000 JANDOH sisterALERT to 8 (ARG) winners, including Nobellotto, a dual

ALERT (ARG) ZAKYNTHOS LODGE

SOUTHERN HALO

AUGUSTINA’S DREAM

DEHERE (USA) ZAKYNTHOS

This gelding is a compact sprinter type with good conformation and is naturally muscled. This gelding has early winners on both sides, being by sizzling speedy sire Alert, out of a Dehere mare who won over 1000m as a two year old. $10,000 +GST

BAY-GREY FILLY Foaled 22/10/2008

ALERT (ARG)

SOUTHERN HALO

AUGUSTINA’S DREAM

(NZ) in DREAM Stakes winner and dam ofAUGUSTINA’S twoJANDERINO Stakes winners SOMETHINGDIFFERENT (USA) Noble Red and Oomph. $10,000 +GST JANDOH SOMETHINGDIFFERENT This filly has a very JANDERINO strong New (USA) Zealand(NZ) pedigree JANDOH being out of the dual winner Jandoh, who JANDERINO (NZ)is a half

8 winners, including Nobellotto, a dual Thissister fillytohas a very strong New Zealand pedigree Stakes winner and dam of two Stakes winners in This filly has a very strongwinner New Zealand pedigree being out of the dual Jandoh, who is a half Noble Red and Oomph. $10,000 +GST being out of the dual winner Jandoh, who is a half sister to to8 winners, including Nobellotto, a dual sister 8 winners, including Nobellotto, a dual Stakes winner and dam of two winners in winners in Stakes winner and dam ofStakes two Stakes Noble Red and Oomph. $10,000 +GST Noble Red and Oomph. $10,000 +GST

ALERT

* Group One winner at 2

ALERT

* Lightning fast 55.2 seconds for 1000m

ALERT

* Black type family

ALERT

* Highly influential Halo line (More Than Ready etc.)

ALERT

* Oldest progeny are yearlings and have sold up to $100,000 in 2010 Be

ALERT

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Paul Messara (above) has had a big year, training his first Group One winner in Alverta and having his first Golden Slipper runner in Beneteau.

He spent up at this sale as the second leading buyer, with his Arrowfield client base supporting a wide range of vendors and sires.

Service fees were, and are too high, say many independent breeders, with several prominent identities stating the case for Encosta and Redoute’s to be at $100,000 and all others to fall in line: a scenario as likely to happen as aliens arriving at Newmarket.

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Question … why did so many buyers choose to deal outside of the sale ring? If I heard it once, I heard it a thousand times: “there was nothing for it in the ring, then we got back to the box and we had three or four people here trying to buy it”.

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Redoute’s Choice (below) was a clear leader on the sires averages with 31 selling at an average of $480,645, his reputation as a sire of sires (Stratum, Snitzel and company) guaranteeing the commercial appeal of his stock.

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Tail … m a n y very good j u d g e s felt that Easter 2010 had a big, long and bushy one! (nice horses aside and there were plenty of them too). Some 49 yearlings sold for $70,000 or less during the premium sessions and a further 49 passed in shy of their reserves of $100,000 or less.

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U nderdog. We all know who was the top lot at this sale, but who was the bottom?

That honour goes to a colt by Nadeem from Salty Sal that made just $10,000 for Twin Palms Stud and was knocked down to Victoria’s number one trainer Peter Moody … (below) so it must have had something to offer.

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Vets were a p p a r e n t l y unhappy with the x-ray repository: something for Inglis to look into since they pride themselves on advanced technology (which by all accounts was not so hot in the area of x-ray reading)

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W idden Stud might have found the going tough earlier this year promoting the progeny of Stratum at the Gold Coast, but had no such problems at this sale following Crystal Lily’s memorable Golden Slipper triumph. His four yearlings averaged $347,500 off a $30,250 fee … timing, as they say, is everything!

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X-ray repository came in for some criticism and actually crashed not long after the start of the sale, leaving several vets to cool their heels while their anxious clients looked on.

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Yarraman Park walked away with 100% clearance and, while they did not participate in the top end of affairs as they have in previous years, they remained profitable. Isn’t that the name of the game?

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Zabeel … he might be turning 24 this year, but the Cambridge Stud star has never sold better, producing the top filly at this sale when his daughter from Gin Player made $1.3 million and the top lot in New Zealand this year with a colt from Diamond Like making $NZ2million.

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STALLION WATCH

Chev

With the market downturn, return on investment is much harder to find. However, Royston Stud may just have the ticket with promising young stallion, CHEVAL DE TROY. Ric Chapman takes a look.

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HE MODERN DAY Cheval de Troy is as near a perfect looking equine specimen as

you’ll find.

He’s just over 16 hands, could gallop all day at a great rate, and has a lovely pedigree.

And he’s standing at stud in Queensland for a very affordable price – way less than his looks, pedigree or racing ability suggest he should be.

Just like the original Cheval de Troy – or better known as the Trojan Horse of Troy – there is victory written all over this bloke.

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of ancient times surfaced when Odysseus ordered a large wooden horse to be built. Its insides were to be hollow so that soldiers could hide within it.

Once the statue had been built by the artist Epeius, a number of the Greek warriors, along with

Odysseus, climbed inside. The rest of the Greek fleet sailed away, so as to deceive the Trojans.

One man, Sinon, was left behind.

When the Trojans came to marvel at the huge creation, Sinon assured the Trojans that the wooden horse was safe and would bring luck.

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val de Troy QUEENSLAND’S TROJAN Fast forward to the 21st century and this Cheval de Troy, a son of Zabeel and the Success Express mare Better Succeed, wasn’t quite as big in stature, but he certainly was a star on the track. He first came to notice in his native New Zealand, then in Australia at Group One level before finally heading to Hong Kong.

offerings at the Gold Coast March Magic Millions Sale showed that astute buyers were on board with him too. He had three sell for over $20,000 each … an impressive return to say the least.

HE HAD THREE SELL FOR OVER $20,000 EACH.....THAT’S AN IMPRESSIVE RETURN.

Don’t look this gift horse in the mouth!

Cheval de Troy offers breeders a proven heritage that is without Danehill or Northern Dancer bloodlines: yet another big plus.

For further information about Cheval de Troy, Phone Mitch Frazer 0419 660 180 or Anton Koolman 0414 888 888.

Cheval de Troy brings to the breeding barn all the attributes you’d want. He won as a 2YO. Then, as a 3YO, he won at stakes level before placing third in the Group One Canterbury Guineas, attracting the interest of the Asian market. He was sold by the Jillings family and went on to win as a 4YO in Hong Kong.

On the track Cheval de Troy proved his bona fides. Now at stud, his size and strength of bone is being transferred to his babies.

So they celebrated what they thought was their victory, and dragged the wooden horse into Troy. But that night, after most of Troy was asleep or in a drunken stupor, Sinon let the Greek warriors out from the horse, slaughtering the Trojans (beware of Greeks bearing gifts, eh! – ed).

This stallion is a really, really good bet to be a winner getter.

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TRAINERS REPORT

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Jason Petch has his eye on the

At A GlAnce Despite Swettenham’s purchase, prize. A dedicated individual with KAPHERO

Kaphero will remain with Leon

Corstens and beto targeted a healthy belief in his ability trainat the Schillaci Stakes-G2 at Caulfield oWner: horses, he is focused on thebefore job at on 11 October a tilt at Lakeview Resources Pty Ltd, the Lightning-G1 and Oakleigh Fairview Resourceshand.

Pty LtdPutting steak on the for Plate-G1 in thetable autumn. trAiner: a young family will do that to you.

Villager ‘Walter’ wouldn’t Leon Corstens (Kilmore) “hesitate sending a bigger mare It hasn’t been easy though: he’s the Bred By: needing some speed over her” Swettenham Stud, SA and reckons he “would be a first to acknowledge there’s been great horse to breed to at about rAce record: $5,000-$6,000”. few hiccups along the road and 28 starts, 10 wins, 4aseconds, 2 thirds – $784,045 ‘bradjm’from concurred, reckons that getting A to Bsaying $5,000 to $6,000 for a sire: dAnzero Group Oneofwinning son of has more than its share hurdles.

Bay 1991-Stud 1995, Danehill (USA) Danzero would be a fair and – Confidentially by Kaoru Star However, the Mornington mentor reasonable price.”

4 wins-3 at 2, STC Golden Slipper S-G1. Champion Aust. of Five to six ‘Bomba’ is Sire passionate about his grand? chosen 2YOs, 2003-04. Sire of 646 rnrs, – aka Darryl Kerrigan – told 408 wnrs, 31 SW, inc.profession Dance Hero, and,‘Walter’ if this ‘space’ is the and ‘bradjm’ they were Fairway, Jymcarew, Niconero, “dreaming” but also asked why firstMasked time you’ve comewould across Danni Martine, Danglissa, Kaphero have his to win a Assassin, Soar, Sanziro, etc.

Group One to be a stallion? name, Jason’s determined it won’t dAM: “Kaphero could go to stud and KAPchAt (nz) be the last. show up a lot of stallions … a 5YO Bay Horse (7 August 2003)

Bay 1990, Centaine (AUS) – Kapelle Lady by Bandmaster (IRE) SW of 6 races inc. STC Winfield Classic-G1. Dam of 9 foals to race, 5 winners inc. SWs Kaphero, Princesa & SPs Keeneland, Wasimah. ½ sister to SW Noble Hero and closely related to SW Hunza, dam of Golden Slipper winner Courtza (dam of Champion Sire O’Reilly), Our Pompeii etc.

good 2YO that went wayward but is now a genuine, honest racehorse. I do hope he gets a good chance …”

With the way the Corstens stable is firing at the moment and as Swettenham is one of Victoria’s ‘go ahead’ studs, it’s fairly safe say ‘Bomba’

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ASON PETCH FIRST in that became you’re interested prayers will racing at the ripe old age be answered. of six.

That’s when he first started visiting theSwettenham stables of In a press release, Bill Seymour whenSangster he was Stud’s owner and, Adam old he enough, started strapping said was thrilled to be able to for the Epsom trainer. purchase the Danzero sprinter.

Jasongreat would – and “It’s to strap know for thatBill Kaphero isother coming back for to Swettenham,” trainers a number of Sangster said.realised “We bred himdream from years and the one of our most families. of every stablesuccessful hand when he Swettenham has purchased got to leadStud Nayrizi into the three quarters of Kaphero, mounting yard for the while 1991 his long time owners will retain Melbourne Cup. the other quarter for his future stud duties.”

However, pragmatist Jason soon realised there’s a quantum leap Word is that Kaphero will stand between brushing down a top at around $15,000 inc. GST. horse to training one out and and set Naturally, if he comes asidethe ambitions pursue other wins Oakleightoand Lightning, ‘interests’. that figure could change. The astute may well choose to phone Ian One was as a wholesale Rimington at Swettenham on 0419 seafood dealer and another as 887 184 before the Autumn! a landscaper (which, as it turns out, he was pretty good at).

But the bug had well and truly bit and it wasn’t long before he started working for Colin Little at Caulfield.

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Jason Petch might like landscaping but he’s no shrinking violet. He’s forthright about the difficulties facing industry ‘investors’ and feels that administration needs to be a whole lot more proactive about encouraging more people to became involved in racing.

HURDLES When you apply for a licence from Racing Victoria, it seems they are more interested in how much money you have in the bank … not your experience.

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Sure, they don’t hand out trainers’ “licences lightly – which is great – but how can you expect some young bloke, who has worked in stables all his life … gaining enormous experience along the way … to have a lot of disposable funds after working for such low wages. example, when you remove “livingForexpenses from a foreman’s wages (around $700 nett per week), there’s not much left for a rainy day.

As a consequence, I believe that “racing is missing out on some of the more well credentialed horsemen and women due to a monetary policy which is out of reach for so many.”

START AT THE BASE LEVEL Inglis has, in the past, done a great job by encouraging a family day atmosphere on the first day of the Melbourne Premier and you can’t find a spot in the car park, nor a seat in the house. But it’s still the disciples that are doing the buying. Let’s try to convert more people when they’ve at least taken the trouble to drive out to Oaklands Junction for a look..

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With a couple of orders in tow, Jason headed across the Bass Strait to Tasmania and was quickly educated that there’s a helluva difference between Caulfield’s Heath and a heap of crocks.

Despite moderate success with some second raters, Jason jumped at the chance to come back to the mainland with the intention of setting up shop at Mornington in mid 2005.

“I rented boxes on a couple of properties and started off with a small team of slow horses. My first winner – Division – had recovered from a bow tendon and was two years in the waiting.

“I then had a few country w i n n e r s before snaring my first metropolitan winner with Angry Cat in February of last year.

“The stable was starting to get some recognition but the

economic crisis was really starting to bite: my partner, Lynne, was expecting our first baby and – in the interest of security – had to put my ambitions on hold.

“I dispersed the horses and became a racing manager for another, much bigger stable.

Seemed a great idea at the time … an opportunity to chance my arm with some marketing ideas, but soon missed the hands on approach.

“With Lynne’s support I did a complete 360 and, thanks to some loyal support of old clients, went back to training in my own right.”

“WE’VE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO RE-BUILD THE BUSINESS AND ALTHOUGH IT’S ONLY BEEN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD, THE STABLE IS STARTING TO GET RESULTS”

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“Yes, I think so.

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SYNDICATES FOR SYNDICATES Affordability is a huge concern these days and I have taken steps to create syndicates within syndicates as a means for young people to become involved. To own a horse outright you need plenty and therefore, I have owners who own as little as 1% in a horse. They still come to the stable and talk to me and to look at their horse and we endeavour to make them feel very much of the action. These are the people that will eventually become the bigger stakeholders in the game. My biggest client started with a 5% share and has now created a network of corporate people to invest in my stable.

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LET’S GET HOSPITABLE The Eliza Park Sunline Suite for owners at Moonee Valley is a terrific initiative and there should be something similar on EVERY racetrack. It’s time to work on our most precious commodity … existing owners, because they are the people who will bring new owners in. Most times there is nowhere for an owner to watch a race replay unless they win: they get lost in the crowd and are treated that way. Remember … no owners, no horses. Make them feel special – they know they can’t win all the time – but they shouldn’t have to feel like losers. The great advertisement this game has is word of mouth.

I must say that my letters to Racing Victoria seem to be getting lost in the post!.

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JASON PETCH RACING'S FIRST STAKES WINNER : HOONESS TAKES OUT THE REDELVA

Too right. With only a limited amount of runners, the house of Petch has produced eight winners – two at city level – and a black type winner in Hooness.

“Winning the Redelva Stakes-LR with Hooness was an incredible thrill … great for the owners, great for the stable. Especially at this early stage of the game.

“But that’s the one thing about this industry … you can have your share of lows with every high.

“I had a three year old – Kornati – that was clearly going to be the best horse I’ve trained. However, he contracted the hoof disease Laminitis and although we threw everything at him, eventually he had to be put down.

“I buried him here at home and have landscaped a garden area around him – he was such a brave horse and fought all the way. It was bloody heart wrenching.

“At the end of the day, I train horses because I love them.

“We’re a little different with our training methods. I don’t just traditionally saddle ‘em up, work ‘em and feed ‘em.

“We utilise the beach, swimming pool, water-walker, treadmill as well as the Mornington training track which is situated a quiet 200m ride from the property.

“Our horses are given the opportunity to relax without the hustle and bustle of ‘numbers’ training. We also

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break in our own horses and know they’re broken in with the very best of care.

“Probably a lot of small trainers say they would always want to keep numbers down, but I could never see us with more than say 15 in work.

“People pay a lot of money to have their horses trained and, as such, they deserve special attention.

“In my opinion, horses cannot get special attention when surrounded by 80 others.

This way, each horse is treated individually.

“I’m fortunate in that Lynne looks after the office and my staff are as passionate about what we’re trying to achieve as I am.

himself seeking the latest word on his horses.

“Communication is essential … vital. But so is the amount of time I actually get to spend with the horses so it’s really the best of both worlds.”

Jason was active at sales throughout the nation this summer and is extremely confident about what the f uture offers.

“We are gradually attracting better bloodstock and our

GO FOR GOLD Racing Victoria’s implementation of Owner’s Gold Cards is to be applauded, allowing our ‘investors’ to go to the races for free.That said, people shouldn’t have to pay to get in the gate anyway! Sky Channel and TVN makes it far too easy for punters to stay at home or go to their local PubTAB.To encourage young people to come back to the track – to see the horses and participate more actively as to opposed to just punting – open the gates up and allow free access to our diminishing live spectacle.And they really need to do something once people are on course: the average Joe or Josephine Blow will spend $30 to get in, buy a sandwich and a soft drink.This is not the Royal Melbourne Show, it’s a weekly show with rapidly dwindling crowds. Drop refreshment prices and allow the Blows the majority of that 30 bucks to have a couple of bets and head to the mounting yard/ race stalls to have a close up look at their ‘investment’. It wouldn’t hurt either to allow industry participants – who are focused on encouraging people into the game – to set up stalls and promote racehorse ownership.

“RACING IS MISSING OUT ON SOME OF THE MORE WELL CREDENTIALED HORSEMEN AND WOMEN DUE TO A MONETARY POLICY WHICH IS OUT OF REACH FOR SO MANY”

“Our level of client communication has been assisted greatly with the MiStable website which feeds out an incredible amount of information to owners.

client base is growing: we encourage owners to visit the stable. It’s important they get a sense of involvement, rather than just forking out for their training bill every month.”

“I have to get a plug in for my brother, Dean, who started the MiStable software – largely out of frustration as an owner

With a ready smile and steely determination, Jason Petch appears to have found his way.

OPEN THE WALLET You have to spend money to make it! Use some of those government grants to give people something.

OK, it’s the Blows fault that they’ve done their dough on the punt, but let’s not let them head home without a pot to pee in. Have a bloke on the gate handing out free rail tickets, a showbag … something!.

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Taking up the call The mail boy has come a long way.

Bryan Martin would be the first to admit that the thoroughbred industry has provided him with much more than livelihood. The kid with a passion for calling plastic horses as he dragged them across the kitchen table has lived the dream. Arguably the most respected racing commentator of a generation, he went from delivering the mail to calling it.

Truth be known, after 36 years in the box, you’d probably recognise his voice before your mother-inlaws!

But now, Bryan Bernard Martin OAM is determined to put back whatever he took out … and then some.

The starter climbs the stand … steady in the gates and … they’re racing …

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OR A BLOKE THAT’S ‘retired’, Bryan Martin doesn’t have a lot of spare time on his hands.

Sure, when he hung up his binoculars in 2007 after some 36 years of broadcasting, we all knew he wouldn’t just walk away … do a 360 on the game that his been his lifeblood since he kicked off in the Radio 3AW mail room way back in 1966.

But it’s fairly safe to assume that apart from Jill – his devoted wife of 34 years – and close friends and family, most of us didn’t think he’d actually crank it up a gear or two.

However, at the moment (and excuse us if we’ve overlooked a job or three) Bryan is Chairman of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, a Member of the board of trustees for Living Legends, supervises and captains highly popular racing tours around the globe, still does a fair amount of media work (easily the most accessible bloke in the caper) AND is Managing Director of the NewStar Racing Club.

Ironically, for someone who’s been coming into your home a long time before a considerable proportion of Track To Track’s demographic were a twinkle in their father’s eye, it might be the newest venture – NewStar – that will be Bryan’s most enduring legacy.

“OFTEN AT A MIDWEEK MEETING, OWNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BIGGER SYNDICATES, MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE CROWD.”

First of all, as a NewStar member ($95 per entry or $250 for three years) you don’t win anything. OK, you do get some good gear … betting vouchers, beauty products, discounts and other stuff after you join, but at the end of the day, if the syndicate ends up racing the next Phar Lap, Tulloch, Bernborough or Kingston Town you still won’t cop a dollar.Talk about a syndicate with a twist!

However, the impetus to join is more about community and enjoyment than fiscal.

After all, syndicate proceeds are funneled directly to the McGrath Foundation which was formed in memory of international cricketer, Glen McGrath’s wife Jane, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2008.

Like many families, Bryan Martin had seen the ravages of breast cancer up close, with both his mother and grandmother battling the disease, and it didn’t take the doyen long to marry community commitment with industry involvement.

Apart from potentially raising a lot of funds for a worthy cause, Bryan sees NewStar as a great opportunity to get more and more people introduced to racehorse ownership.

Bryan believes it’s the responsibility of all who derive their income from the industry to encourage others to take the plunge, else racehorse ownership withers on the vine.

Currently NewStar has over 1,000 members and when one of the team races, at least 100 people turn up to cheer the horse on: “Often at a midweek meeting, owners, especially those in bigger syndicates, make up the majority of the crowd.”

Sadly, race clubs don’t always come to the party: “A while back we had a runner at a country meeting and expected around 150 to turn up. I rang the club in advance to arrange ticketing, but when people got to the gate they were given a hard time - they were even asked to show their licences and Medicare cards!

“We need to make as many people as possible feel involved, owners

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bones about the importance of getting Bryan to steer the Victorian ship in those first couple of years.

Although the mists of time cloud the turbulence of TVN’s formation, when Bryan decided to make the move, he stuck solid … an act that Sweeney hasn’t readily forgotten.

“I will always remember Bryan agreeing to join TVN at the start … purely on a handshake,” Sweeney points out.

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need to be treated better, there needs to be a change of attitude from race clubs. They are out of touch and that is why, as a sport, racing has been left behind.”

saw him lured back to Melbourne and 3UZ where he voiced racing for 12 years before taking up a pozzie as assistant to the late and very great Bill Collins at 3DB.

NewStar was launched in February of last year and a clear marketing advantage is the profile of trainers that Bryan has mustered: Gai Waterhouse, David Hayes, Mick Price, Mike Moroney, Mark Kavanagh and Paul Perry. And, in a recent development – courtesy of Bryan’s global network – a syndicate has been formed for expat Aussies in the United Kingdom with that syndicate’s horses trained by former leading jockey Gay Kelleway.

Spending four fruitful years with Bill, his old station – 3UZ (now Sport 927) – lured him back in 1988.The carrot? Chief racecaller.

It’s all a long haul from the mid 60s when Bryan first snaffled a job with Victoria’s Radio 3AW, doing ‘production duties’.

However, all the plastic horse practice paid off and by 1970, Bryan had landed a job as a racecaller with Radio 5DN in Adelaide.

He proved to be a natural. Those dulcet tones and accurate eye soon

There Bryan would stay for 18 years where he would not only become a household name … he was IN the household of every punter south of the Murray.

When TVN was launched in 2005, its CEO, Peter Sweeney, made no

“YOU CAN NEVER UNDERESTIMATE WHAT A GOOD HORSE DOES TO

After spending three years at TVN, Bryan surprised the racing world with his decision to call it quits at the end of the 2007 spring carnival (for trivia buffs, the meeting was Sandown on 17 November and that final winner was Zip Baby Zip).

No one could possibly estimate how many horse’s names sprung from those vocal chords, but we do know he called 20 Melbourne Cups, 20 Caulfield Cup and 20 Cox Plates.

During that time he has conducted racing tours to North America, England, large parts of Europe and South Africa, was Australia Day ambassador from 2002 to 2006 and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

Voted Australia’s most popular racing commentator on a number of occasions and twice recipient of the prestigious Bert Wolfe Media Excellence Award, Bryan called racing in every state of Australia, as well as New Zealand, New Guinea, Hong Kong, Canada, Dubai (the inaugural Dubai World Cup won

by Cigar in 1996) and, famously, in Japan.

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Maybe there was a slightly raised modulation, but he still gave due deference to second, third and unplaced horses. The ultimate professional.

Bryan purchased Fields Of Omagh as a yearling and managed racing’s hero to 13 wins and $6.4 million from campaigns in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai.

English speaking nation in the world, Bryan had the added thrill of declaring Aussie bred Better Loosen Up the winner in front of a crowd of 187,000 and a listening audience in the millions.

“It was like calling the Olympic Games of racing.”

Perhaps his greatest and toughest call though was the 2003 Cox Plate when a horse that Bryan

part-owned, Fields Of Omagh, won Australasia’s premier weight for ager in an absolute thriller.

Now, for many of us, it’s difficult to keep your composure when your horse is running in a country maiden, but the unflappable Bryan never lost his cool.

Nor again in 2006 when Fields Of Omagh defied the odds – returning from a career threatening injury – to win his second Cox Plate.

It’s somewhat fitting then that Fields Of Omagh now resides at Living Legends, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses that Bryan played a huge part in launching.

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Witness, while recent additions include Takeover Target, Apache Cat and Maldivian.

Although seriously lacking in government funding, Bryan is passionate about the on-going viability of Living Legends and giving everyday folk the opportunity to get up and close and personal to the stars of yesterday.

In a recent interview regarding promotion of racehorse ownership, Bryan said: “You can never underestimate what a good horse does to pull a crowd … great horses such as Kingston Town and Vo Rogue, and in more recent times Takeover Target and Apache Cat.

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should utilise that … it can be done! Memorabilia surrounding the horses, letting people touch them.”

Citing that many of the ‘good’ stories get lost in the rush, Bryan adds: “I watch a day’s racing on television and I see a trainer interviewed before a race and again after, then the jockey. At that time there could be six owners standing around with a great story:

the horse born with a bent leg who was only put into work because of a breeder’s faith … we don’t get to hear that side of it.

“You can never, never lose if you promote the horse. Current marketing strategies have revolved around partygoers.They only come to the races for a few weeks of a year and I question how beneficial that is. You could hold those Cup Day parties on the other side of Maribyrnong River and most of those wouldn’t notice – they don’t watch the races.

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“There is no return business. We get that audience in but we don’t get them back – why can’t we convert them?”

Meanwhile, Bryan will continue doing his bit – for which he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day honours in January 2009.

As you can imagine, a humble Bryan was ecstatic about getting the gong: recognition of many years of toil.

Officially the award is “for service to the thoroughbred horse racing industry and to the community”.

But get ready you awards people, because in the words of another famous warbler in Al Jolson: “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet”.

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Will pay for himself quickly $35,000 Phone: 0402 717 849

BOOMA 3YO bay gelding [16.1hh] Sire: El Moxie Dam:Alluring Eyes Sound – 3 runs Full brother to last start Queensland winner Diesel and related to Head Turner $4,500 P: Pat Trotter 0419 108 866, VIC

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Sound, proven breeders $1000 each.

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Brown mare 2001 Sire: Scenic Dam: Padmini (by Palace Music) From prolific black type family descendant of Phar Lap's dam Entreaty In foal to Husson Lightning (planned match up) $7,100 neg Phone: 0428 563 917

BREEDING & RACING STOCK Weanlings,Yearlings, 2YOs and and Broodmares Sires include: Niello, Hemingway, Belong To Me, Danzero, Keltrice, King de Lago Priced for immediate sale From $,1000 Phone: 0439 729 793,VIC

HEMINGWAY FILLIES Bay filly ½ to the lightly raced winner Encosta Monde, closely related to the G1 sprinter Mighty Avalanche Brown filly dam is a ½ sister to the G3 Easter Cup winner Il Don out of the SP Godessa.

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Recent broodmare success includes Catbird mare purchased Gold Coast sale for $800 makes $17,000 at auction for new owners Adds to a big list of 3 & 4 figure purchases that have made 5 & 6 figure sums for new owners.

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One of 10 city winners in under 3 months (6/1/10 to 3/4/10) only two of those were a five figure horse, and two horses who gained 2nd’s in Brisbane and Adelaide were $3750 and $5,500 horses.

Five of the winning city horses at $750, $1000, $1750, $2500 and $3500.

Other QLD winners include Falvelon geld (ex VIC), Headshrinker 4 starts, 4 wins.

Stablemates, 7yo Nothin’ Leica Dane geld, Laertes (ex Randwick) 10th win including since 12/12/09 four country cups Mossman 8YO geld (ex Musswelbrook) Obliviator 7th win (Darling Downs Country Horse of Year 08/09), winning 6 of the last 13 and 2 quinellas with Laertes.

General Nediym geld General Nonsense (ex Vic) last 19 starts 8 wins, 5 seconds, 2 fourths Not bad considering he won his maiden at start 22 End Sweep 8yo geld Monte Primo (ex Hawksbury) 16 QLD starts for 6 wins 3 seconds 3 thirds and a fouth Dash For Cash geld (ex Ballarat) Dinero Rapido 4 wins 1 second and a third last 8 starts.

Zedative geld (ex Muswellbrook) Zedmatic now 14 QLD starts fro 11 cheques 4 wins won near $50,000 over 9 times purchase price. Now class 5 won maiden at 35th start.

King Cugat mare Hardly a Game win number 5, Inspected and purchased as a yearling from Gold Coast.

NT

Ishiguru mare Ishiever 4 wins, 1 second for 5 starts. 7 wins all up since leaving Goulburn.

SA

Octagonal geld Fast Eddie inspected and purchased Melbourne sale won Claire after 2nd of 13 Adelaide now 12 starts 8 cheques.

NSW

Danzero mare Lady Of The Park (ex Gold Coast) sold as unraced 4yo after inspection Jacobs Well, first start beaten 0.7 then won second by 2.8 lengths of 13, had barriers 13 & 11, two starts paid for.

Malaysia

4th win for Nothin’ Leica Dane geld Zhen Dao inspected and purchased unraced 3YO Rosehill.

Many more winners available. www.tracktotrack.com Always over 80 geldings for sale

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Track To Track has reached the big six O. The ‘love child’ of young and enthusiastic publisher, Penny Verco, she was told by experts her dream was simply that … a dream.

Well, five years on, Track Track is still going strong and is now widely regarded as Australia’s premier trading magazine.

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“I’ve certainly learned a lot since that first edition. It’s certainly a steep learning curve and we’ve made plenty of mistakes. But we’ve pulled the right rein on a number of occasions too.

“It was very tough at first,” Penny recalls. “You’re out there trying to sell an unknown product to people that are instinctively wary of flash in the pan operations.

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“Gerry listened politely and then wished me luck with the first issue, adding that there was very little likelihood of there being a second!

“It was pretty disheartening to say the least and it did put the tail between my legs for a while.

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“It’s difficult to predict what will happen with paper based publications. The launch of tablet computers and the ability to download newspapers and magazines wirelessly will definitely have an impact, but I feel if you continue to produce quality magazines, we’ll be chopping down trees for quite some time yet.

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First Season Sires 2010 DREAMSCAPE

Bay, 2005 Choisir – Faith In Dreams (USA) (Ferdinand USA)

A successful home-bred for Gooree Stud, Dreamscape burst onto the scene with a debut victory in the Gr.3 Up And Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm in August 2008.

Proving that this impressive performance was no fluke, the Gai Waterhouse trained bay won the Gr.2 Stan Fox Stakes two starts later. Sparingly raced from thereon, he was again in blacktype winning form only recently, proving too strong for Triple Honour in the Gr.3 Liverpool City Cup in March.

Retiring as the winner of four of 11 and over $390,000 in stakes, Dreamscape is a son of the in-form Choisir – globetrotting dual Gr.1 winning sire of 24 stakes winners.

A son of Danehill Dancer, Choisir is one of Australia’s hottest young stallions, well represented by the likes of the UK bound two times Gr.1 winner Starspangledbanner and 10 other Group winners from his first four crops.

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Standing: Widden Stud, NSW Ph: (02) 6549 9999 2010 fee: $9,900 (incl gst)

Dreamscape hails from one of the world’s most famous and prolific families, the handsome young stallion able to boast amongst his relations among the influential stallions Sadler’s Wells, Nureyev, Thatching and Fairy King.

KRUPT

Chestnut, 2005 Flying Spur – Categorical (Hennessy USA) Standing: Lincoln Farm, NSW 2010 fee: $ 8800 (incl gst)

Ph: 0417 903 578

A strong, eye-catching chestnut who created a fine impression in a short period, Krupt retires after just three runs – having shown above average ability.

Just beaten in the Gr.3 Kindergarten Stakes at only his second outing, he was well backed when overcoming a chequered run third up in the Gr.2 Todman Stakes – running on strongly to grab victory close to the line.

On the strength of that effort and highly favoured in Golden

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Slipper markets, Krupt unfortunately missed the race due to an untimely foot abscess.

A horse with a turn of foot and plenty of presence, Krupt is a son of one of Danehill’s best, the Golden Slipper hero Flying Spur – outstanding sire of 73 stakes winners inclusive of 12 Gr.1 winners.

A $450,000 Easter yearling boasting a fascinating pedigree, he hails from the same family as his illustrious sire

– a family that has also produced the champion stallion Encosta de Lago and fellow Gr.1 winners Holy Roman Emperor, Majestic Roi, L’Enjoleur, Aube Indienne and the famed Northern Dancer mare Fanfreluche – Krupt’s fourth dam.

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Part 2

Kristen Manning looks at the new boys in town.

ONEMORENOMORE

Bay, 2006 Red Ransom (USA) – Palia (Last Tycoon USA) Standing: Vinery Stud, NSW Ph: (02) 6543 8333 2010 fee: $TBA

A particularly handsome individual, Onemorenomore accomplished much in a short period of time.

In 12 starts he was only twice out of the first five – racing in strong company throughout his career.

An $800,000 Easter yearling by the in-form Red Ransom (sire of 94 stakes winners including current star Typhoon Tracy), he was twice successful at stakes level at two – taking out the TL

Bailleu Stakes-LR and the Champagne Stakes-Gr.1 (defeating Tickets and Manhattan Rain).

Described by Vinery’s Peter Orton as “a magnificent looking horse,” Onemorenomore is a son of the Gr.3 mare Palia.

Also dam of the dual stakes winner Dr Green, she is a full sister to the Listed winner Just

Awesome (who fared well from limited opportunities at stud) and the stakes placed Lady Capel – dam of Chipping Norton StakesGr.1 winner Casino Prince.

RED ELEMENT

Bay, 2004 Red Ransom (USA) – Tracy’s Element (Last Tycoon IRE) Standing: Glenlogan Park, QLD 2010 fee: $8,800 (incl gst)

Ph: 0428 617 367

A horse who always caught the eye at the track, carrying himself proudly, Red Element was a pretty talented racehorse himself.

However, such are the deeds of his sister that he is well known as Typhoon Tracy’s brother!

One of the best race mares of recent times, Typhoon Tracy has been in great form this preparation – Horse Of The Year accolades beckoning.

She and Red Element are two of their wonderful sire Red Ransom’s 94 stakes winners and his sons are now proving popular at stud – the likes of

Charge Forward and Domesday faring well.

A five times winner over sprinting trips, Red Element was twice successful at stakes level.

Hailing from a truly great international family, he is a son of the Australian bred South African four times Gr.1 winner Tracy’s Element. What a broodmare she has proven to be – her seven to race all being winners. And she is grandam of the Gr.2 winning juvenile Shaft.

Tracy’s Element is a daughter of the dual Gr.3 winner Princess

Tracy, also dam of the Gr.1 winning successful stallion Danasinga and the Group winners Cullen, Towkay (also very good sires) and Topasannah.

And grandam of the South African Gr.1 winner Suntagonal and the Gr.2 winners Happy Morning, Prince Of War and Fatal Attraction.

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First Season Sires 2010 Part 2 cont.

U S RANGER

Bay, 2004 Danzig (USA) – My Annette (USA) (Red Ransom USA) Standing: Independent Stallions,VIC Ph: 0412 538 155 2010 fee: $11,000 (incl gst)

Of all the branches of the flourishing Northern Dancer line, it is Danzig (196 stakes winners, 46 Gr.1 winners) who has fared best in this part of the world… well represented by the lines of Danehill (and his many fine sire sons and grandsons), Anabaa, Cape Cross, Grand Lodge, Desert Sun,Volksraad and Testa Rossa.

Likely to be one of the last sons of Danzig to head to Australia, U S Ranger was a high class sprinter/miler – the winner of five of 19 from 1200m to 1600m.

A fast front runner, he was

unbeaten at two before proving competitive with the best of sprinters from Europe at three in four – in the Gr.1 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot finishing alongside our own Takeover Target.

Only just beaten by Marchand D’Or in the Gr.1 July Cup, he was twice a winner at Listed level and also a competitive fifth in a particularly strong running of the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Mile won

by Goldikova.

U S Ranger is out of the well

related Red Ransom mare My Annette, ¾ sister to the highly successful stallion Dynaformer – sire of 94 stakes winners including 15 Gr.1 winners. Promising young stallion Offlee Wild also hails from this prolific family as does the Kentucky Derby hero Monarchos.

VON COSTA DE HERO

Bay, 2005 Encosta de Lago – Piavonic (Scenic IRE) Standing: Darley,VIC Ph: (03) 5799 9000 2010 fee: $TBA

A handsome $1.2 million Easter yearling, Von Costa de Hero won just the one race in a 19 start career but he mixed it with the best and did not always have his share of luck.

At his third start, Von Costa de Hero overcame a chequered run to win the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes-Gr.2 and was one of the best 2YOs of his generation - at his next start flying home down the outside to only just miss picking up Sebring in the Golden

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Slipper-Gr.1.

Third in the Caulfield Guineas-Gr.1 (a race whose placegetters have fared extremely well at stud), he remained competitive into the autumn – finishing second to Heart Of Dreams in the Australian Guineas-Gr.1.

One of his outstanding sire’s 64 stakes winners, Von Costa de Hero is a son of the Gr.1 sprinting mare Piavonic – best

remembered as conqueror of the mighty Sunline.This is a consistent black type family whose members include Emlozza, Doppio, Bellonic, Dark Rhythm, Raise A Rhythm, Oamaru Rhythm and Bira.

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WANTED

Bay, 2006 Fastnet Rock – Fragmentation (Snippets) Standing: Eliza Park,VIC Ph: 0428 440 330 2010 fee: $38,500 (incl gst)

As winner of one of Australia’s most prestigious sprinting contests, this year’s Newmarket Handicap hero is bound to find many fans when he retires to Eliza Park this spring.

Consistent and tough like his in-form sire, Wanted raced 15 times – recording three victories with a further six placings to his credit, amassing over $1.2 million in stakes.

A debut winner at two who, during his first campaign, won the Gr.3 Kindergarten Stakes, he was competitive with the

country’s best sprinters at three. Runner up in three consecutive elite level events, he deserved his Newmarket victory – a strong on-pace performance seeing him prove a length too good for Eagle Falls, Starspangledbanner and King Pulse.

An $800,000 Easter yearling, Wanted is by Danehill’s dual Gr.1 winning son Fastnet Rock. With just two crops of racing age he has proven somewhat of a sensation – already represented by nine

stakes winners including the big race winners Irish Lights and Rock Classic.

Bred on the highly successful Danehill/Snippets cross, Wanted is out of the fast stakes winner Fragmentation, also dam of the Gr.3 winning juvenile Shrapnel.

WILANDER

Chestnut, 2005 Exceed And Excel – Scandinavia (Snippets) Standing: Lindsay Park, SA Ph: 0438 767 227 2010 fee: $8,800 (incl gst)

Well regarded from before he stepped into the sales ring, this $625,000 Easter graduate hit the track running – at debut showing blistering speed to win the Gr.3 Blue Diamond Prelude by 2½ lengths, leading throughout.

Whilst unplaced in the Blue Diamond, he was quickly back in winning form at three, taking on the older sprinters in the Gr.2 Schillaci Stakes when second up and proving too strong for the gallant Lucky Secret.

Close up in the Gr.1 Lightning Stakes and Oakleigh Plate, he then

led from go to whoa in the Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes – the fourth and final of his wins from a 10 start career.

A first crop son of the dual Gr.1 winning Danehill stallion Exceed And Excel (Newmarket Handicap, Dubai Racing Club Cup),Wilander is one of that consistent and classy sire’s 22 stakes winners.

His dam is the dual Group winning Snippets mare Scandanavia, also winner of one of the Blue Diamond lead-ups and three

times only just beaten in Gr.1 sprints. Also dam of the Gr.1 winner Magnus and grandam of the flying Black Caviar, she is a half sister to the stakes winners Russian Tea Room, Midnight Sun and Frosty The Snowman.

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Breaking and Pre-Training Camperdown VIC Ph 0439 207 245

Bombora – VIC Ph 0419 534 961

Springview Park Bryan Maher 0447 391 849 (03) 5798 1386 Euroa,VIC

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HORSE HEALTH Ahern & Associates –VIC South East Victorian Veterinary Practice Ph 0400 144 670 Equine Global Pty. Ltd. Vet supplies at wholesale price www.equineglobal.com.au Contact Jim Buchanan Ph (07) 5543 2156 / 0400 198 081 Equine Hair Analysis Kerry Marsh (B.Ed, B.AgSc.) Ph 0402 772 124 Equine Performance Pty Ltd Equiwinner Patch & Flair Nasal Strips 1300 886 968 www.equineperformance.com.au Garrards EquineVeterinary Practice 1300 791 688 Horse Power Ph 0416 237 665 www.horsepower.com.au HunterValley Equine Podiatry and Lameness Centre Dr.Terry Hicks mbkvet@bigpond.net.au Meadowlands Animal 1300 632 369 / 0419 904 217 www.meadowlands.com.au sales@meadowlands.com.au Medi-Ice Pak Australia – QLD Ph 1800 805 766 Rapidvite Ph 1800 774 999 www.rapidvite.com Ross Brown Sales Pty Ltd – NSW ETI Infrared Equine Thermometer Ph (02) 4883 4800 Southern Cross Feeds Ph 0400 334 230 www.southerncrossfeeds.com.au Stock Health Products – VIC Apple Cider Vinegar 1800 255 288 Troy Products – NSW Ph (02) 9604 6266 HORSES WANTED Adam Buchert – NSW Small fillies to be used for polo 0408 078 313 Stallions At Stud – VIC Pretty heads to be used for showing 1300 559 838 Wanted Quiet horses To be re-educated for Adult Riding Club, Eventing etc.

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Stable Concepts – VIC Ph (03) 5790 4332 / 0428 734 393 Well Camp Fabrications Les Smith (07) 4630 4731 0407 141 421 STUDS Bella Park Thoroughbreds – QLD Ph (07) 4978 7669 / 0400 242 611 Bullarook Park Stud – VIC Ph (03) 5796 2166 Burnewang North Pastoral - VIC Ph 0400 894 506 Farm Office: (03) 5484 3592 Burwood Stud – QLD Ph (07) 4693 1309 Cangon – NSW Ph (02) 4992 1231 / 0428 499 231 Email: cangon@ceinternet.com.au Cressfield Stud – NSW Ph (02) 6545 0338 Cromartry – WA Ph (08) 9575 4045 Eagle Park – NSW Ph (02) 6365 4452 Egmont Park – QLD Ph (07) 4691 0134 Emirates Park – Vic Ph (03) 9746 1444 Hollylodge – Vic Ph (03) 5796 2495 Kedarona Ph (03) 5629 4176 / 0418 397 673 Kooringal Stud – QLD Ph (02) 6924 6422 Lyndhurst Stud Farm – QLD Ph (07) 4661 1588 Millford Thoroughbreds – VIC Ph 0458 962 350 Racetree – QLD Ph (07) 3348 8400 Fax: (07) 3348 8477 Turangga Ph (02) 6662 4911 Wimmera Park – NSW Ph (02) 6382 4473 / 0420 729 403 Yarraman Park (02) 6545 1961 Scone NSW www.yarramanpark.com.au studoffice@yarramanpark.com.au TRANSPORT MLT Transport Melbourne . Sydney . Hunter Valley weekly Ph 0419 115 026 Email: mltstud@bigpond.net.au Rudd’s Horse Transport Melbourne – Sydney – Dubbo – Brisbane – Cairns weekly Call Les & Paula Rudd (07) 5496 2555 www.ruddshorsetransport.com.au www.tracktotrack.com

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MAY 1

Caulfield Blue Sapphire Stakes-LR

VIC

2

Cranbourne

VIC

1

Maranoa Booringa Cup

QLD

3

Alice Springs Alice Springs Cup

NT

1

Yeppoon GJ Gardiner Homes Yeppoon Cup

QLD

3

Mount Garnet Mount Garnet Cup

QLD

1

Millicent Millicent Cup

SA

3

Quirindi

NSW

1

Alice Springs Pioneer Sprint

NT

3

Taree

NSW

1

3

Ipswich

QLD

Hawkesbury Reavill Farm Inglis 2YO

NSW

3

Derwent

TAS

1

Eagle Farm Sir Byrne Hart Stakes-G2; Gunsynd Classic-G3;Tails Stakes-LR

QLD

3

Wimmera

VIC

1

Belmont WA Sires' Produce Stakes-G3

WA

4

Warrnambool Brierley Steeplechase

VIC

Ballina

NSW

1

Broadmeadow

NSW

4

1

Coonamble

NSW

4

Townsville

QLD

5

Warrnambool Wangoom Handicap; Galleywood Hurdle

VIC

5

Canterbury

NSW

5

Eagle Farm

QLD

5

Strathalbyn

SA

5

Port Augusta

SA

5

Belmont

WA

6

Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase;Warrnambool Cup

VIC

1

Lismore

NSW

1

Tumbarumba

NSW

1

Gold Coast

QLD

1

Mackay

QLD

1

Toowoomba

QLD

1

Barcaldine

QLD

1

Bundaberg

QLD

1

Gregory Downs

QLD

1

Mount Garnet

QLD

6

Wagga Town Plate

NSW

1

Tower Hill

QLD

6

Gosford

NSW

Rockhampton

QLD

1

Tatura

VIC

6

1

Leinster

WA

6

Pinjarra Park

WA

Morphettville Betfair SA Derby-G1; The Distinctive Homes Goodwood Handicap-G1; RA Lee Stakes-G3; Darley Auraria Stakes-G3; Oaklands Plate-LR; Dequetteville Stakes-LR; Betfair Proud Miss S-LR; Provincial Series Final

SA

7

Wagga Wagga Wagga Gold Cup

NSW

7

Orange

NSW

7

Darwin

NT

7

Sunshine Coast

QLD

Northam Northam Sprint

WA

7

Bendigo

VIC

8

Gold Coast AD Hollindale Stakes-G2; Heinrich Group Gold Coast Guineas-G3; Carlton Draught Prime Minister's Cup-LR; Attwood Marhsall Lawyers Silk Stocking-LR; H Harvey Prestige Gold Coast Bracelet-LR; Culpans Electrical Contractors Ken Russell Memorial Classic-LR

QLD

2

2 2

Mudgee Sky Gold Gooree Cup

NSW

2

Sapphire Coast

NSW

2

Sunshine Coast

QLD

2

Dalby

QLD

2

Sandown

VIC

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8

Emerald Emerald Cup

QLD

12

Sandown

VIC

8

Quilpie Quilpie Cup

QLD

12

Belmont

WA

8

Boorowa

NSW

13 & 16

Scone HTBA Scone Yearling Sale

NSW

8

Broadmeadow

NSW

13

Port Macquarie Kempsey Cup

NSW

8

Gilgandra

NSW

13

Hawkesbury

NSW

Townsville

QLD

8

Rosehill

NSW

13

8

Pine Creek

NT

13

Ballarat

VIC

13

Northam

WA

14

Scone Scone Cup; Dark Jewel Classic; Inglis Guineas

NSW

8

Ipswich

QLD

8

Burrandowan

QLD

8

Goondiwindi

QLD

14

Canberra

NSW

8

Innisfail

QLD

14

Ipswich

QLD

8

North Gregory

QLD

14

Oakley

QLD

8

Morphettville

SA

14

Kilmore

VIC

8

Flemington

VIC

15

Pakenham

VIC

8

Belmont

WA

Doomben BTC Cup-G1; Mitty's Rough Habit Plate-G3; Chairman's Handicap-G3; Hardy Brothers Hampden Stakes-LR

QLD

8

9

Gunnedah Sky Gold Gunnedah Cup

NSW

15

Cobar Cobar Cup

NSW

15

Flemington Gibson Carmichael Stakes

VIC

15

Belmont HG Bolton Sprint-LR

WA

15

Lismore Kyogle Cup

NSW

15

Kembla

NSW

15

Leeton

NSW

15

Mudgee

NSW

15

Randwick

NSW

15

Darwin

NT

9

Murwillumbah

NSW

9

Sunshine Coast

QLD

9

Elwick

TAS

9

Geelong

VIC

9

Sale

VIC

9

Kalgoorlie

WA

10

Goulburn

NSW

10

Grafton

NSW

15

Alice Springs

NT

10

Seymour

VIC

15

Gold Coast

QLD

11

Mackay QTIS 600 Plate

QLD

15

Toowoomba

QLD

11

Canterbury

NSW

15

Cairns

QLD

11

Yarra Valley

VIC

15

Central Warrego

QLD

12

Randwick

NSW

15

Gladstone

QLD

12

Eagle Farm

QLD

15

Lockyer

QLD

SA

15

Longreach

QLD

12

Murray Bridge

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MAY 15

Moranbah

QLD

20

Mount Gambier

SA

15

Mount Isa

QLD

20

Hobart

TAS

15

Warwick

QLD

20

Bendigo

VIC

15

Oakley

QLD

21

Mount Gambier Mount Gambier Cup

SA

15

Morphettville

SA

21

Grafton

NSW

15

Benalla

VIC

21

Muswellbrook

NSW

15

Carnarvon

WA

21

Ipswich

QLD

16

Coffs Harbour

NSW

21

Colac

VIC

16

Queanbeyan

NSW

22

Brewarrina Brewarrina Cup

NSW

16

Sunshine Coast

QLD

22

Burdekin Burdekin Cup

QLD

Corowa Corowa Cup

NSW

16

Port Augusta

SA

22

16

Devonport

TAS

22

QLD

16

Cranbourne

VIC

16

Horsham

VIC

16

Kalgoorlie

WA

Doomben Doomben Cup-G1; Champagne Classic-G2; Hidden Dragon The Roses-G3; Darley BRC Sprint-G3; Lyndhurst Stud Fred Best Classic-G3; Lord Mayor's Cup-G3; Glenlogan Park Stakes-G3

17 & 18

Oaklands Junction Inglis Melbourne Great Southern Sale (Weanlings)

VIC

22

Injune Injune Cup

QLD

22

Nanango Nanango Cup

QLD

17

Albury

NSW

22

Dubbo

NSW

Belmont Provincial Championship Final

WA

17 17

Moe

VIC

22

Rosehill WJ McKell Cup

NSW

18

Wyong

NSW

22

Broadmeadow

NSW

22

Lismore

NSW

22

Katherine

NT

22

Gold Coast

QLD

18

Rockhampton

QLD

18

Kyneton

VIC

19 & 20

Oaklands Junction Inglis Melbourne Great Southern Sale (Bloodstock)

VIC

22

Toowoomba

QLD

19

Canterbury

NSW

22

Rockhampton

QLD

19

Sunshine Coast

QLD

22

Barcaldine

QLD

19

Balaklava

SA

22

Gordonvale

QLD

19

Sandown

VIC

22

Maxwelton

QLD

19

Belmont

WA

22

Morphettville

SA

20

Kembla

NSW

22

Caulfield

VIC

20

Toowoomba

QLD

22

Mildura

VIC

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Bathurst Bathurst Cup

NSW

29

Belmont Roma Cup-G3

WA

23

Pakenham Great Southern Steeplechase

VIC

29

Grafton

NSW

23

Mildura Mildura Cup

VIC

29

Kembla

NSW

23

Nowra Nowra Cup

NSW

29

Moree

NSW

29

Randwick

NSW

23

Sunshine Coast

QLD

29

Darwin

NT

23

Strathalbyn

SA

29

Gold Coast

QLD

23

Kalgoorlie

WA

29

Mackay

QLD

24

Port Macquarie

NSW

29

Toowoomba

QLD

24

Tamworth

NSW

29

Aramac

QLD

24

Seymour

VIC

29

Atherton

QLD

25

Randwick

NSW

29

Beaudesert

QLD

25

Townsville

QLD

29

Cunnamulla

QLD

25

Echuca

VIC

29

Dalby

QLD

26-28

Gold Coast Magic Millions National Weanling Sale

QLD

29

Mount Isa

QLD

26

Canterbury

NSW

29

Thangool

QLD

29

Morphettville

SA

26

Ipswich

QLD

29

Moonee Valley

VIC

26

Murray Bridge

SA

29

Bairnsdale

VIC

26

Sandown

VIC

29

Carnarvon

WA

26

Belmont

WA

Gosford

NSW

Gold Coast Magic Millions National Breeding Stock Sale

QLD

27

30 May2 June

27

Gold Coast

QLD

30

Casterton Casterton Cup

VIC

30

Port Macquarie Wauchope Cup

NSW

30

Cessnock

NSW

30

Alice Springs

NT

30

Sunshine Coast

QLD

30

Elwick

TAS

30

Cranbourne

VIC

30

Kalgoorlie

WA

30

Port Hedland

WA

31

Narromine

NSW

31

Wagga

NSW

31

Ararat

VIC

27

Ballarat

VIC

27

Northam

WA

28

Casino Beef Week Cup

NSW

28

Canberra

NSW

28

Sunshine Coast

QLD

28

Geelong

VIC

29

Doomben Carlton Draught Doomben 10,000-G1; The Channel 7 Premier's Cup-G3; Grand Prix Stakes-G3; The Sita Environmental Phoenix-LR; Austereo Chief De Beers Quality-LR

QLD

Hawker Hawker Cup

SA

29

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WadHam PaRk (2), 325 MundOOLun COnnECTIOn Rd, BOyLAnd, gOLd COAST, AuSTRALIA The ultimate Training Centre & Equine Veterinary Hospital Wadham Park 2 offers the best of everything for a Thoroughbred training, pre-training and rehabilitation centre.

With 1400m grass and dirt training tracks, surrounded by numerous paddocks and day yards, this 80 plus acres of breathtaking thoroughbred country is some of the finest you will see!

This Thoroughbred complex has been thoughtfully designed with two homes overlooking the property, and further staff quarters strategically built directly above the main stable barns.

The Pre-training precinct includes: • 3 barns of 42 stables, all architecturally designed with high roofs and engineered to capture the cool breezes.

• 6 room staff accommodation above stable barn • Large 8 x horse walker • 2 covered sand-rolls • Indoor sand arena 30x15m • 2 wash-bays and 7 tie-up stalls • Loading ramps • 1400m grass and sand training tracks

The Equine Veterinary Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre includes: • Separate 15 stable barn • Office and reception • 18 indoor stables and 2 air-conditioned isolation/ quarantine stables • 8 x horse walker • 6 x Submergible Aqua Walker • 50m indoor swimming pool • Treadmill • Equine spa • 5 x tie-up stalls and 1 x washbay • Fully equipped equine hospital with two operating theatres, X-Ray rooms, laboratory, conference rooms and lecture room.

Closing 1:00pm 8th June 2010 The Vendor, Wadham Park Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, is seeking all offers (including cash & contra.) Contact the Agent, Magic Millions Realty, for Tender documents on +61 7 5504 1200

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‘SUNNY PARK’ Within 10 minutes from the heart of Dubbo upon 13.65Ha, ‘Sunny Park’ features much more than you can imagine. The well planned horse complex is currently being used for horse spelling & racehorse training and includes everything you’ll need including 10 brick stable complex, 14 stables and 14 day yards attached plus 5 day yards, 7 x 1/2acre spelling paddocks with shelters, 6-horse walker, 7 tonne silo gravity fed into feed room bins, Round yard, Sand yard, Hosing down dock, 4 extra paddocks of approx 8 acres with shelters, 20 x 9.8m machinery shed with pit, power and workshop, Bore, river scheme plus large rainwater storage, Hay shed minimum 750 bale capacity, 800 metre training track (pictured, yellow)

33L Boothenba Road Price: $1.25 MILLION NEGOTIABLE View video at www.rhdubbo.com.au

MONICA HENLEY 0410 615 505 BED x 5, BATH x 3, CAR x 4

Auction 29th May @ 11.00am (Unless sold prior)

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1/50 Hitchcock Avenue Barwon Heads

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JOIN THE WINNERS AT T ‘THE FARM’

FOR SALE OR LEASE This outstanding stable complex and house is located right in the heart of Sydney’s famous Warwick Farm racing community.

The property features: • 23 stables • 7 day yards under cover • Horse walking machine • Sand roll • 4 bedroom home This truly is one of the best set-ups in Warwick Farm and just a 30-40 minute drive from Sydney’s CBD and major horse properties in Cobbitty, Camden etc.

ISSN 1832-360X

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Price On Application Phone: 0418 237 960, NSW