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If ever there was a case of “first out first home” it was Star’s 3 year old filly ARRANMORE winning comfortably at Randwick yesterday, Melbourne Cup day. The daughter of Astern had raced twice before, each time the runner up to seemingly talented horses, so yesterday with Tommy Berry piloting the filly, it was a case of take no […]

After several “near misses” talented New Zealand bred mare ONLY WORDS (NZ) won in very eye catching fashion at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate eve over the same distance as that race. Having had no luck to date in her preparation, ONLY WORDS (NZ) had horses all around her in the Let’s Elope Stakes when resuming at Flemington and as […]

In a remarkable coincidence KUBRICK won at Doomben on Saturday exactly two years after winning the inaugural running of the $1 million Bondi Stakes at Randwick in the memorable  “paint scraping rails hugging” Brenton Avdulla ride. He has been out of the winners circle all that time and whilst he’s been close to the mark more than […]

Lightly raced 4 year old mare SUR LA MER won in eye catching fashion first up this preparation at Newcastle with jockey Lee Magorrian ensuring that the daughter of Nicconi was given a relatively clear passage throughout the 1,250 metres event. After settling towards the rear of the field for the first half of the race, the mare began […]

Our 3 year old Extreme Choice filly ESPIONA burst onto the racing scene with an impressive winning debut at Warwick Farm yesterday. Ridden by James McDonald for the 1,200 metres event, the filly was a touch slow away from the barriers but quickly found her stride to travel comfortably on the soft 6 surface. ESPIONA cruised up onto the heels of the leaders as […]

Our 3 year old Winning Rupert filly MERIMEE has been racing consistently and yesterday at Eagle Farm she broke through for her maiden win in dominant style over 1,400 metres with Jim Byrne aboard. MERIMEE began well from her barrier and Jim allowed her to find her feet and settle in a mid-field position, three wide with cover where she […]

GABEIRA commenced this preparation with a dead heat win at Geelong but the 4 year old daughter of Deep Field made sure that victory would be solely hers when racing at Ladbrokes Park Hillside (Sandown) yesterday. The mare began well from her inside barrier and jockey Brett Prebble held this position early until the speed horses in the […]

It was an exciting afternoon cheering on our two STAR horses at Eagle Farm yesterday and a thrill to see the purple and white stars take out successive races on the card. Press Statement gelding SPOKESMAN was first up this preparation over the 1,300 metres distance. He began well from his barrier and in form […]

Written by Paul Vitisse  Continuing our series on the major mentors to successful professionals in the thoroughbred industry, TDN AusNZ chatted to leading syndicator and Star Thoroughbreds Principal Denise Martin about those who influenced her career. Denise Martin enjoyed a successful career in the hospitality industry before she combined her years of international and domestic […]

BRETON stamped himself as a potential stayer on the rise when racing up in class over the 2,190 metres trip at Ipswich yesterday and winning again in eye catching fashion following a dominant maiden win at the Gold Coast a couple of weeks ago. Rider Luke Dittman reported that he was very confident of victory from […]