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Swettenham sire rewards Shadwell
September 5, 2011 at 1:16 am
Victorian breeders Bill and Yoneen Hodder hit the jackpot when they sold a Keep The Faith colt for $220,000 at the 2010 Inglis Easter yearling sale. It was a remarkable result for the Nagambie couple who trade under the Boxgrove Pastoral banner. Keep The Faith had been priced at $8,000 fee for his second season
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King’s Rose closely related to visiting King of Speed
September 4, 2011 at 10:56 am
KING’S ROSE, a New Zealand bred Hunter Valley sired Redoute’s Choice 4-year-old mare who emerged as a good prospect for Spring Queen of the Turf distinction with a game win over the Show a Heart millionaire Heart of Dreams in the Group 2 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 27, is a relation of
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Swettenham wins again with Team Williams
September 4, 2011 at 12:45 am
Swettenham Stud and Team Williams combined for another feature win with Niblick at Flemington on Saturday. Niblick (5g Encosta de Lago – Leica Vista by Sir Tristram) stormed home to win the Listed VRC Paris Lane Stakes (1400m) first-up after a 17 week spell. “He had problems with his feet in the autumn,” Nick Williams
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Acclamation in demand at Doncaster
September 4, 2011 at 12:40 am
Acclamation dominated the two-day Doncaster Bloodstock yearling sale this week. He had three lots make the Top 10 leader-board on Wednesday and another two in the Top 5 on Thursday. The northern hemisphere results auger well for Swettenham Stud shuttler Equiano who is the first son of Acclamation to stand in Australia. Acclamation‘s colt from
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Notable winner for Bianconi
August 31, 2011 at 2:13 am
Bianconi filly Note To Bee was always travelling like a winner for Brad Rawiller in the Schweppes Maiden Plate (1000m) at Pakenham on Tuesday. Note To Bee (3f Bianconi – Her Note by Red Ransom) jumped straight to the front and was too strong for the favourite Landuc winning by two lengths in 58.49s. Trained
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EQUIANO – Stays In News x 3
August 28, 2011 at 9:47 pm
King’s Rose (Memsie), Anabandana (NZ Champion 2YO), 21st Freshman winner Dark Angel, etc. The first start in Australia resulted in Group 2 win for a significant member of Equiano’s family when New Zealand-bred mare King’s Rose (Redoute’s Choice) showed her courage as well as class with a fighting first-up win in Saturday’s $200,000 MRC NZB
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Rick’s Colt Chasing Guineas Pot of Gold
August 22, 2011 at 5:11 am
Rick Hore-Lacy will set his promising colt Chase The Rainbow on a Caulfield Guineas path after securing a $50,000 Inglis Race Series bonus at Geelong today. The Three Year Old Vase was for 0-72 raters (1300m) and run on the Geelong Synthetic track after being transferred from Seymour earlier this week. CHASE THE RAINBOW ($90,000
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Adam Sangster Joins TBV Board
August 18, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Swettenham Stud Principal Adam Sangster has been elected to fill the casual vacancy following the departure of Bob Scarborough after serving seven years on the TBV Board. “On behalf of TBV I would like to thank Bob for all his work for the Association and wish him well with hisfuture endeavors with the Moonee Valley
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European 2YO Sires Premiership Hots Up
August 16, 2011 at 12:51 am
Leading the 2YO sires list in Europe at present (ie as at 14th August) is the tearaway leader Acclamation a very highly regarded son of outstanding sprinter Royal Applause. Acclamation is way out in front by earnings some 61,124 pounds ahead of an intense battle for second between Holy Roman Emperor and Dark Angel. There
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Kavanagh Keeps the Faith
August 12, 2011 at 1:15 am
Stable star Whobegotyou begins Mark Kavanagh’s build up for the spring carnival in the G2 P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield this Saturday. Kavanagh is busier than ever while his sons Sam and Levi are on annual leave and there are several promising gallopers back home in Adelaide. Unfaithfully (4m Keep The Faith – Royal
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