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Rhythm In Paris Wins Group 3 For Bianconi
August 15, 2010 at 8:24 am

Lightly-raced five-year-old Rhythm In Paris is Bianconi’s latest stakes winner, taking out the Group Three Cockram Stakes at Caulfield. Rhythm In Paris only made the field for the 1200m feature as the second emergency after two scratchings on Saturday morning. The turn of events led to trainer Jason Warren withdrawing Rhythm In Paris from the learn more ...

Bianconi By The Numbers
August 12, 2010 at 8:25 am

A strong start to the new racing year suggests that Bianconi will maintain his position as Victoria’s most prolific sire of winners in 2010-11. A strong start to the new racing year suggests that Bianconi will maintain his position as Victoria’s most prolific sire of winners in 2010-11. Bianconi was represented by three winners last learn more ...

Bianconi Flemington Winner’s Close Inbreeding To Danzig
August 11, 2010 at 8:27 am

There will be very few, if any, winners in Melbourne over the next twelve months closer inbred than Lorna’s Lass, the Bianconi 3-year-old filly who won the first race on the first Saturday meeting of the year when successful at Flemington last Saturday. There will be very few, if any, winners in Melbourne over the learn more ...

Temperamental Lass Wins At Flemington
August 11, 2010 at 8:26 am

Lorna’s Lass made it two wins on the trot after winning the $75,000 Gail Jackson & Rosemary Keogh Handicap (1410m) for three-year-olds fillies at Flemington on Saturday. Lorna’s Lass made it two wins on the trot after winning the $75,000 Gail Jackson & Rosemary Keogh Handicap (1410m) for three-year-olds fillies at Flemington on Saturday. Winning learn more ...

Swettenham Wins Stallion Awards
August 5, 2010 at 10:45 pm

Swettenham Stud won two of the major awards at the North East Thoroughbreds Annual Awards Dinner held at Shepparton. Bianconi took out the award for leading Victorian stallion, while Keep The Faith was recognised as the top first season sire. Swettenham principal Adam Sangster expressed satisfaction with the awards as a compliment to his hard learn more ...

Group One Winner For Hold That Tiger
August 2, 2010 at 11:49 am

Smiling Tiger has beaten Australian Champion Scenic Blast home to become the first Gr.1 winner for Swettenham Stud’s exciting young shuttle sire Hold That Tiger. Trained in America by Jeff Bonde the lightly raced Smiling Tiger won the Bing Crosby Stakes over 1200m at Del Mar. Ridden to the lead early by jockey Victor Espinoza, learn more ...

Sayahailmary Wins Time Honoured 2YO Classic In The Bush
July 26, 2010 at 8:39 pm

Sayahailmary yesterday won one of the biggest 2YO races in the Albury-Wodonga area when she ran out a comfortable winner of the Jack Maher Classic $22,500 over 1200m at Wodonga. The Keep The Faith 2YO filly from the very successful Peter Moody stable ran as the pronounced 3/1 favourite. She jumped well from the barriers learn more ...

150th Melbourne Cup At NE Thoroughbred Breeders Awards Night
July 22, 2010 at 10:45 pm

Victoria’s North Eastern Thoroughbred Breeders will be holding their Awards Night Of Knights on July 31st at Shepparton. A special attraction will be the opportunity for guests to be photographed with the 150th Melbourne Cup, currently on a promotional tour around the country. The North Eastern Thoroughbred Awards have been held for over 25 years learn more ...

Move To Weir Proves Just The Tonic
July 20, 2010 at 10:15 pm

Having her first run in 46 weeks for a new stable, Tonic won her first Saturday metropolitan race in the $70,000 Glasshouse Café Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield yesterday. Now trained at Ballarat by Darren Weir, Tonic remained rock solid at $12 with the bookies in a competitive betting race. The grey mare was restrained by learn more ...

ELUSIVE 500 TARGET REACHED
July 19, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Well all good racing folks’ have seen the trouble one can get into by “cheering in the run” or as our forebears liked to state “going the early crow”. As a victim of backing many a horse cruising to victory that has been so cursed, by some inexperienced fellow supporter – I am fully aware learn more ...