It’s a question young Ballarat trainer Mitch Freedman says he gets all the time. But for the record, he is no relation to the powerful Freedman brothers, led by Melbourne Cup winning trainer Lee Freedman who now trains in Singapore. For Mitch Freedman, he is making a name for himself in his right and hopes it will be highlighted even more during the Spring Carnival when two runners from Swettenham Stud’s stallion – Puissance de Lune – tackle the Victoria Derby (2500m) and the VRC Oaks (2500m). Colt Southern Moon and Moonlight Maid both ran second at their last starts into the lead-up to tackling the glory of Group 1 races. Southern Moon finished second in the Geelong Classic (2200m) at the G

Linda Huddy had good reason to believe her multiple Group producing mare Pentamerous had come to the end of her foaling days. Without a foal since 2013 and with plenty of misses and tears along the way, Linda’s hopes of the mare experiencing a trouble-free pregnancy and having another colt or filly were quickly fading. After producing Shoot Out, which Linda and her husband Graham purchased at the 2008 Magic Millions yearling sales for $15,000, there was always plenty of motivation to get the Pentire mare Pentamerous in foal. Shoot Out, who was a first yearling colt by champion middle distance performer High Chaparral, won five Group 1s, and amassed $3.2 million in prizemoney. He wasn’t the o