The man that broke in the mighty Makybe Diva has also developed emerging apprentice Rachel Murray.
The 3kg claimer has a business degree in agriculture and will ride Greg Bennett’s talented galloper Clickety Snip at Wednesday’s metropolitan meeting at Newcastle.
Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham heads back to town knowing the 13 horse team is in fine form.
“We’ve had four winners from our last eight runners,” Graham said via the mobile whilst driving down to Rosehill on Friday. “We’ve had a couple of placings as well, won a race on Kempsey Cup day and also had a second.”
Veteran horseman Pat Farrell doesn’t mind metropolitan racing being conducted on provincial racetracks due to the $150 million reconstruction of the Randwick grandstand.
Preparing thoroughbreds is only part of the daily work schedule for South Coast trainer Robert Price. There is also the ground work, the maintenance, required to keep Turpentine Park to a level required to ensure the racehorses present are afforded the opportunity to thrive.
“I could, if I could apply myself to anything other than horses,” – Kristen Buchanan.
Unfortunately for the world of medicine Buchanan is into thoroughbreds. She may have a degree in human biology and exercise physiology but training racehorses on the Central Coast is all consuming .…
NSW trainers have carved up the Melbourne Cup carnival and they are set to play a major role at the Emirates Stakes meeting which closes out the week long thoroughbred feast at Flemington.
Team Hawkes is content knowing the stables Melbourne Cup contenders Maluckyday and Niwot are primed for the race that stops the nation.
Should everything happen for a reason Fiveandahalfstar wins the Victoria Derby. The first classic of the season at Flemington tomorrow ushers in the four day Melbourne Cup extravagana.
How to find a Victoria Derby contender David Payne style? The champion South African trainer, who won a derby in the homeland via Royal Land, is now stabled at Rosehill.