Published: December 2015.
It is an understatement to say Dean Hawthorne has a grounding in the thoroughbred industry, because horses have been his life from the time he could sit on one. His vast knowledge has gained him enormous respect and plenty of success, particularly in selecting and preparing ready to run horses and in managing…
Published: April 2017
It's an understatement to say Oakleigh Plate-Gr.1 winner Snitzel is having a corker of a season. Already the sire of 110 plus winners of more than $10m this year, the Arrowfield based son of Redoute’s Choice leads the general sires’ and two year-old sires’ list as we pass the half-way mark.
He has 23…
CHEF Wylie Dalziel’s partnership with legendary jockey Roy Higgins proved a recipe for success and the syndication business they nurtured is now one of the strongest in the country. Horses like Bring Me the Maid, Moshe, Ra Sun and more recently, Harlow Gold and Phoenix Rising, have provided plenty of thrills for their many owners…
Swear (Redoute's Choice - Crossyourheart)
GARRY Cuddy thanks his lucky stars for having an uncle who introduced him to the world of the thoroughbred at a very young age. This exposure, and encouragement from his first employer Vin Cox, set him on his life path and today the 27 year-old is general manager of the Australian arm…
Mapperley Stud has a great reputation for raising thoroughbreds, So You Think and Dundeel are prime examples, and now Simms Davison, the third generation of his family at the helm of this operation, is heading in a new direction by standing four high-class young sires at the Matamata property. It’s a challenge the former star…
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AS THE 32nd Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sale approaches Clint Donovan says he is as “happy as a kid in a lolly shop at Christmas.” The bloodstock consultant and auctioneer can’t wait to start selling the wonderful array of yearlings entered for the sale in…
DARREN Gauci first encountered horses when his apprentice brother Mick asked him to help out at the stables of trainer Don Shannon after school. That led to the soccer mad teenager being bitten by the racing bug and enjoying a wonderful career as one of Australia’s leading jockeys. Now at 50, he’s still riding winners…
IT’S a long way from selling racing papers outside Harold Park to becoming a significant shareholder in a leading Hunter Valley Stud and a major investor in bloodstock. But that has been the trajectory of Matthew Sandblom, who is reinvesting some of the money he made in business to further his love of thoroughbreds through…