The owners of enigmatic Shalaa gelding Aurolaa were finally given something to cheer about when he took out the Evolve Interiors Maiden Plate at Kyneton on Monday. With a familiar face in Damien Thornton back in the saddle and the blinkers applied, Aurolaa was able to find the front with the minimum of fuss. Rated...
It was an exciting Melbourne Cup day for the owners of Ribchester colt Krakarib as he embarked on his group race debut in the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate yesterday at Flemington. Expectations were high after an unlucky first up run down the straight and the horse had clearly improved physically from that performance. After receiving...
On Sunday at Horsham onlookers had their hearts in their mouths as they saw Star Smash hold on for a last stride win in the 2100m maiden. As usual Star Smash jumped well from the gate and jockey Jarrod Fry put him in a nice position heading to the 800m mark. He allowed a couple...
On Saturday one of our stable favourites Who Shot Suzy travelled to Murtoa and took her place in the BM64 1100m. Her form this preparation had been terrific and Simon was very confident we’d found the right race get the win on the board and plot a path back to city racing. Suzy bounced nicely...
With his recent win behind him The Duke ventured to Caulfield, to further progress his status as an emerging stayer of the future. With an inside draw and soft track conditions again coupled with Harry Coffee on board as well, the scene was set for a competitive showing. As expected, a large group of owners...
The First Light Racing owned Zac De Boss keeps going from strength to strength as he posted his second Flemington straight win in a row on Saturday. The four year old Zac into gelding takes his impressive record to five wins from just thirteen starts and banked over $254,000 in prizemoney for his connections. Jumping...
The duck was broken at Flemington on Saturday as consistent Zac De Boss posted SZR’s first Flemington winner, as a standalone stable. This is truly a memorable moment for our stable annd one we intend to build on, in the future. Zac pinged the gates quickly from barrier 1 as apprentice jockey Matthew Cartwright angled...
Exciting times at Simon Zahra racing with some real momentum building off the back of Tavisteel’s win in the VIEW Melbourne Maiden Plate at Terang on Sunday. After drawing the perfect barrier, apprentice Alana Kelly was able to put her on a nice position midfield on the rail. She travelled beautifully thoughout the race and...
There were emotional scenes yesterday at Kilmore after Zacinto gelding Italian Poet finally put to bed his maiden after 10 ten starts. The First Light owned three year old was able to break through after showing a lot of promise early in his career but always seemed to find one better on the day. After...
The SZR team roared him another winner on Saturday afternoon at Geelong where stable favourite stormed home to take out the feature race on the card, the St Patrick’s Cup. Despite a couple of really promising jumpouts at Flemington, and showing plenty in his trackwork, Jack was sent out a despised outsider by bookmakers in...
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