Coming off a lacklustre performance at Sale at his previous start at Sale, we made the trek out to Pakenham on Thursday night with more questions than answers about the horse, but the answers came to us very quickly after race 7 – he’s back. He jumped with them and was steered into an excellent...
On Thursday night at Pakenham Simon wheeled out his latest prized import from the UK, Maktoob, who kicked off his Australian campaign with a bang. A maiden winner over 1900m in the UK, the horse was identified and snapped up by astute bloodstock agent Cameron Cooke late last year. With Blaike McDougall engaged to ride,...
On Tuesday at Bendigo speedy Toronado filly She’sallshenigans returned in outstanding order with a dominant sprinting display to take out the National Hotel Maiden Plate. After showing an abundance of speed in all of her trials and on debut in the stakes race at Caulfield, after a great spell at Merricks Station, She’sallshenanigans was well...
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 Wednesday outstandingly bred Savabeel filly Bioluminescence was able to finally break her maiden status at Sale in the 1400m maiden. After finding one better on several occasions this preparation, Simon decided to give her a short 7 week freshen into the race in search of a dry track. This move proved a masterstroke from...
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...
An excited group of owners gathered at Caulfield on Saturday to see Little Stevie take out the 1100m F&M BM84 on Saturday. After putting together an outstanding campaign thus far, the writing was on the wall after posting some slick sections at Flemington last start. The 7 day backup proved a masterstroke from Simon as...
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...
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