On Saturday at Moonee Valley up and coming stayer Duke of Hastings staked a claim to involve himself in some nice races throughout the Spring with a big metropolitan win. The plan was to jump and settle in the first half of the field, however that didn’t work out and we were forced to snag...
After a highly anticipated first up run at Swan Hill that went awry, Shootoose had a point to prove at the Ballarat synthetic on Saturday. With Lachie King in the saddle and very little speed on paper, Shootoose jumped well and settled just in behind the speed, travelling sweetly to the 600m. At that point...
Fresh off an impressive Class 1 victory at Pakenham last month, Maktoob was out to test his metropolitan credentials in the BM70 at Sandown yesterday. After jumping well from a sticky gate, jockey Dean Holland was able to slot him into a nice position just worse than midfield. He travelled quite strong at certain sections...
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 Friday night a fanatical group of owners ascended on Moonee Valley with their progressive stayer Vadaboy lining up in the 2500m BM64. His work during the week had been very good and their was high hopes for a big performance. He jumped cleanly from the good barrier and was able to settle into a...
On Sunday at Geelong in the 2400m BM58 promising stayer Winds of March franked his good for from his maiden victory to post back to back wins. The Tarzino 4yo made light work of his opposition when Daniel Stackhouse was once again able to put this horse in a great position in the run before...
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...
In week where all the main action centred on Royal Ascot, the Duke of Hastings was heading down the highway to Royal Geelong on Friday. The conditions were cold and rainy however the expectations were high, based on his brilliant second last start placing at Ballarat. Simon and the team have been extremely patient with...
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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