Author: Editor BOAY

AUDIO: ‘Secret’ to Bean’s breeding success

Editor BOAY

Gippsland breeder Robert Bean has enjoyed a wonderful run with his exceptional Bernardo x Sunset Believer litter, headlined by multiple Group finalist Aussie Secret, the winner of 29 of his 57 starts for champion mentor Jason Thompson. The litter also includes another Group finalist in Got The Torque (14 wins), Gold Driller (10), Harper’s Girl (9) and Enabler (4 wins), among others. “I broke them in at 11 and a half months, which I don’t normally do,” Bean told GRV’s Victoria Shaw. “I normally wait until 12 or 13 months…

Daily Mail: Lembor eyeing four straight at Shepparton

Editor BOAY

The flurry of recent feature racing continues at Shepparton this evening with five heats of the Group 3 Northern Districts Cup (450m) taking place. The first heat features My Name’s Stacey (4 from 5), G3 Great Chase finalist Reloaded, Combust (6 from 15) and recent Bendigo Battlers Cup winner Lembor (won last 3). In The Spotlight (5 from 9) v Aston Flame (8 from 17 – 2 from 2 Trk/Dst) v Mepunga Gertie (2 from 3 Trk/Dst) v Mister Frank (3 of last 4) will be a hotly-contested second heat,…

Daily Mail: ‘Ethan’ to conquer at Healesville

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Invictus Ethan (2 of last 4) has finished top-two in 10 of his 11 350m starts at Healesville and The Watchdog has tipped him to triumph today’s Restricted Win final (350m). Potential topliner Dynamic Prince (5 from 7 – 2 from 3 Trk/Dst) and Body Hack (7 from 16) are considered the biggest threats to Invictus Ethan. Last year’s G3 Healesville Cup runner-up Paua Of Oscar (16 from 33) v Coolant (15 from 29 – 2 from 3 Trk/Dst) v G2 placegetter Amarillo Highway feature in the 350m Free For…

Mr. Speaker states Hume Cup case

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Surprise packet Mr. Speaker gave young Anakie trainer Josh Formosa and his large group of owners a huge thrill when producing the standout performance in Saturday night’s heats of the Group 1 Hume Cup (600m) at The Meadows. A son of 2013 Melbourne Cup winner Black Magic Opal, Mr. Speaker came into the heats with an unremarkable six from 29 record and had been beaten at his last nine starts, his most recent win coming at Sandown Park back on July 1. Mr. Speaker was a $13 outsider in the…

Is this Australia’s most durable litter?

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What a week it has been for Brian Brown and the Worm Burner-Shout Out Loud litter! Two members of the mating clocked up the magical 100-start milestone during the week – and they did so in style – with Jetta’s Shout winning at Shepparton and Silver Compass running third at Geelong as the rank outsider. Remarkably, five members of the Peter Bartlett-bred litter have now had 100 starts or more, with another, Rezzie’s Shout (93 starts), on target to reach her century over the coming weeks. Brown trains the majority…

Daily Mail: Quality Cup heats at The Meadows

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Middle-distance stars get their opportunity to secure a berth in the $75,000 to-the-winner Group 1 Hume Cup final (600m) with six great heats taking place at The Meadows tonight. The fifth heat is extremely open as The Watchdog’s selection, multiple Group finalist Mepunga Warrior (3 from 5 Trk/Dst), faces fellow Group finalists Zipping Alabama, Highly Explosive (9 from 23) and Jarick Bale (2 of last 4). G1 Sandown Cup champion Zipping Rambo (19 from 40 – 34.16sec PB) is against Zipping Ontario (4 of last 6) and Aston Amigo (9…

Geall’s golden cups run continues

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David Geall’s ‘Midas touch’ in country cups continues unabated with Fernando Mick upstaging superstar kennelmate Koblenz – on the clock at least – with a near-record performance in Friday’s Group 2 RAM Security Cranbourne Cup heats (520m). Six heats were staged, with Geall, who’s won three country cups this year courtesy of Ferdinand Boy (Ballarat, Healesville and Shepparton), one of three trainers to claim heat doubles. Geall was victorious with long odds-on favourite Koblenz and Fernando Mick; Graeme Jose qualified Lots Of Chatter and Aston Shine for back-to-back cup finals…

Miss Ezmae’s Meadows mission

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Coming off a breathtaking last-start victory in the Group 2 Sydney Cup, star NSW stayer Miss Ezmae will hand much-hyped Victorian youngster Zac’s Entity the toughest test of his brief career at The Meadows on Saturday night. In a mouth-watering 725m appetizer to the G1 Hume Cup (600m) heats, Miss Ezmae and Zac’s Entity will clash in race 1 at 6.35pm, with TAB rating them joint $2 favourites. Trained by Ray Smith at Forbes, Miss Ezmae has made a sensational transition to middle and staying distances, winning nine of her…

Daily Mail: Classy Cup heats at Cranbourne

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The Metro Festival of Racing begins this afternoon with six heats of the G2 Cranbourne Cup (520m) and The Watchdog has selected G1 finalist Hill Top Jack (15 from 41 – 3 from 6 Box 1) to triumph in an open third heat. Indy Matilda (4 of last 8), G2 winner Weblec Jet (2 from 4 Box 6), Xavien Bale and recent G2 Bendigo Cup runner-up Lots Of Chatter (30 from 84 – 5 from 9 Box 8) are all big threats to Hill Top Jack. The reigning G2 Cranbourne…

GRV, clubs pay tribute to the late Paul Wheeler

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As a tribute to the late Paul Wheeler, GRV and its clubs will be naming the first race across most of Victoria’s race meetings next week after the champion breeder, who tragically passed away last week. The initiative will run from 25-31 October – and see races named ‘Vale Paul Wheeler’ – in memory of arguably the most influential person across any racing code anywhere in the world. RELATED: CHAMPION BREEDER PAUL WHEELER HAS PASSED AWAY