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21th December 2009
Merry Christmas and a winning weekend!
What a weekend we had! The twilight meeting at Morphettville on the 11th December was a great success with Tolderol Teaparty winning the 0-71 2000m Hcp (watch him, click here). He seems to really love that distance where there is still enough pace on for him get a smooth travel. We will see him again at Morphettville on the 2nd January, new year -new luck!
Redwood Lass also seems to like more distance and didn't run a bad race finishing 3rd in the 2000m Mdn on the same day.
Bell Magic could never get into the race in the 1050m Mdn for her debut, but we admitted it was run very fast and there will be a few sprint-winners coming out of that race. She will have a spell now and should come back more mature and stronger.
As the weekend went on, we had Uli Urs Utz running on the Saturday at Morphettville. The 1200m Class 3 Star of X-mas Hcp seems suited, but he wanted to go a little bit too quick and the classy opponents came past him too quickly at the finish. He really deserves a spell now too after this fantastic first preparation with 3 wins from 6 starts.
The weekend wasn't finished with that though. A long way to Bordertown seemed the right thing to do! Oriental Sling certainly didn't mind the long trip and raced fresh first up to win the 1100m Class 1 Hcp. To make it a family trip, her younger (but bigger) full-sister Oriental Consort got a start in the 1100m Mdn and finished with a nice 4th, not bad for first up, only 2nd start and a lot to learn.
Spinning Spanner is also on the improve to run 3rd in the 1300m Mdn.
We will see both of these with blinkers on at Naracoorte on the 27th December as well as Midgeywah, Scary Smokovec first up and Oriental Sling again.
Skyconi is now back to 1200m on the 30th December at Strathalbyn as he ran a good 3rd over 1350m at Strathalbyn on Wednesday 16th December.
The 3 yearlings for the Magic Million Sale in Adelaide 2010 are now in preparation. You can see some photos on the yearling page click here and you are of course welcome to come and have a look, just contact Greg.
8th December 2009
Already Christmas?!
Christmas is only 2 1/2 weeks away, amazing how quick another year has gone by. One of the busiest times of the year ahead of us now as we all know. For the racing industry it means race meetings galore because a lot of people have off work and can go to the races!
What a close finish, but Uli just made it!
(Thanks to Atkins Photography for these great photos)
Uli Urs Utz gave us a great early christmas present by winning a 0-68 1200m Hcp at Morphettville on Saturday, 28th November. We weren't quite sure if Uli was up for a win in town but he just pulled it off. He is still happy and going strong, so his next start will be on Saturday 12th December running in the Star of Xmas series in a Class3 race over 1200m. It will certainly not be easy but having won 3 out of 5 starts, his toughness should certainly get him through this one as well. You can watch Uli's last win here.
Next to Uli, there will be a few others racing this weekend.
On Friday at the twilight meeting at Morphettville, we will see Tolderol Teaparty in a 2000m 0-71 Hcp. He is going pretty well, probably his best preparation so far, more mature and focused.
Up for even further is Redwood Lass. She has always liked running on in the finish and a 2000m maiden race should possibly suit her.
We will also see Bell Magic having her debut that day. She will hopefully run as fast as she shows us in training and trials in the 1050m maiden SW for 3yo fillies.
On Sunday, we are heading to Bordertown with 3 horses.
Spinning Spanner pulled up well from his first run and is ready to go a little further. He will start in the 1300m maiden. He should improved with distance and experience.
There is also a nice race for Oriental Sling first up after a spell. She normally races well fresh so we have decided to give her a race instead of a trial straight up. The 1100m Class 1 should suit her well.
Her full sister Oriental Consort is also back after a short spell and by co-incidence racing on the same day first up in a 1100m Mdn. She has certainly got good chances if she meets the right field. She has come back much stronger and more mature, ready to show us what she is made of.
Next week on Wednesday at Strathalbyn, we have another comeback from Storm century, the big boy from Darwin, in a 1350m Mdn.
Also ready for a run is Skyconi again for another try, this time fresh over 1100m.
12th November 2009
Hot winners!
The first heatwave is overcoming SA. We went straight from winter to summer. With a little breeze to it, it actually hasn't been too bad down here. We probably mind it more than the horses do as they don't know airconditioning!
Tolderol Teaparty certainly didn't mind the heat at yesterday's race meeting at Strathalbyn. He started at just over $2 favorite and travelled well to win the slowly run 2000m race easily.
Uli Urs Utz has also turned out to be an exciting prospect having won 2 out of his 3 racestarts. He still shows great enthusiasm to do his work and we find a big similarity to his brother Scary Smokovec with his love of going as fast as the legs go.
He is getting prepared to race again on Saturday week at Morphettville which we are really looking forward to.
Newcomer Bell Magic has had her first trial and still has a lot to learn but the filly by Bellotto has certainly done everything right this preparation.
Also in work and getting ready to trial in a few weeks time are Midgeywah and Oriental Sling back after a spell and 4yo newcomers Zimbardo and a gelding by Generous.
Also back on track and working on their fitness are Oriental Consort, Storm Century, Kyneton Lad and Scary Smokovec.
Tuscany View is recovering from his trip to Melbourne and will soon be seen on tracks over here again.
We are expecting to see Redwood Lass, Skyconi and Varsovia try their hardest at the race meeting on the 22nd November at Strathalbyn.
Photos of the newborn foals this year as well as our yearling that are getting ready for the yearling sales soon are coming up soon.
1st October 2008
Winners, winners, winners
More chances, more winners- our horses are showing what they are made of!
The first starter Uli Urs Utz, Scary Scmokovec's half brother by Blevic toughened it out when he won his first start over 1000m at Morphettville on Wednesday the 16th September. Uli just loves running just like Scary and everyone agreed the grey 4 year old looked the best in the mounting yard. You can watch Uli win click here.
Newcomer Oriental Consort did a good job finishing midfield in a 1200m maiden at Murray Bridge the following week as she didn't get the best of runs, she will have a few weeks off now and should come back and win!
Another new face at the races is Varsovia, who ran 2nd first start after flying home for the finish. She has a lot to learn but we have a lot to look forward to as well!
We had a huge chance to get a double yesterday. Tolderol Teaparty made a great start of it winning over 2050m at Strathalbyn. He won well and bolted home for jockey Paul Gatt's 999th win. You can watch Tolderol Teaparty win here.
Cocky Chaff finally broke his maiden nicely on the 12th August.
He nearly made it Paul Gatt's No1000 but just got beaten on the line to run 3rd yesterday-
still a great effort!
Redwood Lass ran on nicely, but too late to get to the finish first.
She will need a bit further next time.
Tuscany View made a fantastic debut back from a spell storming home for 2nd in a 1250m Hcp at Morphettville Parks on the 26th September.
He is fit and bright and might be the next Murray Bridge Cup winner!
We have also got the first 2 foals of the season- a chestnut half
brother to Uli Urs Utz and Scary Smokovec and a filly by Fraar out of Phones with Flair
10 August 2008
More winners
A few horses are back on track ready to race soon and we also have some more youngsters to look forward to.
Lady Aspen showed a nice effort winning a Class 3, Fillies and mares Hcp at Morphettville on the 23rd of July.
Midgeywah broke her maiden at Balaklava on the 6th August as she fought hard to get to the line first.
Dominik Torneur, winning jockey on both, Lady Aspen and Midgeywah, has high hopes for more winners in Wednesday 12th August riding Cocky Chaff and Lady Aspen. Tolderol Teaparty is also getting a run with high expectations. Can he win again first up?
Tuscany View got the most out of his last preparation and won a Hcp at Morphettville. He deserved a spell and is now fresh back on track.
Some of the youngsters back in preparation are Uli Urs Utz, full brother to Scary Smocovec, a full sister to Shanghai Lil, Skyconi, Redwood Lass, Kyneton Lad, Bell Magic, Descending Light and Varsovia.
26th March 2008
Busy times
Now that the 8 yearling, that got prepared for the Magic Millions Yearling Sales 2009 have gone, we thought it might get a little bit quieter. We were wrong.
The 8 foals are ready to be weaned soon and a long list of horses in work keeps us busy.
Tuscany View is back on the track running on strongly to finish 4th in the 1600m listed Adelaide Guineas on the 9th March and finishing 4th again in a 1600m 3yo Hcp on the 21st of March. He will soon run over further distances, hopefully sticking to Jockey Craig Newitt, who has high expectations.
Tolderol Teaparty gave us a good surprise winning the 1350m 0-62 Hcp at Strathalbyn on the 11th February.
To see older news from 2008 click here
Merry Christmas and a winning weekend!
What a weekend we had! The twilight meeting at Morphettville on the 11th December was a great success with Tolderol Teaparty winning the 0-71 2000m Hcp (watch him, click here). He seems to really love that distance where there is still enough pace on for him get a smooth travel. We will see him again at Morphettville on the 2nd January, new year -new luck!
Redwood Lass also seems to like more distance and didn't run a bad race finishing 3rd in the 2000m Mdn on the same day.
Bell Magic could never get into the race in the 1050m Mdn for her debut, but we admitted it was run very fast and there will be a few sprint-winners coming out of that race. She will have a spell now and should come back more mature and stronger.
As the weekend went on, we had Uli Urs Utz running on the Saturday at Morphettville. The 1200m Class 3 Star of X-mas Hcp seems suited, but he wanted to go a little bit too quick and the classy opponents came past him too quickly at the finish. He really deserves a spell now too after this fantastic first preparation with 3 wins from 6 starts.
The weekend wasn't finished with that though. A long way to Bordertown seemed the right thing to do! Oriental Sling certainly didn't mind the long trip and raced fresh first up to win the 1100m Class 1 Hcp. To make it a family trip, her younger (but bigger) full-sister Oriental Consort got a start in the 1100m Mdn and finished with a nice 4th, not bad for first up, only 2nd start and a lot to learn.
Spinning Spanner is also on the improve to run 3rd in the 1300m Mdn.
We will see both of these with blinkers on at Naracoorte on the 27th December as well as Midgeywah, Scary Smokovec first up and Oriental Sling again.
Skyconi is now back to 1200m on the 30th December at Strathalbyn as he ran a good 3rd over 1350m at Strathalbyn on Wednesday 16th December.
The 3 yearlings for the Magic Million Sale in Adelaide 2010 are now in preparation. You can see some photos on the yearling page click here and you are of course welcome to come and have a look, just contact Greg.
8th December 2009
Already Christmas?!
Christmas is only 2 1/2 weeks away, amazing how quick another year has gone by. One of the busiest times of the year ahead of us now as we all know. For the racing industry it means race meetings galore because a lot of people have off work and can go to the races!
What a close finish, but Uli just made it!
(Thanks to Atkins Photography for these great photos)
Uli Urs Utz gave us a great early christmas present by winning a 0-68 1200m Hcp at Morphettville on Saturday, 28th November. We weren't quite sure if Uli was up for a win in town but he just pulled it off. He is still happy and going strong, so his next start will be on Saturday 12th December running in the Star of Xmas series in a Class3 race over 1200m. It will certainly not be easy but having won 3 out of 5 starts, his toughness should certainly get him through this one as well. You can watch Uli's last win here.
Next to Uli, there will be a few others racing this weekend.
On Friday at the twilight meeting at Morphettville, we will see Tolderol Teaparty in a 2000m 0-71 Hcp. He is going pretty well, probably his best preparation so far, more mature and focused.
Up for even further is Redwood Lass. She has always liked running on in the finish and a 2000m maiden race should possibly suit her.
We will also see Bell Magic having her debut that day. She will hopefully run as fast as she shows us in training and trials in the 1050m maiden SW for 3yo fillies.
On Sunday, we are heading to Bordertown with 3 horses.
Spinning Spanner pulled up well from his first run and is ready to go a little further. He will start in the 1300m maiden. He should improved with distance and experience.
There is also a nice race for Oriental Sling first up after a spell. She normally races well fresh so we have decided to give her a race instead of a trial straight up. The 1100m Class 1 should suit her well.
Her full sister Oriental Consort is also back after a short spell and by co-incidence racing on the same day first up in a 1100m Mdn. She has certainly got good chances if she meets the right field. She has come back much stronger and more mature, ready to show us what she is made of.
Next week on Wednesday at Strathalbyn, we have another comeback from Storm century, the big boy from Darwin, in a 1350m Mdn.
Also ready for a run is Skyconi again for another try, this time fresh over 1100m.
12th November 2009
Hot winners!
The first heatwave is overcoming SA. We went straight from winter to summer. With a little breeze to it, it actually hasn't been too bad down here. We probably mind it more than the horses do as they don't know airconditioning!
Tolderol Teaparty certainly didn't mind the heat at yesterday's race meeting at Strathalbyn. He started at just over $2 favorite and travelled well to win the slowly run 2000m race easily.
Uli Urs Utz has also turned out to be an exciting prospect having won 2 out of his 3 racestarts. He still shows great enthusiasm to do his work and we find a big similarity to his brother Scary Smokovec with his love of going as fast as the legs go.
He is getting prepared to race again on Saturday week at Morphettville which we are really looking forward to.
Newcomer Bell Magic has had her first trial and still has a lot to learn but the filly by Bellotto has certainly done everything right this preparation.
Also in work and getting ready to trial in a few weeks time are Midgeywah and Oriental Sling back after a spell and 4yo newcomers Zimbardo and a gelding by Generous.
Also back on track and working on their fitness are Oriental Consort, Storm Century, Kyneton Lad and Scary Smokovec.
Tuscany View is recovering from his trip to Melbourne and will soon be seen on tracks over here again.
We are expecting to see Redwood Lass, Skyconi and Varsovia try their hardest at the race meeting on the 22nd November at Strathalbyn.
Photos of the newborn foals this year as well as our yearling that are getting ready for the yearling sales soon are coming up soon.
1st October 2008
Winners, winners, winners
More chances, more winners- our horses are showing what they are made of!
The first starter Uli Urs Utz, Scary Scmokovec's half brother by Blevic toughened it out when he won his first start over 1000m at Morphettville on Wednesday the 16th September. Uli just loves running just like Scary and everyone agreed the grey 4 year old looked the best in the mounting yard. You can watch Uli win click here.
Newcomer Oriental Consort did a good job finishing midfield in a 1200m maiden at Murray Bridge the following week as she didn't get the best of runs, she will have a few weeks off now and should come back and win!
Another new face at the races is Varsovia, who ran 2nd first start after flying home for the finish. She has a lot to learn but we have a lot to look forward to as well!
We had a huge chance to get a double yesterday. Tolderol Teaparty made a great start of it winning over 2050m at Strathalbyn. He won well and bolted home for jockey Paul Gatt's 999th win. You can watch Tolderol Teaparty win here.
Cocky Chaff finally broke his maiden nicely on the 12th August.
He nearly made it Paul Gatt's No1000 but just got beaten on the line to run 3rd yesterday-
still a great effort!
Redwood Lass ran on nicely, but too late to get to the finish first.
She will need a bit further next time.
Tuscany View made a fantastic debut back from a spell storming home for 2nd in a 1250m Hcp at Morphettville Parks on the 26th September.
He is fit and bright and might be the next Murray Bridge Cup winner!
We have also got the first 2 foals of the season- a chestnut half
brother to Uli Urs Utz and Scary Smokovec and a filly by Fraar out of Phones with Flair
10 August 2008
More winners
A few horses are back on track ready to race soon and we also have some more youngsters to look forward to.
Lady Aspen showed a nice effort winning a Class 3, Fillies and mares Hcp at Morphettville on the 23rd of July.
Midgeywah broke her maiden at Balaklava on the 6th August as she fought hard to get to the line first.
Dominik Torneur, winning jockey on both, Lady Aspen and Midgeywah, has high hopes for more winners in Wednesday 12th August riding Cocky Chaff and Lady Aspen. Tolderol Teaparty is also getting a run with high expectations. Can he win again first up?
Tuscany View got the most out of his last preparation and won a Hcp at Morphettville. He deserved a spell and is now fresh back on track.
Some of the youngsters back in preparation are Uli Urs Utz, full brother to Scary Smocovec, a full sister to Shanghai Lil, Skyconi, Redwood Lass, Kyneton Lad, Bell Magic, Descending Light and Varsovia.
26th March 2008
Busy times
Now that the 8 yearling, that got prepared for the Magic Millions Yearling Sales 2009 have gone, we thought it might get a little bit quieter. We were wrong.
The 8 foals are ready to be weaned soon and a long list of horses in work keeps us busy.
Tuscany View is back on the track running on strongly to finish 4th in the 1600m listed Adelaide Guineas on the 9th March and finishing 4th again in a 1600m 3yo Hcp on the 21st of March. He will soon run over further distances, hopefully sticking to Jockey Craig Newitt, who has high expectations.
Tolderol Teaparty gave us a good surprise winning the 1350m 0-62 Hcp at Strathalbyn on the 11th February.
To see older news from 2008 click here
1st March 2010
Double wins and seconds at Strathalbyn
What a day we had on Wednesday, 17th February at Strathalbyn. It was a mixed bag of emotions and started with the saddest thing that can happen to a stable, losing a horse. The foal out of Soliciteuse, Uli and Scary's little brother got very sick very quickly and even though the vet tried their hardest we lost him to Pneumonia.
But then as the day went on it was one of the best racedays we have had in a long time!
It all started with Spinning Spanner winning the 1600m Mdn. It was meant to be his day to win and it was! Kyneton Lad overraced a little bit and pulled but finished it off reasonably considering the hill up towards the finish line is pretty hard running. You can see the finish here.
Next to run was Tolderol Teaparty who ran a fantastic race finishing 2nd. He had 60kg on his back, much more than anyone in the race and got beaten by 5 kilos more in his back, but he battled!
Oriental Sling showed off running a beautiful 2nd as well, the winner was just too strong, but she did a good job.
After a very long day it was a great finish with Scary Smokovec, the grey 9yo, winning his 10th race in his career. He is going as good as ever and it was just the day for him to honor his little brother! To see Scary win, click here.
We will see Kyneton Lad and Redwood Lass going around in the 1600m Mdn at Murray Bridge on Wednesday, 3rd March.
The yearlings are going well, they will be down at the Magic Million Yearling Sales in Adelaide on either Saturday, 6th or Sunday 7th of March to be viewed and getting sold on the 9th and 10th
Double wins and seconds at Strathalbyn
What a day we had on Wednesday, 17th February at Strathalbyn. It was a mixed bag of emotions and started with the saddest thing that can happen to a stable, losing a horse. The foal out of Soliciteuse, Uli and Scary's little brother got very sick very quickly and even though the vet tried their hardest we lost him to Pneumonia.
But then as the day went on it was one of the best racedays we have had in a long time!
It all started with Spinning Spanner winning the 1600m Mdn. It was meant to be his day to win and it was! Kyneton Lad overraced a little bit and pulled but finished it off reasonably considering the hill up towards the finish line is pretty hard running. You can see the finish here.
Next to run was Tolderol Teaparty who ran a fantastic race finishing 2nd. He had 60kg on his back, much more than anyone in the race and got beaten by 5 kilos more in his back, but he battled!
Oriental Sling showed off running a beautiful 2nd as well, the winner was just too strong, but she did a good job.
After a very long day it was a great finish with Scary Smokovec, the grey 9yo, winning his 10th race in his career. He is going as good as ever and it was just the day for him to honor his little brother! To see Scary win, click here.
We will see Kyneton Lad and Redwood Lass going around in the 1600m Mdn at Murray Bridge on Wednesday, 3rd March.
The yearlings are going well, they will be down at the Magic Million Yearling Sales in Adelaide on either Saturday, 6th or Sunday 7th of March to be viewed and getting sold on the 9th and 10th
