Performing mouth to mouth on a horse is an odd feeling. Chances are you’ve never done it. Most people, including the most experienced of horsemen, haven’t. But Jackie Congdon has. On a now-memorable night in September 2020, the long-time employee of Swettenham Stud’s foaling unit literally breathed life into a dying filly foal. Congdon noticed […]
by Racing Post 28 August 2023 Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens’ daily morning email and presented here online as a sample. Here he speaks to Adam Sangster and Patrick Robinson about the legacy of Horsetrader – subscribers can get more great insight from Martin every Monday to Friday. All you need do is click on […]
by Breednet Saturday November 18 Well-fancied when unplaced in the Gimcrack Stakes in September, the Rubick filly Erno’s Cube made no mistake at start two when defeating a good-looking field of youngsters in Saturday’s Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle. Erno’s Cube takes out the Max Lees Classic! ?? @cmaherracing pic.twitter.com/iN0KLSBeOD — 7HorseRacing ?? (@7horseracing) November […]
By Breednet October 25, 2023 The $100,000 Super Maiden for three year-olds at Randwick over 1300m on Wednesday produced an eye-catching last to first winner for leading Victorian sire Toronado (IRE) with Sly Boots arriving on the line for a valuable victory. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Sly Boots was placed in two […]
by Mark Smith, Breednet Monday October 2 Trainer Matt Cumani will search for some black-type at the Flemington Carnival for Manchego after the son of Toronado (IRE) made a winning career debut over 1200m at Ballarat on Monday. Ridden by Declan Bates, Manchego was hung up on the fence halfway down the straight but did […]
Bred To Win visited Swettenham Stud this season and featured the fastest son of Wootton Bassett – WOODED. Wooded foals are on the ground and his first yearlings are selling in the Northern Hemisphere.
By Kristen Manning, TTR 19 September, 2023 “The beginning of every racing story can be told from a slightly different angle,” Alastair Forres said and that is certainly the case when it comes to the mare he brought to Australia in the early 1980s – the mighty Eight Carat (GB) (Pieces Of Eight {Ire}). Just […]