Maid’s mouth-to-mouth miracle
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…
Winning Debut for Toronado’s Manchego
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 – Wooded, Sept 2023
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.
Foundations: the story of Sangster legacy
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 […]