British General retires

Jan 28, 2016

And so it appears our big, brave, handsome soldier, British General has fought his last battle. 

If they awarded the Victoria Cross to horses there would be no other more worthy than this guy.

A survivor of the Black Saturday bush fires, he became a shining light for so many, in particular his wonderful owners, The Brown Family.

Plagued with injuries his entire career, he always gave 110%.
A total of eight wins, four of those in the city, with the most exciting, undoubtedly his win in the Weekend Hussler Stakes in 2013.

A million times thank you to The Brown Family for racing The General with us and a big thanks to Johnny Stocker for the introduction.

To Damo, Julie and our team, a million times thanks for going above and beyond to keep him as sound as possible. Damo, you never left his side and we know that you get even more nervous when this guy races than any of your own.

To Luke Currie who put the hard yards in early days teaching him to race correctly and Glen Boss for taking over the reins in three Flemington wins.

To our Big General, you always made us proud. You were so tough on the racetrack, yet such a kind, loving gentleman at home. We are forever thankful you came into our lives

Song Brocade ends the year on a winning note

Song Brocade ends the year on a winning note

It has certainly been a testing year for many, but we're sure all of our horse racing colleagues will agree how lucky we have all been to continue racing throughout the Covid 19 Pandemic.To have been able to keep our fantastic team in a job has been a privilege and we...

Blu wins again

Blu wins again

Jericho Cup Day at Warrnambool is all about honouring our WWI heroes so it was rather fitting that our own little soldier, Blunakka took out his seventh career win at the meeting.This fellow can really mix his form, but when placed right, the conditions suit and...

O’Sullivan dreaming of hometown cup

O’Sullivan dreaming of hometown cup

Story by Kate Watts at Racing.comBallarat trainer Dan O'Sullivan is daring to dream that consistent mare Affair To Remember is the horse to win him his hometown cup for the first time when she lines up in Saturday's $500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m).But she'll have a new...

Matriach Stakes Win To Remember

Matriach Stakes Win To Remember

Story by Peter Falconer of throughbrednews.com.auThe prestigious $300,000, Group 2, TAB Matriarch Stakes (2000m) for older mares saw Affair To Remember (by Toronado) rewarded for a very consistent couple of seasons in training with a career-best victory on the final...

He’s Tru Blu

He’s Tru Blu

Blunakka notched up his sixth career win at Donald today, making it two wins so far for him this preparation.We were racing at Donald again, which has been such a rewarding track for us over the past 12 months. Blu was given a lovely ride by Jarrod Lorensini who had...

Affair To Remember Flies Home

Affair To Remember Flies Home

Affair To Remember has put herself back on the radar of the "experts" after a breath taking win at Flemington this afternoon.Her first two runs this preparation have been okay in good company, and it seems the same old story of fantastic sectionals and not much luck -...

O’Sullivan Oaks Dreaming At Flemington

O’Sullivan Oaks Dreaming At Flemington

Story by Andrew Addy at Racing.comBlazing Lace has started six times for a 1600-metre Pakenham synthetic win to her name. She is by the exciting sire Toronado and at a cost of just $30,000 as a yearling, she has great potential upside if she can perform to...

El Santo Emerges

El Santo Emerges

We forgot to take the colours to Swan Hill today, but we're pretty sure all was forgiven when we delivered a win for the connections of El Santo.Little "Bruno" looks to have a solid future head of him.  The three year old gelding by up and coming stallion, Press...

Blazing Lace’s First Win

Blazing Lace’s First Win

Back in 2008 the Dan O'Sullivan trained, Lacey Underall, won the Adelaide Cup and here we are some 12 years later brining home her daughter, Blazing Lace, from her first win.Today's race at Pakenham was over 1600m which was ideal for her at this stage of her career...

Happy Birthday From Blu

Happy Birthday From Blu

It's officially all horse's birthday and the beginning of new racing year, so how wonderful that Blunakka has marked the speical day with a win!Stepping up to his preferred distance of 1600m at his third run for the campaign, the team went in today's race at...

Pin It on Pinterest