Catskill’s long awaited maiden win
Not many trainers and owners will persevere with a horse who hasn’t won it’s maiden after a certain amount of starts, so Catskill is very lucky to still be in our special care at his 20th race. He is also lucky that he has shown us he is worth the wait, considering he has placed on 8 occasions and his ideal distance is over ground.
Owned by a fabulous group of Ballarat locals, most of whom are very passionate racegoers who enjoy a bus trip around the state to watch their nags go around. Today was a fun trip home from Echuca for them and the phone calls we received were very entertaining.
Thanks to Johnny Allen for another strong ride. Let’s hope this fellow likes the winning feeling and goes on from here.
Lucy and Pria win again
Two little, but determined ladies reunited today to put another win on board at Geelong.It's a step in front for a trainer when they're sending a horse to the races that you know put in 110% every time they step out and little Pria Eclipse is certainly one of...
Aurelius Hero Bound For Flemington
There's no easier horse in our stable than our "dude", Aurelius Hero - who we call Warrick!This fellow is the calmest guy going around, he never puts an ear back and is always looking for a smooch. He's also probably our unluckiest horse in the stable when it...
Our Fighting Tiger
It was great to be racing at our home track again today and even better that we could produce a winner!We began the day with several good chances but it was Elite Tiger who flew the flag for the team. Back up to his preferred distance of 1400m, third up and a...
Johnny Be Good
He's one of those horses that catches everyone's eye and is a pleasure to have around our stables, but Tramcar Johnny simply only puts in an effort when he wants to.Thankfully, yesterday was one of those days! Dan has tried everything with this fellow to get him...
Antagonist By Name…..
At his fourteenth race start, the big grey gelding, Antagonist, finally broke his maiden.This fellow arrived at our stables back in 2014 as a nice, but immature looking nearly two year old. A brief stint of education then a very long spell saw him return a different...
Patience Rewarded
After what has seemed like an eternity between winners, Reward For Glory delivered the goods for our team at Ballarat yesterday.The nicely bred 4 year old has always shown potential, but has been anything but straight forward. Thankfully for her, our team...
Debut Winner for Leticia Griffin
by Andrew Eddy - Racing.comAfter five years of working as a strapper for Ballarat trainer Dan O'Sullivan, Leticia Griffin enjoyed the perfect start to her riding career when she won her first race ride at Donald on Saturday.Claiming four kilograms, Griffin guided...
Fine Embers hot to trot!
Fine Embers is hot to trot at the moment, notching up his third win this preparation, yesterday at Echuca.The six year old gelding, by Mt Nelson settled a little closer to the lead than usual and his jockey, Ryan Maloney rated his ride beautifully knowing that...
Sew It Seams stitches up her maiden
Looking at the photo, you can see we're not exaggerating as to why we call her "The Big Girl"!Sew It Seams has been running in some pretty hot races in town recently, aiming for the very attractive Super Vobis dollars, but with her not quite up to that standard (yet)...
Fine Embers’ Spark Is Back
A big thrill for us yesterday as five year old, Fine Embers returned to the winners stall for the second time this preparation.He won two races as a three year old, but the following preparation, just didn't seem to come up. Not giving up, Dan and The Monish...
