Latest News from Delbridge Racing
Sky's the Limit for $2 Million Zephyron (NZ)
Jan 05, 2012The Karaka graduate Zephyron (NZ), the highest priced yearling to be sold at auction in 2010 when making $2 million, has a big season in front of him after breaking his maiden at his first start as a three-year-old for his trainer Mark Kavanagh. Ridden by regular jockey ...
Pakari Toa Impressive First Start Winner
Jan 01, 2012Pakari Too ended 2011 in the best way possible for Delbridge Racing owners when the Darci Brahma 3-y-old gelding was a convincing winner at his first race start on New Year’s Eve at Bendigo. With Michael Rodd in the saddle and under the watchful eye of top trainer Mark ...
Bernardini Adds Another Group 1 Winner
Nov 29, 2011The highly regarded To Honor And Serve became the fourth Grade (Group) One winner for the exciting shuttle sire Bernardini with his victory in the prestigious G1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. A triple G2 winner, he is the fourth G1 winner from Bernardini's first crop. To ...
GREAT PLAYER GREAT OFFER
Nov 20, 2011Delbridge Racing is offering our clients the chance to race a 4 time city winning stayer who in 14 runs during March and October 2011 won 5 races and $98k in prizemoney. GREAT PLAYER is already a winner of 8 races and has finished in the placing's another 8 times from ...
First Southern Hemisphere Bred Winner for Bernardini
Oct 24, 2011In an interview on Saturday morning 22 October 2011, Darley's retained trainer Peter Snowden was bullish on the prospects of the progeny of Bernardini (USA). A few hours later at Rosehill Gardens, the Darley homebred Meidung (Bernardini (USA) x Amish (Canny Lad) made a ...
GREEN PEARL WINS AT SALE
Oct 10, 2011Green Pearl was rewarded for his recent consistency with a very impressive all-the-way win on Friday 7 October 2011 at Sale over 1714 metres. He was well rated in front by jockey Anthony Darmanin and held off the strong field of challengers to win at the good odds of $10 for ...
Winning Debut For NZ$400k Darci Brahma Son
Sep 06, 2011The Hawkes Racing team took the wraps off a well-bred prospect when Bigcat Rhapsody (Darci Brahma - The Lions Roar, by Western Symphony) made a winning debut at Monday’s Warrnambool meeting. Bigcat Rhapsody narrowly won the Marriott Hotel Maiden Plate (1200m) to ...
CHURCHILL DOWNS FILLY WINS AT ROSEHILL
Aug 30, 2011Randwick trainer Anthony Cummings has taken a shine to the Dr Grace mare Spirit of Grace and not without reason as his stable has had success with her progeny all the way to the ultimate heights of Group 1 success. On Saturday at Rosehill the mare’s Churchill Downs ...
STARRY EYED TOPS SCONE BROODMARE SALE
Aug 27, 2011The Delbridge Racing syndicated and well-related mare Starry Eyed topped the Inglis Scone Broodmare Sale on Friday with a strong market realising just under $500,000 for 112 lots sold. The aggregate reached $458,350 at a strong clearance rate of 87%. Starry Eyed is ...
PROMISING 3-Y-OLDS ON DISPLAY
Aug 27, 2011Three of Delbridge Racing's most promising 3-y-old's were on display on Saturday 27th August 2011 at Riverend Park as they continued their preparation towards spring racing. First to hit the track was ART AND WHISKEY who showed a lot of ability in 2 trials ...
Shamoline Warrior at Bluegables
Aug 26, 2011Delbridge Racing's Group 3 winner Shamoline Warrior has settled in well at Bluegables Stud in New Zealand to begin his new career as a stallion. A parade will be held to prospective shareholders and broodmare owners on Sunday the 28th August 2011 and based on ...
DELBRIDGE RACING OPENS NEW SEASON WITH A BANG
Aug 08, 2011Delbridge Racing started the 2011/2012 racing season in great style with the first two runners producing an outstanding second and a winner. The first runner was GREEN PEARL who was having his first start since returning from Hong Kong. He produced a great run for a close-up 2nd ...
Niello Euthanised After Paddock Accident
Aug 02, 2011Sad news from Chatswood Stud yesterday, principal Greg Willis advising that Group 1 winner Niello was euthanised at Chatswood yesterday after breaking his off-foreleg in a paddock accident on Monday morning. Bred at Woodlands Stud, Niello (Octagonal) is a brother to ...
BERNARDINI ADDS A GROUP 2
Aug 01, 2011Triple Gr1-winning shuttler & US Eclipse Award-winning stallion Bernardini (A.P.Indy-Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American) added a US graded-stakes success when his colt Stay Thirsty (Bernardini-Marozia, by Storm Bird) scored a 4-lengths victory in the US$500,000 Gr2 Jim Dandy ...
ANOTHER SNITZEL
Jul 28, 2011The Neville Parnham trained Checkpoint (2 g Snitzel - Kelcheck, by Keltrice) opened his winning account at Belmont Park on Wednesday, when taking out the Westspeed Nursery Handicap (1200m) at his second career race start. A $70,000 purchase at Magic Millions Perth Sale last ...
SHAMOLINE WARRIOR TO STAND AT BLUEGABLES
Jul 28, 2011Mark Kavanagh gave his Melbourne Cup winner Shocking a well-publicised send-off a fortnight ago and he farewelled stablemate Shamoline Warrior this week. Shocking (Street Cry) and Shamoline Warrior (Shamardal) are both sons of Darley champions and are slated to start their ...
First Starter for Delbridge Racing
Jul 15, 2011With a number of un-raced youngsters all starting to get close to race fitness Delbridge Racing will unveiling some very promising gallopers as we lead into the 2011 spring racing season. The first to hit the track will be Luckyzeel who will face the starter for the first ...
Lucky Unicorn sires first winner in Hong Kong
Jun 20, 2011Lucky Unicorn’s only runner so far in Hong Kong is now a winner, following the impressive performance of Flying Unicorn (NZ) at Sha Tin last evening. Flying Unicorn (NZ) won the Jaeger-Lecoultre Griffin Plate (1400m) by 3.8 lengths, clocking 1.23.31. It was the ...
Snitzel Destroys Them In The Sires’
Jun 04, 2011The Gerald Ryan-trained Hot Snitzel has won an incident-packed edition of the Group II BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The race had a massive change in complexion only a fraction of a second before the barriers opened when the Peter ...
IS THE VEAL DEAL THE REAL DEAL?
Jun 03, 2011Delbridge Racing’s final purchase of the 2011 yearling sales has come a long way in the last few months. Our Snitzel – Copita yearling colt (pictured) is bred in the purple and has already been broken in and shown he can gallop on the track. The striking colt who ...
Kavanagh Youngsters Warm Up For Spring
Jun 02, 2011Trainer Mark Kavanagh has entered the valuable 2nd foal from dual Australian Horse-Of-The-Year & triple Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva (Desert King-Tugela, by Riverman) to make her racetrack debut over 1200m at Saturday’s Betfair Park-Sandown Lakeside meeting. ...
Delbridge Racing Appointed Racing Advisor in Vietnam
May 30, 2011Delbridge Racing has been appointed as the principal racing advisor to Binh Phuoc Recreation Pty Ltd to establish an International standard racetrack and race club in Vietnam. The racetrack will be part of a major community development by the Binh Phuoc Recreation Pty Ltd ...
NIELLO 2-Y-OLD WINS IMPRESSIVELY AT SANDOWN - SPRING AWAITS
May 18, 2011Spring carnival riches await promising filly Sweet Ella who surprised trainer Greg Eurell with the ease of her win at Sandown on Wednesday. The two-year-old daughter of Niello was coming off an easy Cranbourne two-year-old maiden win over 1000m at her race debut on April 27 ...
DELBRIDGE RACING SECURES EX-HONG KONG GALLOPER
May 05, 2011Delbridge Racing has secured for our clients an Encosta De Lago gelding who originally cost $500,000 at the New Zealand yearling sales. He is bred in the purple being by Encosta De Lago and out of a Snippets mare, Snippets Girl. He is the 5-y-old bay gelding GREEN ...