Latest News from Delbridge Racing
KAV WAITS ON WEATHER FOR WARRIOR
Aug 10, 2010Trainer Mark Kavanagh has two major spring contenders set to resume in the weight-for-age feature but will monitor the weather in the days leading up to Saturday. With rain forecast throughout the week, Kavanagh may be forced to wait another week with Cups hopefuls Shocking ...
Delbridge Racing's Best Season
Aug 02, 2010The final day of the 2009/10 racing season was held on Saturday 31st July 2010 with Delbridge Racing recording its best ever season. Delbridge Racing provided our owners and supporters with plenty of individual winners and prizemoney from our small but quality team of ...
Oratorio Second Stakeswinner in Southern Hemisphere
Jul 18, 2010Young Danehill stallion Oratorio (pictured above) posted his second stakeswinner in the Southern Hemisphere when two year-old colt Upsala captured the Listed Northland Breeders Stakes at Ruakaka in New Zealand on Saturday. A winner at Te Rapa in March and stakes-placed at ...
Delbridge Racing Horses on Display
Jul 18, 2010A pleasant Sunday morning was held at the Mark Kavanagh Racing stables at Flemington on 18 July 2010 for Delbridge Racing syndicate members to inspect 4 horses trained by Mark Kavanagh. This followed on from a similar visit earlier in the year when Mark (pictured) ...
Oratorio Adds Group 2 Winner
Jul 12, 2010Triple European Gr1-winning Coolmore shuttler Oratorio (Danehill-Mahrah, by Vaguely Noble) added a UK juvenile group success when Sir Robert Ogden's Irish-bred colt King Torus (Oratorio-Dipterous, by Mujadil) scored by a neck in the £70,000 (A$121,000) Gr2 Superlative ...
Eight For Snippetson
Jul 07, 2010Eleven of the 12 runners in Tuesday's Wyong Rugby League 2yo plate (1150m) at Cessnock were better fancied than the Jeff Englebrecht-trained Spetisbury but much to the punters chagrin the filly toughed out a narrow victory to become the 8th first crop winner for her sire ...
MVRC honour achievement of Zabeel
Jul 07, 2010The W S Cox Plate’s most influential sire, story by Adrian Clark There was a spring in the step of Cambridge Stud’s Sir Patrick Hogan this week when he called the NZTM office to inform us that Zabeel has been honoured by the Moonee Valley Racing ...
Double to trainer Grant Craven
Jul 03, 2010A big week for Delbridge Racing trainer Grant Craven who trained a winning double with the impressive wins of Sandusky City at Geelong on Tuesday 29 June 2010 and Great Player at Sale on 1 July 2010. Grant is one of Victoria’s most promising trainers and from ...
ANOTHER NIELLO WINNER AT KYNETON
Jun 22, 2010Emerging sire NIELLO produced another first start winner today 22 June 2010 when 3-y-old gelding OVERLAY won impressively over 1118 metres at Kyneton. This follows on from 3 recent NIELLO sired winners in 2-y-old gelding, ELLO ELLO, over 1000 at Bendigo, CHUNKY CUSTARD in South ...
Lease Half-Sister to Georgia's Boy
Jun 13, 2010Delbridge Racing has lease shares available in the half-sister to Georgia's Boy, a yearling filly by Snippetson from the dam of Georgia's Boy, Georgia Oh. Georgia's Boy is a 4-y-old gelding by Hussonet from Georgia Oh who was syndicated by Delbridge Racing ...
Shamardal Colt Makes it a French Classic Double
Jun 07, 2010The Darley stallions recorded their second Derby winner in as many days when Shamardal’s talented son Lope de Vega romped to victory in the Group One Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday, just a day after King’s Best colt Workforce became the fastest Derby ...
NIELLO KEEPS THE WINNERS FLOWING
Jun 03, 2010Emerging sire Niello just keeps the winners flowing after another impressive winner today at Bendigo. It was the 2-y-old gelding, ELLO ELLO's, turn today winning over 1000 metres in the 2-y-old maiden. It was only last Saturday 29 May 2010 that TASTEOF ENERGY won very ...
Georgia's Boy Runs in Echuca Cup
Jun 03, 2010It was only a few months ago that trainer Gary Sherer had four year old Hussonet gelding Georgia's Boy primed for the Echuca Cup only for the race to be postponed as the horses were being saddled up due to inclement weather. So it is take two tomorrow 4 June 2010 at ...
Keep the Faith Youngster Unbeaten
Jun 02, 2010Quality Tasmanian juvenile Socks, a son of first season sire Keep the Faith, sent his earnings soaring past $100,000 when he comprehensively beat his rivals in the Tasmanian Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Launceston recently. Despite covering extra ground throughout, ...
Oratorio Aiming at Back-to-Back Ascot Wins
Jun 02, 2010Coolmore shuttler Oratorio (IRE) may be seeking back to back wins at Royal Ascot in the Listed Chesham Stakes following an impressive debut win by King Torus at Leicester on Monday for Richard Hannon. Big Audio (3c Oratorio-Tarbela, by Grand Lodge), from Oratorio’s ...
Delbridge Racing Springs Into Action
May 27, 2010With spring just around the corner it is time for our spring team to begin their preparations for which will hopefully result in many winners for Delbridge Racing's loyal owners. Five of our best gallopers will be aimed for the riches of the spring racing season and ...
Thirty Seven Megs to run at Doomben Saturday 29 May 2010
May 27, 2010The forgotten horse of the Delbridge Racing stable races this Saturday 29th May 2010 at Doomben in a very strong class 6 race. Thirty Seven Megs has recently been transferred to the Bruce Hill stables on the Gold Coast to race in the Brisbane area. On ...
NIELLO COLT JOINS OUR TEAM
May 26, 2010Delbridge Racing has been fortunate to purchase a yearling colt by Niello from Glowing Image. We will be syndicating this colt over the coming weeks so stay tuned for more information. As is our buying strategy this colt is bred and conformed like a stayer and he will be given ...
Sherer Notches His 47th Winner For Delbridge Racing
May 21, 2010Delbridge Racing’s most-winning trainer, Gary Sherer, did it again yesterday 20 May 2010 at Bendigo with the win of Georgia’s Boy in the first heat of the winter championship. It was another great training feat by Sherer who freshened Georgia’s Boy up ...
Our People - Delbridge Racing Owner Re-locates To Singapore
May 19, 2010One of Delbridge Racing’s finest is leaving his teaching position in Taiwan to re-locate to Singapore in the next few weeks. Mark Lewis was one of the original owners who helped set Delbridge Racing on the road to glory some 8 years ago. He was an integral part of ...
New Stakes Winner For Shamardal
May 09, 2010Boom sire Shamardal's season got better when his daughter Femina Fashion won Saturday's $125,000 Listed Gold Coast Bracelet. Shamardal, a former outstanding racehorse by Giant's Causeway, has enjoyed excellent success in Australia this season with his stakes winning progeny ...
Statue Of Liberty – No Peace Filly Claims Listed Dequetteville Stakes
May 05, 2010The Darren Weir trained Broadway Harmony had to play second fiddle to the Choisir fill Jesse's Girl at Sandown at her previous start but she reversed the decision in style with an easy win in Sunday's Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. Her task was ...
Star ORATORIO 2YO filly BANCHEE in ownership change
May 05, 2010The season’s outstanding two-year-old filly Banchee has been sold by Sam Kelt to Peter and Philip Vela of Pencarrow Stud. The winner of both the Ford Diamond Stakes-Gr.1 and Matamata Breeders’ Stakes-Gr.2 this season, Banchee will be wearing the ...
Translation Ready for Sandown
Apr 12, 2010The consistent grey Translation races first up on Wednesday 14th April 2010 over 1200 metres at Sandown. The wide draw in race 8 will not worry the fast finishing grey whose racing pattern is to run on from well back in the field. He should relish the wide open ...