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Confession time - after all these years as racing industry participants, until last Saturday we had never watched the Channel 7 free-to-air broadcast of the Races. Why? Well the answer is simple. As an industry participant, most Saturday’s we are at the races, and when we are not trackside we need to have Foxtel so we can watch the races on Sky Channel or Racing.com and both these dedicated Racing Channels do an excellent job as a dedicated industry resource, showing wall-to-wall racing seven days a week.

When Australian Olympian Shane Rose, owner of Bimbadeen Park tells us that we have a horse that finished “Dux of the Class” naturally we get excited. So, imagine how upbeat we are to hear from Shane Rose that our latest two yearlings to complete his breaking-in and early education phases are both “outstanding athletes and he can’t split them.” Then he offers us a report card stating that they were “both rated 9.5 out of 10.”

In 2019 the Golden Slipper Carnival could have been renamed the “Chris Waller and James Cummings Show” as that duo dominated the carnival winning 7 of the 8 Group 1 race between them, but in 2020 the wheel turned significantly and it was all about Gai and Adrian. Of the 8 Group 1 races run at the Golden Slipper carnival at Rosehill Waterhouse-Bott were dominant with their 3 wins while won a Gr1 race went to John Thompson, David Pfieffer , William Haggas, Richard Litt and Chris Waller.

The Bendigo standalone meeting again proved a goldmine for popular young Mornington trainer MATT LAURIE after RIDDLE ME THAT claimed Saturday’s $150,000 feature in the Listed Bendigo Guineas (1400m). Riddle Me That is the fourth stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s boom young sire DEEP FIELD, who is the Leading Sire of both the Australian three-year-old winners this season as well as being the Leading Second crop sire by winners.

On Sky Thoroughbred Central, Greg Radley and Ray Thomas interviewed Racing NSW CEO Peter V’Landys who “Guaranteed” racing would continue in NSW for all participants and of most importance from an racehorse owners perspective, should the government force racing into a temporary shutdown, V’Landys stated that Racing NSW, would inject a cash splash and would “pay” (not the Racehorse Owners) - to keep horses in training, and this money will come from the “Future Fund” established for times of crisis, such as we are currently seeing through the pandemic.

KING OF THE KIDS is a title well-earned by the Dynamic CIARON MAHER / DAVID EUSTACE Racing Stables operation this season, after their training partnership produced a winning double on Saturday recording their 22nd 2-Year-Old Race Win. On Saturday it started at Rosehill when 2yo colt HOLYFIELD (I Am Invincible x Hurtle Myrtle) took out the Gr3 Schweppervescence Stakes over 1400m notching up the stables 21st 2YO Race Win. Then 90 minutes later, focus was on the 2yo event at Wyong and again the stables supplied the winner when MAJOR MURPHY saluted over 1200m.

Sometimes it’s worth taking a snapshot at what the facts and figures say about the success (or otherwise) of a training operation after the fluff and bubble and media hype is brushed aside, and you drill down into the nitty gritty. As the saying goes: Lies, Lies and Damn Statistics. Over the past 3 Saturday Race Meeting in Sydney, GAI & ADRIAN have trained three (3) Gr1 Winners: SHOUT THE BAR, FARNAM and CON TE PARTIRO.

QUICK THINKER (3c SO YOU THINK x ACOUPLAMAS by Al Maher) found himself back in the winner’s circle at Rosehill on Saturday after the colt demolished a top field when winning the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) in a brilliant staying performance. Quick Thinker ($2.70 fav) kicked 1-1/4 lengths clear of the Hawkes trained Zebrowski with the Richard Laming-trained Diasonic three quarters of a length back in third. This is his third stakes win from 10 starts.

Heat 1 over 1200m at Randwick on Friday morning was chock full of Group 1 Stars but there was only one horse that came away with big flashing lights on him and that was Dynamic Syndications promising 3yo gelding YAO DASH trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and today he was ridden by Rachel King.