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News has filtered through over the past 24 hours that our 2008 Villiers Winner HONOR IN WAR – a proven Gr1 Winner imported to Australia from the USA, which we syndicated amongst our owners, has succumbed to serious complications from colic. The US Gr.1 winner is remembered for his Gr2 Villiers Stakes Win at Randwick when he went pound for pound with Champion Takeover Target finishing an inch second as they crossed the line but won the race in the protest room.

33 Nominations were received for the $304,000 Warrnambool Race Club 2020 JERICHO CUP to be conducted on Sunday 29 November over 4,600m under High-weighted Handicap Conditions (66.0kg minimum) at Benchmark 90 grade. Dynamic have qualified and hold the Top 2 Nominations with our horses (1) FRENZIED (72.0kgs) and (2) DAMBULLA (69.5kgs). Both our horses are “exempt from ballot” having been last start winners in Guaranteed Start / Double Points qualifying events. FRENZIED having won over 3400m at Canberra on 15/11 & DAMBULLA having won at 3850m at Moonee Valley 13/11.

Congratulations to our Owners of Dynamic Debutant FRECKLE ROCK on your horse’s sensational 3.06 length debut win at Scone on Monday. FRECKLE ROCK (57.5kgs) trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace for Team Dynamic and our tremendous Ownership Team, was simply “far too good” for his peers when winning Race 3, the SARDOS COFFEE Maiden Plate over 1400m. Ridden a pearler by top team player CHRISTIAN REITH, FRECKLE ROCK stopped the clock in a very slick 1:22.53 rattling home 34.27 secs.

FRENZIED has had an excellent 12 months. He became the BONG BONG CUP Winner over 1560m on 22/11/19, the WYONG CUP PRELUDE Winner over 2100m on 30/8/20, the KENSINGTON TRACK RECORD Winner over 2400m on 30/9/20. With a True Stayers Pedigree, the credentials were behind our Dynamic 5yo gelding when he lined up as $1.65 favourite to WIN at Canberra over the gruelling 3400m in the “Handle The Truth - ROAD TO THE JERICHO” Qualifier.

Dynamic trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have had their hopes of defending their Jericho Cup crown given a big boost on Friday night at Moonee Valley when our Dynamic Syndications "Marathon Man" DAMBULLA lumping 59.0kgs, made it two (2) wins in a row at 3200m and beyond. In the process of winning this 3850m extreme staying test named “The Road To The Jericho” a Benchmark 78 event DAMBULLA is now Exempt from Ballot, guaranteeing him a start in the $300,000 JERICHO CUP at Warrnambool on 29-11-20.

INVASION DAY (IRE) who reportedly is named after the famous D-Day Invasion of WWII, was first-up from a spell and first-up for the stable, when he was sent out at the lucrative starting price of $26, however nobody told our horse that he was those odds, and he blew his foe’s away on Remembrance Day (11/11) in winning a tough battle. INVASION DAY (IRE) was victorious in Race 8 the Blacktown Workers Club Group, Benchmark 64 1300m on Wednesday afternoon at Hawkesbury.

Our latest European Stayer purchase JACK DUGGAN (USA) has connection to the 2020 Melbourne Cup Winner TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE). Leading Irish Trainer JIM BOLGER from his Glebe House Stables has enormous input in shaping the thoroughbred breed in Ireland. BOLGER bred Twilight Payment, sold him on and retained a share, whilst knowing the horse was heading to the stables of young titan JOSEPH O’BRIEN to be prepared for his racing career. JIM BOLGER was both the Breeder and Trainer of JACK DUGGAN.

Coming into Sunday’s TAB Ladies’ Day Benchmark 66 over 1500m at Muswellbrook off the back of two lacklustre runs, the return of blinkers to Dynamic Mare COURU (All Too Hard x Pas De Deux) transformed our 5yo mare’s confidence from just a competitor back into a Winner, when under a brilliantly judged ride by jockey Ben Looker, the Dynamic Duo led the field a merry-dance, leading from start to finish and never looking in danger when claiming Race 3 on a Heavy 8 Track, in a time of 1:32.97 with a last 600m in 34.74.

Steven Bradbury won a Winter Olympic Gold Medal and at Rosehill on Saturday, ELABORATE pulled off a "Bradbury Like" win to claim an unexpected victory in Rosehill Race 9, the Quayclean Handicap A Benchmark 78 Handicap over 1400m. The track was rated a Heavy 10 and they ran 1:27.08 coming home their last 600m in 0:37.71. ELABORATE a noted 2400m staying prospect, was ready to resume his campaign as we aim to have him ready mid-January to aim at the Magic Millions Stayers Cup over 2400m.