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When a yearling gets all the ticks: Size, Strength, Scope, Quality, X-rays, Endoscope, Commercial Pedigree, Genetic Cross Success, Broken-In Superbly, Sire on Fire, Stakes Winning Dam, Metro Quality Siblings, 7/8ths brother to a Sydney 2YO Stakes Winner, Trained by Australia’s Number 1 Stable, it surely piques an interest. When the biggest tick comes from Australia’s Best Horseman & Multiple Olympic Medalist – SHANE ROSE who Broke-In and Educated the Colt you can’t get a better endorsement. Therefore, when Shane Rose declares one, we take serious notice.

The winning debut of King Tut on the synthetic surface at Pakenham on Monday for Australia's leading trainer, Ciaron Maher is a notable victory because it registered the stable’s 300th success for 2024-25 season. That’s now four seasons in a row Ciaron Maher has managed to break through the 300 wins barrier. The first season he did so was in 2021-22 when he prepared 317 winners earning $29 million. This current season with 300.5 wins to his credit and with 3 weeks to go, Ciaron’s horses have won an Australasian Record of almost $59m.

Here is a Black Book Special that many professional breeders and buyers may have thought would have been “outside the realms of possibility” at the start of the 2YO Season in Europe. Champion KINGMAN’S champion son PALACE PIER is off to a flying start as a Sire of precocious juveniles! “Cop the Tip! His kids can run!”

HI DUBAI was tough, strong, and she was courageous. She lumped top-weight and she also produced the fastest last 600m of all 10 races on the programme, leading all the way when on a Soft 7 surface she came home in 34.68 secs. It was a race we had identified as a target before she returned to the sport from a spell. CAPTIVANT @ KIA ORA HANDICAP (1100m) Benchmark 78 Handicap, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Fillies and Mares.

The Win by AFRICAN DAISY was well deserved for her owners. It’s the courage of the co-owners that need special mention in this story of success. This was planned to be AFRICAN DAISY’s final race before retirement to the breeding barn. 889 Days between wins is a long time but she kept banking prizemoney. Jason Deamer and Tim Clark combine for a Dynamic WIN.

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On Friday a story by Ray Thomas (Racenet) emphasized the perils that jockey’s face everytime they throw a leg over a horse. It is sobering for those that watch our sport from the comfort of a grandstand, or a lounge chair, or are tucked up warm and cozy in the early hours of the morning when perils are at play. These hero's of our sport keep us engaged in the excitement of our industry. However some sadly pay the ultimate price whilst others count themselves luck to have survived. Ray Thomas wrote a story after his interview with a good mate to the Dynamic Syndications Team – BLAKE SPRIGGS.

There’s an air of confidence from the Ciaron Maher stable that being patient with Hi Dubai in the early part of her preparation will pay off at Rosehill on Saturday. Whilst as far as ideal scenarios go, stable foreman Johann Gerard-Dubord (Aussie Joh) said Naval Commission will be right in his comfort zone on all fronts in the Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (2000m).

PALACE PIER – Europe’s Leading First Crop Sire by Strike Rate! The young sire is off to a flying start which has owners of progeny from his one crop in Australia excitedly waiting for his progeny to hit the racetrack. First-crop sire PALACE PIER added his fifth winner to his tally when Khuskhas landed a competitive maiden over six furlongs on just her second start at Yarmouth.