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On Tuesday 3 September, Adam Watt from Dynamic went out to visit Dynamic Team Member Shane Rose at Bimbadeen Park to catch up with him and discuss the development of several of our young, unraced, recently turned 2yo’s. These specific horses were those bred to be our Middle-Distance / Derbies and Cups hopefuls, who are continuing through their early educational pre-training.

On Monday Dynamic Syndications wrote about the success up-and-coming young sire ALMANZOR is having and the fact he sired the quinella in last Saturdays Heatherlie Stakes LR 1700m at Caulfield. Further to that story, on Wednesday a positive announcement has filtered into the market for Southern Hemisphere breeders and buyers via Breednet.com that young sire ALMANZOR (FR) (by Wootton Bassett) has been purchased outright and be permanently based in NZ at Cambridge Stud and will no longer be shuttling.

Ciaron Maher's Seven Winners in Four-State Haul on 31 August adds to their Massive August Tally. It was special Saturday for the Ciaron Maher Racing Team, as the country’s leading training stable for winners over the previous two seasons have raced to the front to start the 2024/25 season. It proved a rare afternoon when Ciaron Maher trained winners across all Eastern State capital cities, as well as South Australia. Ciaron Maher and his Team trained four (4) winners at Caulfield, and also prepared winners at Rosehill, Doomben and Morphettville.

It takes a very promising horse to go through their first racing preparation, having 3 starts all in the metropolitan area, winning two and runner-up in the other. So, it is with a smile on our dial, we have sent our Dynamic mare IT’S A KNOCKOUT (4yo m Dundeel x Sport Chic) out to the paddock on a high on Monday morning for a short few weeks let-up, as we prepare the full sister to Dealmaker, as we set ambitious targets for her next time through. IT’S A KNOCKOUT lived right up to her name and gave nothing else a chance on Saturday at Rosehill when claiming Race 2, leading home a Ciaron Maher stable quinella in the MERRYLANDS RSL CLUB Handicap (1500m) Bm78 Fillies and Mares in a Time: 1:29.46 Last 600m: 0:34.47.

Boom sire ALMANZOR on Saturday sired a Caulfield Double and provided the Quinella in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) when his son Rise At Dawn became the sire’s 19th individual Stakes Winner. The day started well with the Ciaron Maher trained Convener scoring in a Bm78 before Rise at Dawn and Positivity went one-two in the Heatherlie Stakes LR 1700m.

Whilst he might not be the sire’s most talented of offspring to ever race, ABSURDE is certainly the son that has won out over the longest trips, with his wins getting out to 4000m! In 2023, Absurde finished seventh in the Melbourne Cup, and his France based trainer Willie Mullins, revealed Absurde may have booked his ticket back to Australia for a second tilt at the Melbourne Cup, following a strong win in the Listed Chester Stakes 1m 6½f (2900m).

CIARON MAHER Racing had Team Dynamic back in the Winner’s Circle at Canterbury on Wednesday when our 5yo mare HI DUBAI (Highland Reel x Eureka Dubawi) was asked to carry 59.5kgs but jet pilot James MacDonald made it look like a postage stamp when our Dynamic Duo cruised around to claim victory in the Brazen Beau @ Darley Handicap 1100m Bm72.

Yulong Stud paid 2.7 million guineas for top class now three-time Group 1 winning mare Via Sistina (IRE) at the Tattersalls Mares Sale at Newmarket and she has proven to be worth the money as the daughter of Champion Sire FASTNET ROCK rattled home for victory in the Group 1 ATC Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday 24 August, breaking the hearts of stablemates Zougotcha & Fangirl.

It’s a star-studded field of Stallions internationally renowned for their ability to be shape the breed. European data is far more significant to Australian racing. Trends in Europe are important to know. “Who is the Current LEADING SIRE in EUROPE in 2024?” As of 28 August 24, a sensational list of 20 candidates. By both Winners and Earnings here is a hint - it is the same Sire who was Champion Sire in Europe of 2023