News
2010- new yearlings now published on website
January 3rd 2010- We have now listed 6 new yearlings on our website , see syndications on offer by leading sires and from great families. We will also be attending all the yearling sales in Australia and New Zealand where we will to continue to follow a very strict and succesful process for aquiring yearlings that can go on to be successful racehorses on the track. They must pass on conformation, pedigree, and the vets accessment before we even consider purchasing them. We place a value on each yearling that makes it onto our short list and will bid only to that level, sometimes successful, sometimes not, but there is not point paying overs for them as they still have to win races for us and our owners to recoup the initial outlay.
You may contact me on 0417616666 to discuss our yearlings or register any interest that you may have in the upcoming sales.
2009 -a successful year for AT Bloodstock
When 2009 concluded AT Bloodstock had secured 19 winners in the calander year from just 89 starters or a winning percentage of 21.59. A further 14 starters were placed, which gave us more than one in every three starters finishing in the top 3 on race day.
Fitoussi was our most successful horse winning 4 races and running 3rd in the Group One SAJC Derby in May and we look forward to him coming back in 2010. Fitoussi was also awared our horse on the year and all his owners received an award at our Christmas party that was held on December 18th.
We lok forward to a succesfful 2010 with many 2 yr olds and 3 yrs yet to reach their peak.
Mark Kavanagh wins the 2009 Melbourne Cup with Shocking.
Mark Kavanagh wins the 2009 Melbourne cup with Shocking, what a great training effort. Shocking by Street Cry who looked to be struggingly a month ago, burst in to cups calculation on Saturday with a dominant win and then 3 days later was way too good in the cup. He travelled 3 wide for most of the run and one wondered if he could finish off the race with the run that he had. Its a credit to Mark Kavanagh and his team to produce this horse in peak form on the right day at 3pm. Checkout our 2 yr old Cape Cross gelding who is a 1/2 brother to a stakeswinner and bred to stay, he will be trained by Mark Kavanagh at Flemingon. See all the details on the syndications on offer.
Barely A Moment sired 1st 2 yr old city winner with Whipthebrewer
October 25th 2009-
Young stallion, Barely a Moment (Gilded Time ex Lady Danna by Danehill) has got his new career as a sire off to a grand start. His promising daughter Whipthebrewer scored a solid victory in Adelaide on Saturday in the CBUS Plate (1000m) at Morphettville Parks. Whipthebrewer lived up to her trainers, David Hayes, expectation when she cruised home two-and-a-half lengths clear of her rivals.
“She’s got good ability and I have a bit of an opinion of her,” Hayes said. “I used this race as a virtual trial for her and she’ll run next in either the Merson Cooper or the Maribyrnong Plate.” The win was a timely boost for her full brother who is set to go under the hammer at the 2010 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale in March. They are both from the twice winning Lake Coniston mare Constant in Opal a half-sister to Flamboyant, the dam of two stakes performers including Blue Diamond Prelude winner and Group One placed youngster Hammerbeam.
Barely a Moment was bred by WA horseman Dick Vincent, who sold him for $58,000 to Mark Pilkington at the 2003 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale at Belmont. Barely a Moment’s progeny will also visit the Magic Millions sales rings with members of his latest crop heading to Perth in 2010 where seven yearlings have been catalogued for sale in January. The stallion will also be represented in his home state, South Australia, in March and among those will be the full brother to Whipthebrewer.
“It’s great to see Barely a Moment get a winner on the board so early,” Magic Millions Adelaide and Victorian Manager Tim Brown said. “I’ve seen a number of quality individuals by him heading to our Adelaide Sale in March including Whipthebrewer’s full brother who is a cracking type.”
The colt will be offered at that auction by Lindsay Park Stud, run by Sam Hayes’ who stands Barely a Moment at a fee of $14,300 this spring.
Checkout our lovely Barely a Moment filly from the proven mare- Bright Talk insyndications on offer on this website.
Fitoussi is back!
October 15th: Fitoussi burst back into country cups calculations today at the Moe Cup meeting, that was transferred to Cranbourne due to the heavy spring rains. On a track that was rated as a heavy 10 and over 1600m, a distance considered a little too short for him, he was sent out at $20. Fitoussi settled well back in last position, some 15 lengths from the lead and then at the 400m ,as he did in the autumn at Caulfield, pulled out wide and rounded them up in 200m to scoot away to win by 1.5 lengths. A very happy Peter Moody had told the connections during the week that Fitoussi had pleased in over the past 2 weeks and that “he was back”. He now considering running him in the Bendigo and Ballarat cups in late October and mid November. He will pay to follow.
Rue Maple wins at Sandown
September 24th- Our promising young filly Rue Maple ( Rubiton- Maple Rose) made it 2 wins from 3 starts with a strong win at Sandown yesterday in a 3 yr old fillies race that had good depth to it. Rue Maple was slow to begin, but young 3 kg apprentice Jarod Fry, gathered her up and had her in a good spot just off the lead on the corner before she powered to the lead in the straight to win impressively by a length on the line. “We have the spring in front of us with Rue Maple with plenty of race options” said trainer Darren Weir.
MIC MAC by Statue of Liberty wins Memsie Stakes
August 31st 2009- Mic Mac won last Saturdays Memise Stakes beating Whobegotyou with 58.5kgs at his first try at weight for age proving that he is up there with the best this season. Mic Mac has now won 7 of his 8 starts and takes his earnings past $500,000 and there appears much more to come with a cox plate start on the cards. Mic Mac is by the very promising sire Statue of Liberty who returns to stud at Eliza Park this season, and will stand at $17600. Whilst Mic Mac had won the Memsie Stakes, it was only a few hours later in Perth, that another son of Statue of Liberty- Hay List was dominating in Belmont, making it 6 wins from 6 starts and taking his earnings past $175,000. The question is will we see this smart galloper in Melbourne for the spring any time soon. You to can have a share in a Statue of Liberty 2yr old, simply visit our syndications on offer to view the details on our smart Statue of Liberty filly.
Al Maher -another winner at Caulfield- Salinas unbeaten in 3 runs.
August 29th2009- The Al Maher unbeaten 3 yr old filly- Salinas trained by Peter Moody made it 3 wins from 3 starts today at Caulfield. Salinas had to dig deep to beat tearway leader Tariks, but hit the lead to win narrowly from Recorrido, with another AlMaher filly- Yule Luvit, running on into 3rd place . Salinas will now go to the Morphteville Guineas said trainer Peter Moody. Almaher is doing a great job with his runners and you should check out our 2 yr old filly by Al Maher from Royal De Lago who is by Encosta De Lago.She will be trained by leading trainer Robert Smerdon and for further details and photos visit the syndications on offer page on this website.
ATB Christmas party December 2009 -Book now.
August 19th 2009-Bookings are now being taken for this years Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock christmas party which will be held at the Moonee Valley races on Friday evening December 18th. Tickets are $85 pp which includes course admission, a 3 course dinner, racebook, cash bar, punters club, trainer interviews and giveaways. This very popular night will again be a sellout, so bookings are essential. Join us and be merry. Please email your booking requirements.
Keltara wins at Geelong by 4.5 lengths
Friday August 14th -Keltara ( by Exceed and Excel from Lady Knockout) wins at her second start at Geelong by 4.5 lengths. Danny Nickolic was very impressed with this filly and she will now go to Sandown on August 30th.
Keltara jumped straight to the lead and was never headed in running and skipped away in the straight. At her first start in Adelaide, she got her tongue over the bit and finished down the track.”Shes a good filly and we thought that she would bounce back today” said Darren Weir.
NEWS UPDATE JULY 09
Racing Roundup
After his disastrous start from the barriers at his previous run Filter redeemed himself in Darwin with a narrow win on July 11th. Congratulations to Phil & Kim Brittain, Brian & Rosemary Fellows.
Murray Town Lass continues to race well and finished 2nd at Ballarat on July 30th.
Rue Maple showed them a clean pair of heels at Swan Hill on July 31st, winning by 4 lengths at her debut. Congratulations to the team at Bungan Street Thoroughbreds.
Keltara had shown plenty of promise in her work leading up to her first start in Adelaide but unfortunately got her tongue over the bit ruining her chances. She will be much improved on that run at her next start. Pins Of Joy, Savababe & Resolvere are all trialling at Ararat early in August and should all be ready to make their racing debut shortly after.
www.atbloodstock.com.au
Our website was relaunched during July with a significant upgrade from the old site which had reached its end from a technical & functional perspective. The stable for members is still under development and should be completed by the end of August. It will feature one unique page for each horse which will be password protected for the relevant owners. Passwords will be issued once each page is live.
From Manningtree Park
July was again a busy month on the farm with our farriers tending to all horses on the property and vaccine boosters being administered all round. The first 2 broodmares have already left for the Hunter Valley in NSW to foal down and are to be covered by stallions Lionheart & Lohnro. Most of the horses have been rugged for the Winter/Spring months. The weanlings had a few tantrums when we first put on their new “jackets” but soon realised how lovely and warm they are! Our policy is not to charge you for the full purchase price of the rugs ($240) but a seasonal fee of $80 to help cover the purchase and repair costs. This has been charged this month.
Due to the mild weather the grass continues to grow although we are still needing more rain after such a dry July – we only recorded 16mm but the average is 52mm.
ATB Christmas Party
It’s back to Moonee Valley for our Christmas party this year. Just a preliminary notice to pencil in Friday December 18th for the night races – more details next month.
Prize money up from 1st Feb
Victorian thoroughbred owners, trainers and jockeys will be receiving a welcome pay rise with a prize money boost to take effect from 1 February.
At its final meeting for the year on 4 December, the RVL board confirmed that the second phase of a two-year $23.6 million prize money plan will be implemented from 1 February 2009.
The increases are targeted at minimum prize money levels for standard races to ensure these additional funds are spread broadly to racing’s participants.
The increases to minimum prize money include:
* Metropolitan Saturday and feature night races from $60,000 to $70,000
* Metropolitan Midweek and standard night races from $27,500 to $30,000
* Country Showcase races from $21,500 to $22,500
* Country Minimum TAB races from $10,500 to $12,000 and from $13,500 to $15,000 for Thursdays and Sunday P1 meetings.
Event: Darren Weir’s stables at Ballarat – Sunday January 25th 2009
Everyone is invited to at 11am for morning tea and a parade of all the Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock racehorses that are in training with Darren weir. This will then be followed by an afternoon at the Ballarat races with a casual lunch in the committee room at $45 per head. For bookings call Darren Dance on 0353608276.
News Update
The Melbourne Spring carnival was a great result for Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock with Dr Doutes winning twice of the Carnival, firstly at Flemington in a 3 yr old handicap and then at Flemington on Derby day where he took out the Group Three Carbine Club stakes taking his prizemoney to $295,000 with 4 wins from just 6 starts. Dr Doutes, a son of Redoutes Choice from the Dr Grace mare, No Limit, was bred by Darren & Elizabeth Dance of Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock and sold at the Magic Millions sales in Adelaide for $150,000 to trainer Mark Kavanagh.
Bird of Fire (by Stravinsky) a New Zealand purchase for $40,000, also won twice, first deadheating at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day in the Inglis Mile- listed and then on Emirates Day at Flemington winning the Matriach Group 2 for mares, taking her record to 20 starts for 4 wins and $376,000 in prizemoney. Congratulations to long time owners Barry and Denise Stokes. He is trained at Caulfield by Tony Vasil.
Prizemoney increase for owners
RVL Announces New Deal for Owners and Trainers
The board of Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) recently announced approval of a $3 million package which includes an increase in prize money and a cutback in racing fees paid by owners.
The initiative began at the start of the new racing season on August 1st.
Prize money will now be paid to tenth place in all races except Group and Listed events which will keep the current practice of paying to eighth place. The existing procedure of paying a starter’s subsidy to all unplaced runners will be stopped.
$2.5 million in fees currently charged by RVL and clubs to trainers and subsequently passed to owners will be removed; this will include the non declaration fee and training facility fee.
In late July RVL made an announcement relating to prize money as part of the annual budget and prize money review process.
Phase 1 of this plan will commence from August 1st 2008 to meet the industry’s key objectives to increase prize money levels in country races and midweek / night metropolitan races. Key highlights of the increases applying from 1 August 2008 include
-Increase in country minimums from $9000 to $10,500 and from 12,000 to $13,500 for Thursday and P1 Sunday meetings.
-Increase in midweek and night races to a minimum of $27,500.
Phase 2 of the plan is set down to commence from February 1st 2009 and includes
-Increase country minimums to $12,000 and to $15,000 for Thursday and P1 Sunday meetings
-Increase in metropolitan midweek/night races to a minimum of $30,000 and Saturday/feature night races to $70,000.
August Update
When the 2007/8 drew to a close on the 31st July , it was pleasing to see Darren Weir win the Victorian Country racing trainer of the year with 93 winners(Darren also finished 5th in the Melbourne trainers premiership) and young apprentice Sebastian Murphy winning the leading apprentice award for the season. Sebastian also finished 2nd to Craig Williams in the coveted Scobey Breasley award, the Brownlow medal award for Jockeys in Victoria. Congratulations to both of them.
At Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock it has been an incredibly busy time with all of our yearlings (20 of them) being broken in and now working through the stable system with their first pretraining experience. These horses spend six weeks in the stable and are introduced to the racetrack, barriers, working with other horses, swimming in the pool and walking on the walking machine. They have all thrived through this experience and the early running types are now spelling, and the 3 yr old stayers are now in the stables.
The shares in our horses are moving quickly and in October we will launch the 2007 crop onto the market. To assist us with sale we have appointed Ashley Connick to our Sales team, managing the Murray- Mallee region for Mildura and surrounding areas, and Chris Cannon, managing the Geelong region. Ashley can be contacted on 0419802296 and Chris on 0419156460. We welcome both of them to the team and stand by for more appointments.
We also formed a partnership with Tim McDonnell, The Big Australian Punter. Tim now provides all of our registered owners with free weekly race tips. If you are an owner and are not signed up to received these tips, call Tim on 0394176491 and tell him that you have a horse with us, give him your email address and the tips, and winners will be there each week for you free of charge.
At Manningtree Park, we are continuing our seemingly never ending stud upgrade project with the current focus on more new fencing, creating a further 3 new paddocks, a new isolation facility, 2 new day yards and replacing all of our current yards with a new yarding system.
This month we have launched our future Stallion prospect, a 2007 colt by the champion Falbrav, out of Amanusa, so this colt is a ¾ brother to the $1.1 Million prizemoney earner and stakeswinner-Delzao. This is an outstanding colt with a super pedigree and we are offering 20 shares at $8,000 each which includes costs until 1/1/09, except vet and insurance costs. A trainer is yet to be selected for this exciting colt. See all the details in the for sale section of this website..
With Spring just around the corner, the mares are not far of foaling and we look forward to seeing the first of the new seasons foals being born.
Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock Horse of the Year – Furet Visage
Congratulations to the owners of Furet Visage— Ken Colwell, Glenn Rippon & Phil McEvoy on winning this year’s ATB Horse Of The Year award. Their horse has produced an outstanding record since travelling to trainer David Brunton in Tasmania. David and his wife Julie were over from Tassie to join in the celebrations as were Brian & Rosemary Fellows who owned Furet Visage’s mare.
Owners of Furet Visage receive their awards at the Christmas party at Moonee Valley.
