Resident stallion Casino Prince was represented by his first winner recently when the debutante Casino Card powered home to win the Gary Newham 2yo Handicap over 1100m at the Gold Coast in impressive fashion, coming from near last in the short straight to score with a devastating turn of foot. Trained by Matthew Dunn, Casino [...]
Patinack Farm’s Pretty Pins continued her rapid rate of improvement with a dominant win in the $50,000 Sky Racing World QTIS Handicap (2020m) at Doomben on Saturday. Under top-weight of 57.5kg. Pretty Pins was allowed to settle well back in the field and was then forced to race three deep after halfway. Turning for home [...]
He had shown trainer John Thompson plenty of natural ability in Sydney and the manner in which Dassault (3g Tale Of The Cat – Bird Royale, by Bluebird) came from last to win Wednesday’s $13,000 Racing Retro Maiden at Eagle Farm suggests that he will be winning more races. On Wednesday Dassault raced without blinkers [...]
Patinack Farm-owned mare Dreams And Wishes (4 m Galileo – Procrastinate, by Jade Hunter) enhanced her already considerable value when she became the latest winner for the outstanding producer Procrastinate (Jade Hunter – Reigntaine, by Century) with her success at Wednesday’s Eagle Farm meeting. The four-year-old won the Lyndhurst Stud Plate (1600m) at her fourth [...]
It’s all systems go this weekend for the Patinack Farm stable, as the two-year-old’s look to stamp their place on the track in brisbane. Three sets of Patinack livery will be required for the $100,000 Phelan Ready Stakes (Listed) for two-year-old colts over 1000m with Aronson (2 c Shamardal – Emme, by Fasliyev), More Than [...]
Pretty Pins confirmed she is a filly with a real future after another impressive win at Doomben on Saturday. Pretty Pins was always comfortable in the heavy conditions, showing real class to come clear over the concluding stages to win the QTIS Ascend Sales 3yo Handicap over 1600 metres. Smothered away along the inside after [...]
The racing team are on a high this week after the two-year-olds trialled superbly at Doomben on Tuesday morning. This was on the back of a couple of fantastic wins by juveniles in Melbourne in the space of five days, confirming their well-being across states. Ferment toyed with his rivals in Saturday’s two-year-old Plate at [...]
Patinack Farm’s foundation sire Husson (ARG) has catapulted to the lead in the first season sire table following the win of smart two-year-old Ferment (2 c Husson – Catalyst, by Tabasco Cat) who overcame some difficulties in running to score an impressive debut win at Caulfield on Saturday. Ferment gave Jamie Mott a difficult ride, [...]
Patinack Farm will offer Magic Millions buyers a great reward once again this year as our second Magic Millions January Yearling Draft heads to the Gold Coast. Not only will buyers have the chance to race their purchase in the ever popular Magic Millions Race Series, their buys will also be eligible for our $1m [...]
Patinack Farm has its two-year-olds in flying form this season with stakes wins by Hussousa (Husson) in the Gimcrack Stakes and last Saturday’s impressive Caulfield winner Ferment (Husson). On Tuesday the stable unveiled impressive barrier trial winners at Doomben with one by resident Group 1 winner Casino Prince. Fastnet Rock filly Nechita, a $130,000 buy [...]
Wonderful Lass added to her broodmare value with a game victory in Saturday’s $80,000 Recognition Stakes (Listed) over 1600m at Eagle Farm. Wonderful Lass (4 m Catbird – Convent Lass, by Snippets) came with a determined challenge in the straight to edge out race-favorite Carry Me Bluey by a nose to register her first black [...]
Patinack Farm-owned colt Ferment (2 c Husson – Catalyst, by Tabasco Cat) overcame some difficulties in running to score an impressive debut win at Caulfield on Saturday. Ferment gave Jamie Mott a difficult ride, throwing his head around when restrained early and then dropping the bridle into the straight but he showed plenty of natural [...]
Patinack Farm-homebred Glimmer (2 f Husson – Glimmering Hope, by Belong To Me) made a winning debut at Mornington on Tuesday, making nearly all the running to win the $12,000 2yo Maiden Plate over 1005m. Bounced out of the stalls by Chris Symons, Glimmer went through to led and then came back underneath Symons to [...]
Patinack Farm head trainer John Thompson is hoping lightning can strike twice in Perth on Saturday. 12 months ago Thompson prepared Gathering (Tale Of The Cat) to win the Railway Handicap (Gr 1) when ridden by Craig Williams and Williams, fresh from riding four winners at Sandown Park in Melbourne last Saturday, will be aboard [...]
Unbeaten champion classic winner Husson (Hussonet) has made a brilliant start at stud in South America and he is carrying on the great work with his first-crop runners in Australia. The debut win at Sale on Wednesday by Affable (2 f Husson – Lady Gracious, by Redoute’s Choice) was impressive as the Patinack-homebred overcame a [...]
Honourable Aussie made it two wins on end with a dominant performance to land the $27,000 Sharp Handicap over 1900m at Canterbury Park on Friday night. Ridden to the lead early on, Honourable Aussie set a strong gallop and he was two-lengths clear into the straight, maintaining the advantage all the way to the line [...]
Pop Music (3 f Husson – Pulpa Fitz, by Fitzcarraldo) became yet another winner for our unbeaten classic winner Husson (Hussonet) when winning the $62,500 Premio Charme over 1200 metres at Argentina’s world famous La Plata racetrack on Tuesday. Bred by Haras Vacacion, Pop Music proved too strong at the finish for her rivals, defeating [...]
Patinack Farm enjoyed more Group success when Real Stolle (2 f Elusive Quality – Lemon Ruski, by Desert King) ran away with the time-honoured HKJC Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3) over 1000 metres. Breaking sharply from her outside barrier, Real Stolle was allowed to track towards the centre of the track by Michael Rodd, who sat [...]
Our high-class filly Pane In The Glass tackles the unbeaten Atlantic Jewel in the $300,000 Wakeful Stakes (Gr 2) over 2000m at Flemington on Saturday, and, like Isopach, she has had no luck with draw, starting from the outside gate in the field of 10. Pane In The Glass (3 f Testa Rossa – Lyrics, [...]
Isopach (3 g Magic Albert – Curvaceous, by Zabeel) will represent Patinack Farm in Saturday’s $1.5 million AAMI VRC Derby and following a sharp piece of work at Flemington on Tuesday morning, Patinack Farm head trainer John Thompson is hopeful that he can run well. “He worked with Moment In Time who is an older [...]
John Thompson is hopeful Galizani can emulate Maluckyday by winning Saturday’s $250,000 Lexus Stakes (Gr 3) over 2500m at Flemington. Like last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up Maluckyday, Galizani won the Tattersall’s Club Cup (Listed, 2400m) at Randwick before coming to Melbourne for The Lexus which Maluckyday had to win to gain a Cup start and [...]
Patinack Farm look to have another smart filly in their stable after jockey Tim Bell declared Another Superior (3 f Captain Rio – Nishaani, by Gold Brose) came with a big run in the straight to land the $50,000 in the Earthborn Waste Services QTIS 3yo Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Bell allowed [...]
Friday October 21 Race Time No. Racecourse Horse Breeding Class Dist. Barrier Weight Jockey Trainer 10:06am 9 Royal Randwick VARANASI Encosta de Lago / Pace Invader (NZ) Trial 740 0 0.0 JT 10:06am 9 Royal Randwick JOVOVICH Casino Prince / Russian Belle (NZ) Trial 740 0 0.0 JT 10:06am 9 Royal Randwick WINDSOR KNOT Casino [...]
Patinack Farm-owned filly Pretty Pins (3 f Pins – Luna Tudor, by Military Plume) is a promising filly and she showed with a strong win in the $50,000 Whitehouse Investments 3yo Handicap over 1400m at Eagle Farm last Saturday that she has a future in better races. Jockey Jim Byrne believes the chestnut has the [...]
Patinack Farm’s Galizani (5 m Galileo – Zahani, by Zabeel) returned to winning form with a strong win in the $100,000 Tattersalls Cup (Listed) over 2400 metres at Randwick on Saturday. Having settled back in the field, Galizani enjoyed the softening conditions and she came with a big finish in the straight to reach the [...]
Saturday October 15 Race Time No. Racecourse Horse Breeding Class Dist. Barrier Weight Jockey Trainer 12:45 pm 3 Caulfield PANHANDLE Starcraft (NZ) / Tupelo Bloom Sportingbet Ethereal Stks 2000 14 55.0 D Nikolic JT 1:03 pm [...]
The new two-year-old season has started brilliantly for Patinack Farm with trainer John Thompson winning two races already. On Saturday at Randwick the Patinack Farm-homebred Hussousa (2 f Husson – Petousa, by Redoute’s Choice) gave her unbeaten champion sire a stakes winner with his first runner in Australia when she streaked away with the Gimcrack [...]
Isopach completed a stakes winning weekend with homebreds for Patinack Farm when racing away to win the UCI Stakes (Listed) over 1800 metres at Flemington on Sunday. Following the brilliant win of Hussousa in Saturday’s Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick to give Husson (Arg) a stakes winner with his first Australian runner, the racing focus switched to [...]
Trusting (5 h Tale Of the Cat – Legible, by Zabeel) has always displayed prodigious talent and on Saturday he bids for Group 1 glory in the The Metropolitan Handicap over 2400 metres. And, having had a career interrupted by minor setbacks, trainer John Thompson is going to the races with a happy horse. “He [...]
Patinack Farm filly Pane In The Glass bids for Group 1 success in Saturday’s time-honoured Flight Stakes over 1600 metres at Randwick and head trainer John Thompson is confident that the roomier track will suit her big finish. Pane In The Glass is already Group 1 placed as a two-year-old at Randwick in the Sires’ [...]
Patinack Farm’s new state-of-the art complex at Canungra is already paying dividends with the victory of Crown Of Coureuse (2 f Beautiful Crown – Coureuse, by – Tierce) in Saturday evening’s $75,000 Fitton Insurance Hopeful Plate (1000m) at Toowoomba’s Clifford Park, the first juvenile race of the new season. Crown Of Coureuse came with a [...]
Patinack Farm runners are in action across four states on Saturday with genuine chances in several races. High-class filly Kneeling (3 f Encosta de Lago – Sunday Service) runs in Race 2 over 1400 metres at Caulfield with top-weight of 59 kilograms. Withdrawn from her intended race last Saturday because of a wide barrier, Kneeling [...]
There are not many better looking stallions in training than Patinack Farm’s Trusting and he can gallop too, making it back-to-back Group 2 wins with a commanding win in the $200,000 Hill Stakes (Gr 2) over 2000 metres at Rosehill. Having jumped away well, Trusting led early but quickly settled under Jo Moreira and when [...]
The Patinack Farm stable is in good form and hopes are high that the team can add further Group success in two states on Saturday. Trusting, Gathering, Pane In the Glass and Win For Wilson should all be competitive at Rosehill while at Caulfield, Kneeling steps up to stakes level on just her third start. [...]
Patinack Farm Pty Ltd have positions available for 3 qualified Veterinarians, to supply services in our Randwick, Flemington and Canungra (QLD) Racing stables. The successful applicants would be responsible for the daily well being and treating of racehorses in work and spelling. Reporting to the Head Trainer and foreman, these positions would form an important [...]
Following his Group winning effort on Patinack Farm’s high-class entire Trusting (Tale Of The Cat – Legible, by Zabeel) in the Chelmsford Stakes (Gr 2) at Warwick Farm, Joao Moreira is returning to partner the Patinack horses at Rosehill on Saturday, including Trusting in the Hill Stakes (Gr 2), Pane In The Glass in the [...]
Casino Prince is off to flying start with his first official barrier trial runner a winner. Patinack Farm-owned La Casino (2 f Casino Prince – La Famelia) scored over Alyna (2 f Husson – A Country Girl, by Singspiel) and Prosody (2 c Husson – Not Fuhr Nothin, by Langfuhr) in the 800 metre heat [...]
Much has been expected of Trusting since he won the Warwick Stakes (Gr 2) on just his third start. It is fair to say that the Patinack Farm entire has been much maligned since, despite him having little or no luck since but that was all forgotten yesterday when the five-year-old showed just what he [...]
Patinack Farm will be well represented in the feature races in Sydney on Saturday. Head trainer John Thompson is very happy with the form of the horses going into the meeting and Singapore-based jockey Joao Moreira arrived into Australia on Thursday to partner Patinack stakes winners Pane In The Glass, Trusting, Gathering and Win For [...]
Shamardashing (5 g Shamardal – Beaux Art, by Nomrood) continued the great run of Patinack Farm and apprentice Tim Bell with a brave win in the OJ Kitchens & Acro Refrigeration Handicap (2020m) at a rainswept Doomben on Saturday to make it a hat-trick of wins. Bell has been in great form since joining Patinack [...]
Pane In the Glass confirmed her status as one of the best fillies in Australia with a determined victory in today’s $125,000 Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 3) at Warwick Farm. Racing towards the rear early on, Pane In the Glass came widest of all in the straight and then challenged determinedly to overwhelm her rivals [...]
Kneeling showed she is a filly with a big future when proving too strong at the finish in the $101,000 Crockett Stakes (Listed) at Moonee Valley this afternoon. Given a lovely ride by Michael Rodd, Kneeling jumped away sharply and settled in fourth place behind the leader and on the inside. Looking for room into [...]
Patinack Farm runners were in good form on Saturday with a treble at Eagle Farm. Just Been Lucky, Miss Cutie and Shamardashing came home clear in their respective races to continue the excellent start to the new Queensland team headed up by stable foreman Brett Killion. All three winners were ridden by apprentice Tim Bell, [...]
Lady Hussy gave our unbeaten champion Husson his first stakeswinner when she won the Clasico Eusonio C Boni (Listed) over 1100m at La Plata last season at two – now she has confirmed her class with another stakes win. On Monday she stretched her unbeaten sequence to four when winning the Clasico Wilfredo Latham (Listed) [...]
Apprentice Tim Bell and assistant trainer Brett Killion struck immediate success together for Patinack Farm when Shamardashing was successful at Doomben on Wednesday. Shamardashing (4 g Shamardal – Beaux Art, by Nomrood), aided by a rails hugging ride from Bell, held off Marked to score by three-quarters of a length in the Lyndhurst Stud Handicap [...]
It does not seem so long ago that Wonderful World was racing as one of the best milers in Australia. Group 1 placed in the Blue Diamond Stakes at two, wins in the ‘stallion making’ Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1) and Guineas Prelude (Gr 3) established him among the elite and were followed up with Group [...]
Patinack Farm’s unbeaten champion Husson (Hussonet) has made a promising start with his first-crop runners in Argentina and his smart daughter Lady Hussy (2 f Tula) added a stakes victory to her record when winning the Clasico Eusonio C. Boni (Listed) over 1100m at La Plata on Thursday. Starting the 1.20 favourite, Lady Hussy was [...]
Patinack Farm’s Metallurgical continues to improve with racing and is getting closer to that elusive first stakes success following a very game second place in last Saturday’s W J Healy Stakes (Gr 3) at Eagle Farm. Well back to the home turn, Metallurgical came wide into the sprint and then let down powerfully, sprinting hard [...]
The Patinack Farm runners in Adelaide continue in fine form. Trainer John Thompson is currently the clear leader of the Adelaide Trainers’ premiership and there were another two winners on Saturday at Morphettville. Safety In Numbers (4 g Fastnet Rock – Custodial) is racing in great heart and he showed plenty of courage to land [...]
The Patinack Farm stable continues in good form with more winners over the Queens Birthday weekend. At Doomben on Monday, Fairy Gumnut (4 m Danasinga – Gumnut Fairy, by Fairy King) added her second metropolitan win when she came right away at the finish of the $45,000 Terrace Rugby Handicap. Enjoying a lovely ride from [...]
The first-crop of our unbeaten champion Husson continue to impress in Argentina and he was represented by his first stakes performer when Lake Husson finished runner-up in the Clasico Andres S Torres (Gr 3) over 1500 metres at La Plata on Thursday. Bred by Haras Firmamento, Lake Husson (2 f Miss Lake Queen, by Numerous) [...]
The Patinack Farm runners continue to run well across all states in Australia and this Saturday was no exception. In Adelaide Full Metal Jacket (4 g Elvstroem – Haywire) came with a powerful sprint in the straight to win going away at the end of the $25,000 Spring Gully Foods Handicap over 1200 metres. Metallurgical [...]
We are getting excited at the good news coming out of Argentina relating to the first-crop runners by our unbeaten classic winner Husson and so should Australian breeders. Having just reported on Husson’s first winner last week we can report that he has his second following the impressive debut win by Lake Husson (2 c [...]
It is not often that a single horse sends a hush over the famous Newmarket sale-ring but it happened this afternoon when lot 277, the Casino Prince half-brother to world champion sprinter Black Caviar entered the ring for his breeder Ric Jamieson. Much admired in the pre-sale inspections, the colt is a typical example of [...]
