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The Patinack Farm $1m filly series is back this Autumn

Once again this year Patinack Farm will sponsor a series of black type races for three year old fillies in the lead up to the Patinack Farm ATC Australian Oaks. The races include the Patinack Farm Light Fingers Stakes (1200m), the Patinack Farm Surround Stakes (1400m), the Patinack Farm Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) finishing with [...]

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No Evidence Needed is back.

Patinack Farm head trainer John Thompson produced a masterful performance to bring the high-class No Evidence Needed back to the racetrack to score an impressive win in Saturday’s $125,000 Southern Cross Stakes (Gr 3) over 1200m at Rosehill. Ridden by Joao Moreira, No Evidence Needed jumped quickly away and then settled comfortably behind race leader [...]

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Patinack Farm stallions dominate first season sire ranks.

The current first-season-sires list makes for interesting reading, as first and third on the list are residents at Patinack Farm. The World-champion-record-breaking-sprinter Husson (ARG), has been joined at the top of the table by Group 1-winning stablemate Casino Prince, courtesy of All Too Hard’s impressive debut at Flemington last Saturday, storming home with a devastating [...]

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Casino Prince’s uncanny link

Did you know that in the last ten years (in Australia) a broodmare has left two stakes winners on the same raceday on just four occasions. Casino Prince has played a role in two of them.           Helsinge 18 Feb 2012 Black Caviar VRC Lightning S., Gr.1 All Too Hard (by [...]

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Patinack Farm’s freshman sires head the first season sire list

The current first-season sires’ list makes for interesting reading, as the leading two are residents at Patinack Farm. Husson (ARG) has been joined at the top of the table by stablemate Casino Prince, courtesy of All Too Hard’s impressive listed debut win at Flemington. While Hussousa added further prize-money to her sire’s record in the [...]

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First stakes winner for Casino Prince

All Too Hard became a stakes winner at his first attempt with a decisive success in the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday and in winning, becomes the first stakes winner for his Group 1 winning sire Casino Prince. The Patinack farm-owned All Too Hard indicated his talent with a solid trial win [...]

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This weekend in racing – 18th February 2012

Patinack Farm’s racing and breeding operation have most bases covered with the five runners they have nominated for four stakes races this weekend. One of most interest will be the Gimcrack Stakes winner Hussousa, who starts her run towards the Golden Slipper in the Widden Stakes. Hussousa was impressive on debut with a 1-1/2 length [...]

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Unnanounced remains unbeaten

The exciting three year-old Unannounced has maintained his unbeaten record making it six wins in as many starts after beating older horses to take out the Marula Sprint at Scottsville on Sunday. The colt trained by Charles Laird for Mr and Mrs Jooste won by three-quarters of a length. Unannounced was a $220,000 purchase from [...]

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It’s ‘All Too Easy’

Casino Prince looks to have another promising juvenile in the shape of All Too Hard (2 c Casino Prince – Helsinge, by Desert Sun) who impressed when winning a Flemington jumpout over 800m on the course proper Friday morning. The $1 million half-brother to the unbeaten World’s highest-rated Sprinter in Black Caviar proved too good [...]

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Huge incentives for Patinack Farm Queen Of The North runners

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Patinack Farm has provided a huge incentive for owners and trainers with fillies running in Port Macquarie’s $40,000 Patinack Queen Of The North (1200m), on Friday, February 17 with the addition of a service to the dual Group 1 French Classic winner Lope de Vega, valued at $27,500. The son of Shamardal is from the [...]

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This week in racing – 09/02/12

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You know the saying – girls learn quicker than boys. Well it doesn’t just refer to us humans but the equine variety too, it seems. Fillies are leading the way in the two-year-old division so far this season and even the first three home in last month’s MM Classic were girls. This point is also [...]

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