Hi Son added to the Husson (Arg) success story with a comfortable length and three-quarter victory at Gold Coast on Saturday. Hi Son (2 c Husson – Danish Colony, by Danzero) proved too good for his rivals in the $10,000 Sky Racing World Maiden Plate over 1200m to become the 11th winner in the first [...]
Patinack Farm’s Canungra stable has been consistently strong throughout the season, but lead trainer John Thompson cranked things up a notch at the weekend, taking out the first three races at the Gold Coast’s metro meeting. And he has certainly timed things well with Queensland’s winter racing carnival upon us. Count Encosta doesn’t have age [...]
Such is the strength of the Patinack Farm racing arm in Queensland, it has been necessary to call on board two new jockeys to support trainer John Thompson and foreman Brett Killion at Canungra. The team are delighted to have Jeff Lloyd and Michael Cahill to call upon, and no doubt their experience riding overseas [...]
Patinack Farm, now Australia’s leading, locally owned, thoroughbred breeding and racing operation, has renewed the contract of lead trainer John Thompson for another five years. Owned by mining entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler, Patinack Farm has been and still is a major investor in the Australian racing industry – through employment, buying and breeding horses and race [...]
John Thompson celebrated renewing his contract as head trainer for Patinack Farm by winning the first three races at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Shamardashing (5 g Shamardal – Beaux Arts, by Nomrood) got the ball rolling with a dominant win in the $50,000 Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation Handicap over 2200m, revelling in the heavy going [...]
The impressive debut win of Caballo Rapido at Eagle Farm on Wednesday further emphasised the outstanding start Husson (Arg) has made with his first-crop runners in Australia. Smothered away along the inside, Caballo Rapido (2 c Husson – Flying Alice, by Danehill) came with a determined challenge in the straight to get up and land [...]
Trainer John Thompson has the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1) in mind for Metallurgical following his brave win in the $80,000 Hinkler Handicap (Listed, 1200m) at Eagle Farm. Having been far from disgraced behind Black Caviar in Melbourne over the Autumn carnival, Metallurgical appreciated the drop in class here and after racing just behind the lead [...]
Patinack Farm is hoping history can repeat itself. Three years ago Black Caviar won the Living Legends Handicap over the straight 1200m at Flemington and on Saturday Maury stepped up to record an impressive victory in the same race. The winner of a 1107m two-year-old maiden at Kilmore on just his second start on March [...]
All Too Hard cemented his place as the best juvenile male in Australasia with a dazzling display of speed and power to win the $176,700 Pago Pago Stakes (Gr 2) over 1200m at Rosehill. Having been a little slowly away, All Too Hard was settled second last and racing alone to the 800m. From there [...]
All Too Hard made it look all too easy when maintaining his unbeaten streak in today’s Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. The half-brother to superstar Black Caviar has always carried a certain amount of expectation due to his illustrious sibling, and the fact that he cost $1.025 million at last year’s Inglis [...]
