SAROA Owner of the Month for July – Gary Gifford who part owns Schilldora and Kirinia joins the guys on the Punters Club. Our Owner of the Month award winner for July is Gary Gifford part owner of Kirinia and Schilldora. Schilldora, by Artie Schiller is out of a Hussonet mare Hussidora, won five races during her 21 start career with one second and two thirds. She earnt $198,600, winning three in a row during late 2018 and was a promising three year old running fourth in two Victorian Group 3 races. Her form tapered off to the point that she was listed for sale with Inglis on-line. Her last hurrah win helping to up her price as a broodmare. Her dam Hussidora had one very undistinguished start before going to stud where to this point Schilldora has been far and away her best progeny. The granddam, a Nashwan mare bred in Ireland, Alisidora has not set the world alight with any other of her produce. Gary’s other winner for the month Kirinia is a three year old filly sired by the evergreen Good Journey from the Belong To Me mare Boat Quay. Kirinia has now had 6 starts for two wins and a second and has so far earned just shy of $50,000 for her owners. Her dam Boat Quay has yet to produce other horses of note but there are two Sir Prancealot fillies on the ground that might change that. The grand dam was Speedy Bell (by Brocco) a Gimcrack stakes winner herself, who has quite a distinguished breeding record being the dam of three stakes winners in Calanda (by Snitzel) winner of half a million dollars and two listed races including the Grafton Ramornie ; Silver Stream (by Al Maher) who won nine races up to Group 2 in WA and amassed stakes of $700,000 and Speedy Natalie who picked up two stakes races, a Group 3 in Sydney and the Dequetteville in Adelaide and has herself produced a Group 3 winner in Sweet and Speedy who is by Street Cry. Gary, who has been a long-time supporter of the Richard and Chantelle Jolly stable, had further success in August with a win by Dalakhani gelding Our Khani. We wish him continued success with his racing interests.

Tim Satchell, the SAROA Owner of the Month for June, joins the boys on the Punter’s Club to talk about Another Award and Busker’s Ballad. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200718-SAROA-interview-4.mp3 Our Owner of the Month award winner for June is Tim Satchell part owner of Another Award and Busker’s Ballad. Tim, who is the son of Willow Grove Stud owner Ralph Satchell, told us a little about both horses: Buskers Ballad was a $ 300,000 yearling and trained by Gary Moore. He didn’t measure up and was sold as a tried horse. Ryan Balfour bought him cheaply in comparison, and he came to our farm to spell and we liked the look of him, so Dad bought me a share for my birthday. He won his maiden at his 3rd run for us. Another Award was bred by us and we sold her to Leon Macdonald at the Adelaide Sales for $150,000. She is a half sister to Stakes winners Tequila Time and Inner Warrior from our Encosta De Lago mare El Milagro. Busker’s Ballad is well bred being by Street Cry out of a Quest For Fame mare Verse. As Tim says he started his career with Gary Moore in Sydney where he trialled 5 times before starting and in seven starts for that stable could only muster a third at Nowra. Transferring to Ryan Balfour here in Adelaide, he has now raced 36 times for three  wins, four seconds and seven thirds with stakes money now of just more than $110,000. Always around the place Buskers could probably been a little luckier and would then boast a better record. The dam Verse was unraced but has left a multiple stakes winner in Lamasery (ny Commands) winner of 11 races including 4 black type races up to a Group 2 in the ATC Hill Stakes and over $630,000. Others out of Verse include Lamasery’s full brother Rivalled and full sister Platinum Power as well as Tune Out (by Canny Lad). The grand dam is Loyal Lyric (by Sovereign Red), mother of two stakes winners  namely Anthems (by Palace Music) winner of six black type races with 2 Group 1’s and almost $850,000 and Vocalist (by Blue Bird) who won to listed level and is the dam of one stakes winner herself.  That being Yell (by Anabaa) who won 9 stakes races including 3 at Group 1 level and over $1.5 million. Clearly Busker’s Ballad has a long way to go to reach the lofty levels achieved by some of his relations but is currently racing well and should return more positive results for his connections. Another Award is a different story bred by Willow Grove Stud he is by Shamus Award out of El Milagro (by Encosta Da Lago) and has won 1 race from four starts. As Tim tells the mare has already left two stakes horses in Tequila Time (by Stratum) and Inner Warrior (by God’s Own). Inner Warrior’s full brother Concrete Johnny was a multiple winner in Tasmania with a half-brother Our Gladiator (by Mint Lane) winner of 10 races and close to $300,000. The grand dam the Umatilla mare Act Of Devotion only left three progeny including  Pardees (by Rubiton) dam of a two times stakes winner in Pardoe (by Red Dazzler) who picked up nearly $175,000 during his career before heading to Hong Kong where he raced as God Of Dragon with two wins and four seconds from 32 starts. Interestingly this season has been his best in Hong Kong and he continues to race well there. Another Award continued his promising run with a close third in the listed Oaklands Plate and looks to have a promising career ahead of him.

SAROA Owner of the Month Warren Fargher talks to the guys on the Punters Club about his involvement in racing and about his late trainer Rodney Irons https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/200620-SAROA-interview.mp3 Our Owner of the Month award for May is Warren Fargher part owner of No Parole. The award is in part a recognition of his trainer Rodney Irons who passed away soon after the win. Warren Fargher owns and runs the time honoured Wirrealpa Station in the Flinders Ranges at Blinman. South Australian racing has a long tradition of our outback station proprietors being involved in race horse ownership. No Parole is a 5 year old bay gelding by Star Witness from Darsharna (by Fastnet Rock); currently he has won 4 of 14 starts and amassed $46,000. He started his career in Victoria with Darren Weir where he raced six times for a maiden win at Kyneton. Since coming to South Australia he has been able to pick up another three wins, all at his Port Augusta home track. The dam has produced No Parole as her best to race so far, but her daughter Just A Dame (by Show a Heart) has an interesting record having raced 37 times for a solitary win combined with 6 seconds and 7 thirds. She started her career in WA before transferring coincidentally to Darren Weir for just one start and then to Todd Payne where she won her first start for the new stable at Grafton. Clearly the new owners have since learnt how frustrating horse racing can be. The granddam Desert Ibis was by Desert Prince, she had only one start with no success and she has produced Agadir (by Bernadini) winner of over $130,000. The third dam Egyptian Ibis (by Straight Strike) is the dam of 4 times stakes winner Desert Eagle (by Hurricane Sky) who won at Group 1 level in the VRC Emirates Stakes and three Group 1’s in Hong Kong where he raced as Grand Delight. Veteran trainer Rodney Irons put the finishing touches on No Parole and was a stalwart of racing in the north of the state. In recent years he has only had one or two horses in work with Rugged Angel being his last winner prior to No Parole. Warren Fargher was also involved in her ownership. Vale Rodney Irons and good luck to the connections of No Parole.

Bryan Littlely joins the Vision Australia Punters Club as SAROA Owner of the Month for April to talk about Aussie Bob and Bryan’s families The Rise Relief Centre. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200516-SAROA-interview.mp3 Our Owner of the Month award for April is Bryan Littely owner of Aussie Bob, this award is a departure from our normal awards as it relates to a good story not a winning horse. Aussie Bob’s accident in the last, the Outback Sprint, on St Pats Day was pretty terrifying to witness. Having previously lost a horse in a track incident we feared the worst and looking back at the footage I still don’t know how he survived. Jockey Murray Henderson mounted him and he backed up to the fence, reared and twisted going over the fence. He was hung up on the fence for a bit and kicked himself over. Murray went under him. Luckily only a busted or bruised foot. Bob hit the dirt, got up and bolted. His attempt to jump the inside running rail was more of a body slam thru it. Got up again and bolted thru the infield where he struck at full pace three of the hooded caravan park style power poles and flattened the 20m sign before thankfully being skilfully caught by clerk of the course Annie. Fortunately trainer Heidi Smith’s “team”, husband Jack and farrier/harness racing trainer “Wogsy” Anthony Camilleri were quick on scene with a float to get Bob off track and straight back to his stable for urgent treatment. It saved his life and spared all at trackside a more horrible experience to what was a very good race day Bob’s injuries included a severed artery from a shoulder wound, a gaping wound in his chest every leg gashed, head and eye wound/bruising. Luckily there were no obvious breaks, but the impact of those collisions also took a heavy toll. He was bloody sore, but he was safe. To say Heidi and Jack were sensational in their dedication to Bob – a horse they treated as their own and worked with so well despite him being a challenge – is an understatement. They, along with a team of supporters in Broken Hill took shifts to be with Bob nearly 24/7 for the first few days and gave him daily salt baths and treatment for a couple of weeks. In all, they kept caring for him for more than 5 weeks before he was ok to make the trip home from Broken Hill to Back Valley near Victor Harbor Bob is still recovering and healing, one of his wounds likely to take a couple more months before healed. About 70 acres of our farming property at Back Valley is dedicated to our efforts to give horses a life after racing… The Rise Relief Centre. Everything we have built has been funded by Aussie Bob’s winnings. We took a part share in Bob so he could race in Outback Queensland with the trainers who had our first horse, Croissants. Bob didn’t fair too well out there, was cut and we took him on as the “daughter’s pony” or he would have been destined for much worse. Under Heidi, Aussie Bob had 6 wins and finished outside the top 3 only five times in 20 starts. He won twice at Port Augusta, twice at Broken Hill, at Mildura and Balranald. He got a start at Morphettville didn’t disgrace himself and was incredibly well behaved for a horse with obvious anxiety in the mounting yard….. we should note he is a Mint Lane. Justin Potter was a blessing for us and Bob. Potter gave us comfort and confidence.  Bob is on The Rise for a life in retirement. He’ll soon get back in the with his old mate I’m A Soldier – “Digger” – who travelled with him down from  Darwin to Cunnamulla and onto us when his race days ended. Digger is now doing Light Horse reenactment duties. We have another of Heidi’s former runners, DeVonic with us being used in equine therapy and light horse duties, an old Juene mare as the kid’s next riding club horse, our first foal (by Sharkbite) and 2018 Katherine Cup winner Grand Teton who is being given time to overcome a tendon injury before determining his future. Returning to the track in Darwin on June 6 after 18 months since we took him on with a suspected career ending tendon tear is Darwin Guineas winner Brunswick Street in which we earned a share thanks to our efforts. Also that day, we’ll enjoy watching Weapon battle it out in Darwin. We hold a small share in him along with the mates who had been in with us on our first horse, Croissants We were about to launch the Rise Relief Centre website and a program to help track racehorses in their life after racing when COVID struck and will revisit this when things become clearer. In the meantime, our efforts are published on the Facebook page “The Rise Relief Centre” should anyone want to check out what we’re working to do. As Bryan says Aussie Bob might get his feistiness from his sire Mint Lane as the breed do tend to show a lot of spirit. Bob is out of Belloto mare Ambolene part of the wonderful brood mare line from Balcrest stud. The granddam Ambola (by Rory’s Jester) left Ambika (Indian Danehill) winner of $150,000 and dam of Kabini (Written Tycoon) and Mr Liberty (State of Liberty). The third dam Ambala (Gielgud) won a Goodwood for the stable when ridden by Jason Holder but unfortunately only left two progeny. SAROA is pleased to be able to share Aussie Bob’s story and recognise Bryan and his family for their efforts in rehabilitating and re-homing racehorses.

SAROA Owner of the Month John Martin join the boys on the Punter’s Club to talk about his time in racing and his recent wins with Puissance Dusoleil and Azzurreous. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200418-SAROA-interview.mp3

SAROA Owner of the Month for February goes to Craig Reynolds and Gytrash. He talks to the guys on the Punters’ Club. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200314-SAROA-interview.mp3

Geoffrey Tucker joins the guys on the Punter’s Club as SAROA Owner of the Month for January with Coffee Amour. He also talks about their experiences in the recent Yorke Peninsula fires. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/200222-SAROA-interview.mp3 Our Owners of the Month award for January were Geoffrey and Christine Tucker for Coffee Amour. They also part own recent winner Nasifa The Tuckers told us that: We have been involved with horses all of our lives. As children we rode ponies then graduated to the show circuits and later on we became members of the Clare Hunt Club. I did some show jumping in my early years. We owned and bred and showed Arabian horses for many years. I was elected to the board of the Arabian Horse Society in 1972 and served 8 years in that capacity. I was an EFA and multi-breed horse judge for almost 50 years and travelled to all states of Australia Judging both Royal and regional shows.  I am a retired non practicing General Specialist medical practitioner having practiced at Peterborough then Jamestown and then Yorketown. We have retired onto our farm at Yorketown where we do cereal and legume cropping and have continued to breed thoroughbreds on very limestone based paddocks.  We have been breeding and selling thoroughbreds since 1984. We have also raced the odd horse as a member of a syndicate. Our present trainer is Ms Kylie Huxtable. Coffee Amour carries this name as her dam’s name “Klatch” represents a coffee palace! She was sired by Casino Prince. Somehow she has inherited some “caffeine like stimulus” as some of her performances have been very stimulating! Chris and I leased her to the current syndicate as a replacement for a Good Journey colt that sadly broke its leg while waiting to be broken in. She has been a good replacement for the syndicate. Nasifa began her racing career in May 2019 with a first up win at Balaklava in a maiden. She then raced again in November where she won two TAB handicaps at Morphettville. Her brood mare sire is the late Umatilla and she is out of Cumquat who raced at Port Lincoln having 27 starts for 3 wins 8 seconds and 3 thirds. Cumquat only had one other foal to race and that was Extreme Value by Face Value. He was sold for $3000.00 at the MM sale in Adelaide. He then went on to race 30 times for 8 wins 5 seconds and 8 thirds winning a total of $103,820.00. One would have to conclude that this was good value? (It was solely regional racing). Cumquat’s dam was named Marmalade Miss making this a sticky family! Marmalade Miss was unraced due to a fall as a foal. She was out of a Widden Stakes (L) winner in Whilodge by Biscay. Marmalade Miss was the dam of the well known Marco Polo who raced initially in /Hong Kong under David Hayes and then raced in Adelaide. His statistics were 61starts for 8-5-7 and $172,034.00. Geoff has done a fair bit of the breeding analysis that I would normally do, there is however a bit more to add. Coffee Amour has now won 4 races from 14 starts and earnt stakesmoney of just shy of $80,000. Her dam Klatch (by Anabaa) won two races from a short career in NSW. All of her six foals so far have been fillies, and as well as Coffee Amour include Unscopeable (by Duporth) winner of four and almost $120,000, The granddam Tears For Tristram (by Sir Tristram) left dual stakeswinner Danabaa (by Anabaa) a full sister to Klatch and winner of $280,000. The third dam Tears For Fears (by Biscay) also left a stakes winner in Ball Park who won two Group 1 races in New Zealand. Nasifa (by Barbados) has won 3 races from 10 starts and over $50,000. Her dam Cumquat (by Umatilla) started her racing career with David Jolly and then went to Jenny Gow-Whyte who was training at Port Lincoln at the time and Cumquat was able to win 3 races on the west coast, her record also included 8 seconds and 3 thirds. As Geoff mentions her other foal became Extreme Value (by Face Value) who was trained by Simon Drewitt and won 8 races on the Port Lincoln circuit. His stakes money of over $100,000 included $27,900 in SABOIS bonuses, not bad for a horse who as Geoff said sold for $3,000 and raced entirely on the west coast. Cumquat’s dam Marmalde Miss (by Dolphin Street) was in turn out of Whilodge who also produced Aroma Miss (by Serheed) who in turn produced a stakes winner in dual stakes winner in Paris Heartbeat (by Marooned) who won over $350,000 her only foal. In addition Whilodge was the dam of Viscay Star (by Danzig Connection) who won 11 races and close to $170,000. Geoff and Christine seem to have two solid prospects in Nasifa and Coffee Amour and we wish them the very best.

SAROA Owner of the Month award for December went to Bevan and Lynette Crowell who had wins with Magic Dee, One More Jack (pictured above) and Lady Pavli Chenko. Bevan chats to Gary and Matt on the Punter’s Club https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/200118-SAROA-interview.mp3 Our Owner of the Month award for December, was awarded to Bevan and Lynette Crowell for the wins of Magic Dee, Lady Pavli Chenko and One More Jack. The Crowell’s told us that: Our current horses racing with Shane Oxlade include Magic Dee, Lady Pavli CHenko, One More Jack, Follow the Prompts, Manor King  Lady Berlinetta & Touch. Previous horses include Ustinov’s Fury, It’s Been a Battle & Famous Jayne. We have a few more only just in training or being broken in and all are trained by Shane. We have been with Shane for close to 10 years with our relationship going way past racing. Magic Dee (by Zebedee) out of the Magnus mare Stardust One has had 9 starts for 1 win, 4 seconds and 2 thirds and shows plenty of promise. She was bred by SAROA member Ralph Satchell, her sire unfortunately passed away in October last year. Magic Dee was the first foal of the dam who has also foaled a filly by Mint Lane. Stardust One is out of a Marscay mare Dubai Dream who has left a stakes winner Al Dhafra (by Fusaichi Pegasus) winner of seven races and over $300,000, her only other performer of note is French Fantasy (by French Deputy) a winner of three races and dam of good winners in Ellie’s Encore (by Choisir) and her full sisters Peggy’s Cove and Portland Place and the Excelebration colt Dodecanese. Lady Pavli Chenko (by Shooting To Win) has also shown ability, she is out of the Commands mare Capital Commander, an excellent performer winner of nine and of around $435,000. Lady Pavli Chenko like her stablemate Magic Dee is a first foal of the mare with one other named filly Adventura (by I Am Invincible) who is yet to race. The granddam is the oddly named Chicken Little (by Telesto) also a handy winner and has also left Little Favours (by Favelon) winner of more than $120,000 At the time of writing One More Jack (by Typhon) had won three in a row, starting at Port Lincoln and then winning two at home track Strathalbyn. The stallion stands at Glenrae Stud at Port Broughton and is the sire of Artful Rambler and Balwarra Gold amongst others. One More Jack is out of the Hussonet mare Husson Spirit and is a home bred. She has also left Balwarra Spirit. The granddam Ispirata (by Lure) was bred in Ireland and has left others including four time winner The Hussy (again by Hussonet). The third dam Ispahan bred a Group I winner in France, Cloudings. One More Jack while not fashionably bred shows a lot of potential and we wish Bevan and Lynette the very best with him and their other horses.

Dalasan winning the SA Spring Stakes in August. Harry Perks is the SAROA Owner of the Month for November courtesy of his star Dalasan. Harry will be doing an in depth interview on Vision Australia Radio in January. Our Owner of the Month award for November, was awarded to Harry Perks who had Group 3 success with Dalasan. Harry was nominated by Ken Cock who told us this in his nomination: I would like to nominate Harry Perks, a long-time member of SAROA and supporter of SA racing as Owner of the Month for November 2019.  Harry is a significant investor in racing in this State as both an owner and breeder.  His contribution to SA Racing, over the years, has been enormous.  This was recognised in 2018 when Harry was admitted to the South Australian Racing Hall of Fame. One of the pinnacles of his success occurred in the month of November on Derby Day, at Flemington.  His very promising galloper Dalasan, which he bred and now owns in partnership, was successful in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes.  He raced away and then gallantly held off a late challenge over the last 50 metres to win impressively.  Because Dalasan had been a runner in the Caulfield Guineas, in which he ran 3rd, the prizemoney for the Carbine Club winner carried a $1,000,000 bonus to the winning connections.  A great result for the owners Harry’s enjoyment for the day was not to end there.  The winner of the Group 1 Victorian Derby, Warning, was bred by Harry at Mill Park.  Warning was sired by Declaration of War and is half-brother to the useful local galloper Galaxy Gazer; the mare Livia’s first foal. Warning was sold at the Adelaide Magic Million Yearling sales for $65,000. What a day!  It’s great to see Harry Perks rewarded for his significant investment and for flying the flag for South Australian Racing. A worthy winner for November 2019 Owner of the Month. Harry also had a winner in November with Dr Dependable and to date in December has had wins with Stately Star and Star Status. Harry’s Toorak Thoroughbred Breeding Trust has been responsible for a plethora of winners over the years many raced by Harry and trained by Leon MacDonald, in later times in partnership with Andrew Gluyas. As Ken mentioned in his nomination Harry was inducted into the TRSA SA Racing Hall of Fame in 2018 and the following excerpt from the TRSA website highlights his achievements  Harry Perks entered the Hall of Fame in the Associate ranks for his contribution to racing as both an owner and breeder. Amongst the hundreds of winners Harry has bred to date, there are thirteen Group 1 winners. Eleven of those went on to race in Harry’s ownership. When pressed on the best horses to have raced in Harry’s colours, he broke it down like this. Gold Guru, a three times Group 1 winner, and Australian Champion Three Year Old of his Year, was his best colt and still today at 24 years of age plays a role in Harry’s breeding empire acting as a babysitter to the young horses in the paddocks of Mill Park. Harry’s best filly he names as  Southern Speed who won seven races and $2.8 Million in prizemoney with her biggest success being the 2011 Caulfield Cup. Harry’s comments fail to highlight another star in Rebel Raider winner of both the Victorian and SA Derbys and now a successful sire. In all Rebel Raider won 5 Group races in an unfortunately injury shortened career and has so far sired three stakes winners of four stakes races. The Owner of the Month award is based on the win of Dalasan in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes adding to wins in the SA Spring Stakes (Group 3) and the Danehill Stakes (Group 2). In total Dalasan has won five of his eight starts as well as 2 seconds and $1.7 million in prizemoney. Dalasan was sired by the Aga Khan’s star stallion Dalakhani who stud 3 seasons at Cornerstone Stud at Angaston. Dalakhani won four Group 1 races including the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe and sired 13 stakes winners of 21 stakes races before being retired in 2016. His notable progeny with connections to Australia include Arab Dawn, Guardini and Reliable Man, a multiple Group 1 winner now standing in New Zealand where he has already sired 5 stakes winners including Victorian Oaks winner Miami Bound. Dalasan was bred by Harry Perks from the Kitten’s Joy mare Khandallah whose other progeny to race are Liberty Lover (by the aforementioned Rebel Raider) and Ichibansan (by Dissident). Kitten’s Joy (by El Prado) won 7 stakes races including two at Group 1 in Canada and the USA and has been very successful at stud with 11 Stakes winners of 23 stakes races, 18 of which were Group 1s. The Most notable being Roaring Lion who won 4 Group 1’s and Big Blue Kitten also the winner of 4 Group 1’s.  Roaring Lion commenced a stud career in the UK before shuttling to Cambridge Stud in New Zealand where he unfortunately succumbed to colic. The granddam La Rochelle (by Honour and Glory) was exported from the USA to Australia in foal to Kitten’s Joy. Her Australian progeny include two handy performers in Le Schiller (as the name suggests by Artie Schiller) and Concrete Madame (by City Place) still racing in WA. Harry Perks continues to support racing in SA with his breeding and owning involvements. Dalasan looks to be a real talent and we wish Harry continued success.

https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/191123-SAROA-interview.mp3   Owner of the Month award for October goes to Mark Lampshire who had wins with Barshonti, Tongsai Boss and Stalagmite. We contacted Mark for some more information on his racing background and his comments follow: Hi Richard,  Wow very pleased to have been selected but very humbling as a small player in the ownership stakes. I have been interested in Horse racing for many years and 5 years ago, I decided that I wanted to get into horse ownership and decided that hobby syndication was the way to go.  I convinced 9 of my mates to purchase a share in 2 horses, to be trained by John Hyam.    I had known John through other racing friends for some years, and this seemed a logical start. Winning Legs Racing No 1 syndicate was formed and our first winner, was with a horse called Ixcatan, trained by John, and the other horse in the syndicate was called Bangarang.   Over the next 5 years to today I have set up and manage 6 hobby syndicates,    where I now own shares in 12 horses spread over 40 people. 3 of the syndicates have horses trained by John Hyam, and the horses in the other 3 syndicates are trained by Richard and Chantelle Jolly.  Seven of our horses have raced and the other five are younguns, which will potentially commence their careers over the next 4 months, so our new syndicate members, are waiting with high anticipation, and expectation!     Over the last month, John Hyam has trained 3 winners, Tongsai Boss, Stalagmite and Barshonti, which have provided 2 of the Winning legs Racing syndicates with winning results, and some welcome prizemoney back into the syndicate bank accounts. Stalagmite and Barshonti are developing into stayers, and Tongsai Boss has been very exciting with 4 wins and $150,000 in prizemoney. Another of our horses Schilldora, trained by the Jolly stables, has won 4 starts in a promising beginning to her career.     All syndicates are registered, with their own bank accounts and TRSA were very helpful in advising all I needed to do to comply with the rules of syndication.  Spreadsheets provide all the syndicate owners with the financial position of the syndicate, and the stables together with myself provide email updates to all owners of the progress of each horse.  Hobby Syndication is the cheapest and easiest way to get into the buzz of horse racing ownership, it just needs to be managed efficiently and transparently for all the owners in the syndicate. Collecting monthly and or quarterly training fees from all can have its challenges at times, but it does all work. The winners lately, with of course more to come!, make it all very enjoyable for everyone and makes everyone feel part of the action.    I have already got potential for at least 2 more syndicates in 2020.   Mark makes a very good case for getting involved in racing with small hobby syndicates like his and the recent results for his horses go a long way to demonstrating what owning a racehorse can be like. Looking at the three winners for September, the stand out is surely Tongsai Boss (by Street Boss) has now won 4 races and a touch over $150,000 from only 17 starts. He looks to have the ability to go over some ground so we may not have seen the best of him yet. He is out of a Desert Prince mare Tongsai Bay who was unraced. It is fair to say that Tongsai Boss is far and away the standout progeny of the mare. The granddam Macrosa (by Mr McGinty) however produced a stakes winner and the star of Sungapore racing of his era, Rocket Man (by Viscount). He won Group I races in both Dubai and Singapore as well as a Group 2 in Hong Kong and a total of 20 wins from 27 starts mainly in Singapore. With the success of Rocket Man most of the mares other progeny went to Singapore but none reached the same levels of success. Stalagmite is by So You Think from a Flying Spur mare (Crystal Spur) and has taken a while to reach her best, winning her maiden at her 14th start. She had however previously placed over longer trips and this would definitely seem to be her go. Her dam was unraced and has so far produced two other named horses, one which has not yet raced and the other has placed once from only two starts. The granddam is Tarcoola Diamond (by Last Tycoon) who won five races and has produced a stakes winner in Cluster (by Fastnet Rock) who won the Group 2 Theo Marks Quality at one of his three wins. She is also the dam of Diamond Jim (by Encosta De Lago) winner of 8 races and over $400,000. Barshonti is by Gio Ponti, a Tale of the Cat stallion who stood one season in Australia out of a Redoute’s Choice mare Barsha. Barshonti is a six year old who has races 43 times for three wins and nine placings amassing stakes of just shy of $80,000. He again seems to appreciate a longer journey with the three wins all being over 1900 metres or more. His dam Barsha won one race from eleven starts. Most notable amongst the horses she has also produced are the three time winner Sarawak (by Hussonet) and 10 time Singapore winner Good Gift (also by Hussonet). Her mother Apparel (by Barathea) is the dam of the listed Widden Stakes winner Georgette Silk. It’s great to see success coming to Mark and his fellow syndicate members and wish them continued success in the future.