Riverbank success at an all-time high
North-east Victoria’s Riverbank Farm is having their best run ever, with a flood of winners in the past 6 weeks from their resident stallions, led by Skilled, Anacheeva and Redente.
Celebrations for Skilled’s second stakes winner
Cheers from Riverbank Farm, Benalla as Fiscal Fantasy stormed home to an impressive victory in last Friday’s Group 3 Manawatu Breeders Stakes at Awapuni.
Like big sister Winx, Boulder City is a rarity among thoroughbreds
They threw a silk blanket bearing the words “26 in a row” across the back of wonder mare Winx at Randwick on Saturday.
Women’s Mentoring Program comes to a close
Last week saw the curtain fall on the joint Racing Victoria and Tabcorp initiative, the Women’s Mentoring Program of which Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria was a participant for the first time.
Winx Half-Brother Retires to Stud Unraced
Snitzel - reigning Champion Sire, Australia's highest priced stallion, super sire of 83 stakes winners including 13 Group One winners with progeny earnings in excess of $105 million.
Bon Aurum joins the Riverbank Line Up
A wonderful addition to the Riverbank roster” is how Dr Caroline Duddy describes the Group One galloper Bon Aurum who takes residence at the Benalla stud this spring; standing alongside Redente, Boulder City, Von Costa de Hero, Skilled, Wayed Zain and Anacheeva.
Pecans Wins Listed Ladies Day Cup
At Hawkesbury north-west of Sydney, Riverbank Agistment's beautifully-bred Gr1-winning stallion Skilled (Commands-Dextrous, by Quest For Fame) added a Listed race success when 5YO Australian-bred mare Pecans (Skilled-Walnut, by Procol Harum) resumed from a four month break to win the $150,000 Listed Ladies Day Cup (1400m) for 3YO+, defeating Burning Passion & Fabrizio.
Anacheeva heads to Riverbank Farm
Spring is well and truly in the air at Riverbank Farm where Russell Osborne and Dr Caroline Duddy have done such a good job building up a loyal client base that they have been able to add two new stallions to the roster.
Poetic ending to the Women's Mentoring Program
So inspired was Dr Caroline Duddy by her time as a mentor in the Women’s Mentoring Program, a joint initiative between Racing Victoria and Tabcorp, that she felt moved to commit her experience to poetry.
Talented Skilled mare wins again
The Joe Pride trained mare Pecans continued to fly the flag for her sire Skilled with a second stakes win in the Group 3 Godolphin Crown at Hawkesbury on Saturday.