2013 Spring Wrap Up !
February 04, 2014
•
Leave a Comment
2013 had just about everything you could throw at the sport, plenty of highs and lows, on the track and off it. I'm sure it will do down as one of the most eventful racing years for sometime yet. We said goodbye to a national treasure and icon, Nelly, and perhaps the best crop of 3 year old young lads seen on a racetrack for some time. There were p...
Read the Full Post »
" THE HULK "
October 20, 2013
•
1 Comment
It was announced recently all across social media that HAY LIST, The Hulk, as he was affectionately known to all his fans, will hang up the race plates for good. I've had the privilege to photograph on many occasions part of his journey, race days to exhibition gallops collating hundreds of images. This photograph below is my farewell and last imag...
Read the Full Post »
' Darley's Spring Champion '
October 17, 2013
•
Leave a Comment
Yes...I'm partial to a dark horse, very partial, they draw me like a magnet. Perhaps it stems from my childhood with Black Beauty and the Black Stallion. There's just something about them that radiates aura & presence! Lonhro was king of charisma, there was no other in my mind that even came close until of course the magnificent So You Think graced...
Read the Full Post »
2013 EPSOM Day
October 16, 2013
•
Leave a Comment
Epsom Day rolled around again for another year - always a great day on the Sydney Racing Calendar for a couple of reasons. The time honoured Group 1 Epsom Hcp, like the Doncaster is a hard fought tough mile race run at Royal Randwick. The cream of the crop compete in it. There were so many chances this year, I liked a few runners but my heart was w...
Read the Full Post »
George Main Stakes Day 2013
September 30, 2013
•
Leave a Comment
George Main Stakes Day was a good card's racing this year, with the feature race always a good lead up to the time honoured Epsom Hcp.
After Race 1 the most striking son of Redoutes Choice, a colt named Aussies Love Sport went through his paces with stablemate Order Of the Sun in an exhibition gallop. The sun can be a good thing or not such a good...
Read the Full Post »
© 2023 TURFSTARS m e d i a / Lisa Grimm