Warwick Barr

Total 218 Posts

Top sprinter Lofty Strike retired to stand at Victoria's Swettenham Stud

Lofty Strike, a son of champion sire Snitzel who was placed twice from limited appearances at racing's highest level, will stand at Swettenham Stud for the 2024 breeding season.

Capital result for Canberra racing as government backs redevelopment

The ACT government has thrown its support behind a redevelopment of Thoroughbred Park that is expected to receive the green light in 2024.

Storm Boy sale adds fascinating subplot to Tulloch Lodge Slipper bid

Tulloch Lodge has weight of numbers on its side in a bid for more Golden Slipper glory but how the stable uses its jockeys for the $5 million race promises to be a watch-this-space exercise.

Classic Hong Kong success continues a purple patch for Toronado

The winners keep flowing for Swettenham Stud stallion Toronado, including feature-race success in Hong Kong.

Racing Victoria about-face allows Maher to keep partnership wins

Ciaron Maher has made a successful bid to have his Victorian winners during the remainder of the 2023/24 season added to his tally with former co-trainer David Eustace.

Something doesn’t add up for Maher in bid for premiership recognition

A Racing Victoria decision has earned the ire of the all-conquering Ciaron Maher stable as it starts the post-David Eustace era.

A stable relationship - the statistics behind the Maher-Eustace years

David Eustace has bowed out of Australian racing after 5-1/2 seasons as one of half of a partnership that took training racehorses to a new level.
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