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A scratching in Saturday’s lucrative $110,000 Catanach’s Jewellers Bendigo Gold Bracelet (1400m) has given breeders Joe & Daira Vella the opportunity to chase their second success in the event when they saddle up the Shane Fliedner trained mare Good Music. Having...

OWNERS of Good Music have learnt that patience is a virtue in racing and as a result rightfully celebrated when their smart Primus mare scored her second win on Saturday’s Marong Cup Day at Bendigo. Deep into her third preparation Good Music was installed second...

WINGROVE Park will offer the first Yearling worldwide by champion racehorse Helmet as Lot 210 at the upcoming 2015 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Thursday January 8. On Account of Amarina Farm, Denman NSW (as agent for Wingrove Park) the chestnut filly...

THE staff at Wingrove Park were recently saddened by the loss of important team member ‘Tiger’ who was a much loved horse nanny to our thoroughbreds on the property. A successful retired show pony, our Shetland Pony’s role was to comfort our sick and injured horses....

THANKS to Basinghall Farm, Nagambie on Wednesday morning at 5:10AM we had our first foal for the season. 27 days after being due to foal this chestnut Reset x Silent Spring - Colt (pictured) is very happy and healthy as our photo portrays at just nine hours old. The...

ADELAIDE has been a happy hunting ground for Wingrove Park in past years and the boutique stud farm are hoping the trend continues tomorrow when half-brothers Primitive Man and Silent Man make the trip west to Morphettville racecourse. From the Marauding mare Silent...

A fitting end to the career of Fair Trade, has seen the Kerrie-bred galloper return home to retirement under the care of breeders Joe and Daira Vella at their Wingrove Park property. The seriously talented son of Danewin who scored effortless victories in his two...

DAMIEN Oliver was at his brilliant best on Sunday at Werribee getting the saloon passage through on the Shane Fliedner trained Silent Man to take out the $17,500 White Horse Truck & Bus SV Maiden Plate (1425m). Having come up with barrier one, Oliver didn’t go...

ONE of Wingrove Park’s foundation mares Naturalist produced her sixth winner at Bendigo on Wednesday when Good Music took out the $17,500 Farewell Bennie Benbow Super Vobis Maiden Plate (1300m). By the Flying Spur stallion Primus – also the sire to the stud’s...

FOLLOWING a Cranbourne trial on Monday, the Shane Fliedner trained Sparks Alight has been retired. A daughter of VRC Derby winning stallion Rakti, the six-year-old had been away from the racing scene for more than 80 weeks, since her last start at Caulfield on April...

AUSTRALIAN jockey Zac Purton stood high in the irons to give a victory salute after steering Fair Trade to victory at Sunday's opening meeting of the Hong Kong season at Sha Tin. Purton guided the eight-year-old home for his first win since February 2010 in the Cotton...

JUST A Spark is the fifth winner from as many foals to come from Wingrove Park’s foundation mare Dual Spark, after Wednesday’s maiden win in the Coopers & Sabois Maiden Plate (1700m). After a frustrating six placings, the son of Artie Schiller relished the rise in...