RACEHORSES AUSTRALIA

"Where Horses are the Heroes"

Greetings and salutations!

An exciting week for us with our mare Quilate foaling a beautiful bay colt by Jonker.

Receiving a call from Jason and Mel from Blue Gum Farm early on Friday advising of the new arrival we quickly made plans to get up to Euroa from our home in Melbourne to meet the new boy.

A few hours later there we were - in the yard with proud mum Quilate and her latest son who we have named Indi.

Both seemed quite happy to see us as you can tell by the photo.

It's Quilate's 4th foal. Her first was a filly we named Sautoir who graced the racetrack only once for an inglorious last. She had a few niggling problems so she was retired and sent to the breeding barn where fate intervened and she slipped to Cliff's Edge. Back for another try she is due to drop a Cliffy in November. It may be late but that is of no concern - we just want a healthy foal to this promising sire. Quilate's next foal was a magnificent Spirit of Boom colt who ran foul of a snake - that bite putting an end to some ambitious plans. Next up came a visit to the speedy Jonker. A bit more luck here with the resultant filly bought by north Queensland trainer Tom Button. We stayed in with a syndicate of friends and she races as Heart of Vienna with a nice record of 4 starts for a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th to her name. The win came at Townsville which is a bit far to drive for us so we can only hope she proves too good for them up there in future and maybe earns a trip south to Brissy or the Sunshine Coast. Quilate's next foal is a filly by Jonker. We leased her out that season so this one is not ours. We expect to see her in the sales ring next year - and if everyones attention can be diverted elsewhere while she has her minute of fame then perhaps we'll pick her up for a song. 

And that brings us to our latest - a terrific colt by Jonker.

So with Quilate coming through the pregnancy so well - and looking a million dolars to boot - the decision about what we do with her arises. It would be nice to go back to Jonker but he is now at Eureka Stud in Queensland which is too far away. Her paddock mates at Blue Gum include some of the best sires in Australia - Flying Artie with headline acts like Asfoora to boast about. There is also first season boy such as Coleman whose pedigree on paper matches magically with that of Quilate. 

Anyway, that's something to ponder while the new foal puts on a kilo or 2.

Thanks for reading.

And if you want to support us contact Kristen at: 

kristenmanning@gmail.com

 RACEHORSES AUSTRALIA

"Where Horses are the Heroes"

Welcome everyone.

In a world of diminishing coverage of thoroughbred racing we will try to buck the trend by producing a daily 'what's happened and about to happen' in racing.

Backed up by our successful Facebook, or META, Group page, RACEHORSES AUSTRALIA -boasting 124,000 plus members as at September 2026, we'll take a look at the best aspects of the game - from raceday to breeding to good old fashioned history and crowd favourites.

As far as the politics and administration of racing goes we'll leave that to someone else - it's simply boring and takes the fun out of the game.

So, here goes. Edition Number 1 brought to you by Kristen Manning and Vin Lowe.

What's that saying? - "a long journey starts with the first step". 

Remember the date - 10 September, 2026.

And if you want to support us contact Kristen at: 

kristenmanning@gmail.com

Mr Brightside has managed to crush the best horses in the land while winning the Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) for the last 3 years. Back for a 4th attempt he is up against current Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius and the rising star of the turf Sheza Alibi. The recipe is a little different this year - regular partner of Mr B Craig Williams has 'jumped ship' and will ride Sir Delius - and won't it be satisfying to cheer Blake Shinn on Mr B back to scale should they salute. This race is a cracker and not to be missed.

8-04.20 p.m.

CROWN MAKYBE DIVA STAKES

1600 M

Of $750000 and $6850 trophies. 0.(GROUP 1) s Standard Weight for Age.

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No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barr	Wgt	Pen	RTG
1	MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Blake Shinn	2	59		(119)
2	HALF YOURS	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Melham	12	59		(115)
3	LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR)	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	1	59		(115)
4	SIR DELIUS (GB)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	9	59		(119)
5	BUCKAROO (GB)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	3	59		(115)
6	BIRDMAN (IRE)	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	4	59		(113)
7	ANOTHER WIL	Ciaron Maher	John Allen	11	59		(111)
8	AUTUMN BOY	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	5	58.5		(111)
9	AELIANA (NZ)	Chris Waller	SCRATCHED	13	57		(118)
10	TREASURETHE MOMENT	Matt Laurie	Damian Lane	10	57		(115)
11	SHE'S A HUSTLER (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	6	57		(109)
12	SHEZA ALIBI	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	7	56.5		(116)
13	OHOPE WINS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	8	56.5		(106)

To make things clear - we'll produce the teasers and leave it to our horde of racing enthusiats on Facebook to comment and add their own two bobs worth.