In this edition of the OTI Gazette, we speak with jockey Declan Bates, who managed to win not one, but two Group 1’s within a week during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. We discuss the racing industry in New Zealand as well as their recent Ready to Run Sale, look at our upcoming runners over the…
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3yo gelding Warmonger made some heads turn when he won the Listed TAB Trophy at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day at just his third start. The son of War Decree finished 3rd in his career debut at Seymour in September and went on to break his maiden at Mornington next start over 1500m. After not…
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OTI is delighted to again sponsor the Jericho Cup Repecharge on December 3, 2023 at the Warrnambool Racing Club. There is no doubt that this year’s edition of the traditional race will be a little more exciting as we will have our own runner, 5yo gelding Guido, in the feature event. With the Jericho Cup…
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We look forward to a busy weekend ahead with runners in both Victoria and New South Wales. We kick off tonight at The Valley, with the weekend highlight coming with Vivy Air in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. We also have three runners in the Country Cup Final as well as a starter…
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The early education process, also called breaking-in, lays the foundation for all future racehorses before they head to their individual trainers. An exciting part of the horse ownership journey is seeing the progress of your racehorse from the educational stage, all the way through to the racing stage. Generally, all yearling racehorses for sale at…
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Yesterday’s runners created much excitement amongst OTI owners, as Big Story rounded up the field off a strong tempo at Ballarat to take out race five. Just twenty-five minutes later, Step Aside stepped out to win at Rosehill, with Cloudland finishing a close second, making it an OTI quinella. Cloudland, who jumped as the favourite…
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While we are most excited to see Vivy Air in her first Group 1 test on Saturday, we also look forward to our three runners in the Country Cup Series Final later in the day. The $500,000 final will be run over 2000m and brings together the best performed horses from the 36 Country Cups…
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We approach another exciting weekend of racing, with Vivy Air expected to take her place in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield this Saturday. Saturday’s race will be Vivy Air’s first test at Group 1 level, having finished 2nd in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude last start behind Coeur Volante (a winner of…
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While the focus remains on the important spring contenders, we were also excited to see a few of our talented summer/autumn horses step out in their first return trials this morning. Heading over to New Zealand, we saw 4yo gelding Mark Twain make his return over 1150m at Te Awamutu, where he finished a close…
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OTI and our owners have had a great week with plenty of impressive winners leading us into the final day of the Cup Carnival. We’ll be represented with three runners in Victoria and three across New South Wales and Queensland. The highlight comes with Amade and Hezashocka in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at…
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