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Thursday, September 9, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here TREVOR MARSHALLSEA | IT'S IN THE BLOOD - PAGE 20 MAGIC MILLIONS ONLINE ENDS TODAY - PAGE 10 Canberra Read Tomorrow's Issue For Maiden of the Week on the brink What's on Race meetings: Hawkesbury (NSW), Lismore (NSW), Mornington (VIC), Northam (SA), Townsville (QLD), Woodville (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Lismore (NSW) International meetings: Chelmsford (GB), Chepstow (GB), Doncaster (GB), Epsom (GB), ParisLongchamp (FR), Vaal (SAF), Kentucky (US) International Group races: Doncaster (GB) - Park Hill Stakes (Gr 2, 1m 6.5f), May Hill Stakes (Gr 2, 1m), ParisLongchamp (FR) - Prix des Chenes (Gr 3, 1600m), Prix D’Aumale (Gr 3, 1600m) International sales: Goffs Yorton Sale (UK) Matt Dale, Thoroughbred Park MJ DALE RACING/ CANBERRA RACING CLUB Crippling cost of insurance cruelling capital’s training ranks with total costs ‘$60k’ higher than across the border Territory’s Covid lockdown, but the sudden BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS closure has now placed a spotlight on the anberra may be the capital of the industry’s long-term viability in the city. nation, but the Australian Capital Canberra trainers canvassed by ANZ Territory’s thoroughbred racing Bloodstock News this week all say it is becoming HONG KONG NEWS - PAGE 16 industry could be considered as harder to remain financially viable based in the RACING NEWS Cwithering on the vine as its trainers struggle to capital and the biggest issue is the Work Cover combat skyrocketing insurance premiums and insurance premiums imposed on them as Rhinoceros stampedes inequitable restrictions placed on them for rich employers. into Derby contention country-only races such as Highways and the The insurance costs imposed on Cambridge horse woman Emma-Lee Browne Kosciuszko. Canberra trainers is exacerbated by the fact and her husband and co-trainer David are living Racing at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park, their horses are also placed at the bottom the Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) dream with the host of important Golden Slipper (Gr 1, of the ballot order for the $100,000 country- their Vadamos (Monsun) colt Rhinoceros after he 1200m) lead-up race the Black Opal Stakes (Gr restricted TAB Highway races in Sydney on won his maiden over 1600 metres impressively at 3, 1200m), is currently at a standstill due to the a Saturday. Continued on page 2>> Sandown yesterday. Continued on page 15 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Canberra on the brink | 2 | Thursday, September 9, 2021 << Continued from page 1 The races, along with the Country will struggle to attract new trainers to the city, which in turn affects field Championships and $1.3 million Kosciuszko (1200m), have become a big sizes and industry revenue generated through wagering. marketing tool for trainers in attracting owners to the bush. “The thing is, no young and up-and-coming trainer would set up here Leading Canberra trainer Matt Dale says he is at least $60,000 worse purely because of the costs … but being ostracised within Racing NSW is off training from the capital than what he would be over the border. another massive restriction,” he said. “Pro-rata it is a massive difference. It is something like 20 per cent of “I have been going to the races in Canberra for 35 years and Canberra wages, and some people are on was always part of Racing NSW. Their trainers were always part of Racing YOUR TRAINING FEES different rates, but I think that is NSW and every business operating in Canberra at the moment, trainers about the minimum,” Dale said. wise, was built around being part of country NSW. JUST COVER YOUR “It is around $60-something “Then, in the past couple of years, once the restrictions have come COSTS AND REALLY thousand more for my operation into play, you can’t operate or compete like you could to attract horses. THE CREAM ON to train in Canberra than it “You’re at the bottom of the ballot for the Highways, there’s a restricted TOP THAT MAKES IT would be in Queanbeyan or number in Kosciuszkos and things like that, the biggest thing week-to- WORTHWHILE IS THE Goulburn or wherever else in week has been the Highways.” TEN PER CENT, BUT NSW. Racing NSW operates its own in-house workers compensation WHEN HALF OF IT IS “We have to absorb that insurance scheme which is another factor in it being considerably cheaper GOING IN WORKERS (cost) and ultimately that’s than for Canberra trainers and even those interstate such as Victoria. COMPENSATION, IT’S $600,000 in prize-money you Fellow Canberra trainer Doug Gorrel, a former Canberra Times sports LIKE HITTING YOUR have to earn before you are back editor who prepares his small stable at Thoroughbred Park alongside the HEAD AGAINST A BRICK to zero based on that figure.” likes of veteran Keith Dryden and Group 1-winning trainer Nick Olive, WALL While Dale is well warned the ACT faced an exodus of trainers in the next five years if the - PAUL JONES established and has a strong exorbitant workers’ compensation premiums imposed on stables is not client base, he says Canberra rectified. Continued on page 4>> WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE 2021 Asia Bloodstock weekly email SIGN UP 2021年6月16 | 微信链接 >> PAGE 8 SWITCH LANGUAGES >> English & Simplified Chinese - SWITCH LANGUAGES >> MEDIA PACK INFO PAGE 17 at the touch of Panfield puts emphasis on South “勇战神驹”American potential 突显南美赛驹卓越潜力 a button last week left Panfield positioned prominently said Mark Richards, British agent for Goffs, BY DAVIDDAVID MORGAN MORGAN | @ASIABLOODSTOCK | @ASIABLOODSTOCK 求良驹的香港马主来说，这是一个积极信号，即 马匹返回，其中包括阿根廷的明星三岁马He 撰文： at a time when Hong Kong racing needs new who visited Argentina in February 2018 in 南美也可能寻找到潜力良驹。 Runs Away（父系Heliostatic）。 xultant (Teofilo) dominated blood to fill the void left by the retirements his role as executive manager, international 过去两个赛季，香港长途马桂冠始终属于“ “这片土地非常适合养马。”Goffs的英国代 “He Runs Away并未在香港大获成功，但后 Hong Kong’s staying division for over the past two seasons of a sizeable batch sale for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. “Wide 时时精彩”（父系“天飞龙”），但在上个月，“勇 理人Mark Richards表示，2018年2月，他曾以香 来为澳大利亚的华礼纳马房取得了不俗佳绩，” two seasons but the champion of elite gallopers. The Chilean-sourced four- open spaces with millennia-worth of nutrient- 战神驹”（父系“好运在望”）在冠军暨遮打杯（ 港赛马会国际销售部执行经理的身份访问阿根 他表示，“他在阿根廷赢得了赛马会冠军，并在 was toppled once and for all last year-old – bred by Agricola Taomina Ltda – rich soil coming down off the Andes, on both 一级赛，2400米）中自信取胜，接过了这项桂 廷。“安第斯山脉的土壤历经千年沉淀、营养丰 知名的卡洛贝格国际大赛中名列第四。” Emonth when Panfield (Lookin At Lucky) put is also a symbol of optimism that the South sides, Argentina and Chile, and they breed big, 冠。 富，滋养了山脉两侧阿根廷和智利的辽阔田野， Loh很快意识到，在南美建立值得信赖的 in a determined winning performance in the American market might yet be a viable pool of strong-boned individuals.” 赛后，“时时精彩”于上周宣布退役。过去两 可以培育出高大健硕的良驹。” 人脉网络关系至关重要。2017年，正是借助这 Champions & Chater Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) to quality options for Hong Kong-based owners Dennis Loh, co-founder and director of 个赛季，香港的大批精英赛马陆续退役，急需新 在Richards前往阿根廷的一年多前，港资企 一网络，他将巴西一级赛冠军马Cash Do Jag- emerge as the heir apparent to Hong Kong’s struggling to find value in the traditional Hong Kong-based Lohan Equine, ventured 鲜血液来填补空白，从而令“勇战神驹”备受瞩 业Lohan Equine的联合创始人兼董事Dennis uarete（父系Public Purse）进口至香港，改名为 long-distance crown. trading spots of Europe and Australasia. to the continent more than a year before 目。这匹四岁马来自智利的Agricola Taomina Loh曾冒险前往非洲大陆，为“勇战神驹”的马 Harmony Victory，并为余润兴斩获了沙田一 The old stager’s subsequent retirement “The land is perfect for rearing horses on,” Richards’ trip, in search of alternative sources Ltda牧场，对于正在欧洲和澳洲的传统产地寻 主余润兴等客户寻找潜力幼驹。他带着一对 级赛胜利，这个项目也随之启动。 RESULTS SECTION PAGE 9 CHINA: STAKES WINNER SOUCHEZ ROMPS IN AT YULONG PAGE 7 Follow us @ASIABLOODSTOCK | 1 | Brought to you by Subscribe for free direct to your inbox every week anzbloodstocknews.com/asia Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Canberra on the brink | 4 | Thursday, September 9, 2021 << Continued from page 2 “Look, it is tough here. It is really tough. We have got a different workers comp situation compared to NSW. The ACT one is pretty savage, so, of course, insurance costs are higher as a result and being a small, little jurisdiction which is probably not that interested in racing, as such, it makes it hard,” Gorrel said. “Racing stables need to be in NSW; we are all slowly going broke in the ACT. It is a great spot to live in Canberra, but it’s probably not a great spot to have a small business, not just in racing, but for any small business in Canberra. “It’s tough work because of the Territory laws and rules about workers comp and other things. “I don’t know what the long-term solution is as you wouldn’t think the Canberra Racing Club would want to give up this site where they are, it’s Doug Gorrel DOUG GORREL RACING a brilliant location for raceday, they have some terrific racedays because they are ten minutes from the city. $50,000). For my ten per cent (of prize-money won) I have to win $320,000 “But maybe down the track it is not going to be a training centre, it’s to pay for my workers’ compensation. just going to be a racing club.” “Last year, even though we went well as far as the winners go - we Joe Ible recently relocated from Canberra to Kembla Grange, with the didn’t have any major wins as such - I think our prize-money won was prohibitive public liability insurance believed to be one of the reasons for just under the $1 million mark, so for $100,000 in earnings, half went in the promising young trainer’s decision to move. workers’ comp.