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A rags to riches story

A rags to riches story

Nancy Sexton talks to those involved in the career of Written Tycoon as he is crowned champion sire.Iskander Racing had a problem. In Written Tycoon, the team knew they had a blazingly fast horse, one with the looks to go with his talent and an outcross pedigree that might stand him in good stead at stud. Yet no sooner had they bought into the horse, then a problem with his wind reared its ugly head. So for all that Written Tycoon had been a fast Group Two-winning two-year-old, stallion farms were understandably suspicious when the time came to send him to stud. And nor was it plain sailing once a home, Eliza Park Stud in Victoria, was secured, with connections having to resort to innovative means of bulking up his early books. It is one of racing’s great rags-to-riches stories; how a cheap, lower market stallion has defied all the odds to become one of Australia’s leading sires. Along the way, there have been 11 Group One winners and 42 stakes scorers, and today, a growing...

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Stable News

The year that was

We would like to thank our clients, both old and new who have supported our stable throughout the past racing year. Also, thank you to our great team who do the hard yards behind the scenes. We also welcomed Chris Hyland to the team as Assistant Trainer who brings a...

Analyse this – May trainer in focus on Grahame Begg

Analyse this – May trainer in focus on Grahame Begg

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, Melbourne-based boutique trainer Grahame Begg continues to punch well above his weight. A move to Mornington following a two-year hiatus from the profession has proved fruitful for Begg who is creating waves in the Victorian...

Late Spring 2022/Early Autumn 2023

Late Spring 2022/Early Autumn 2023

After finishing 2nd in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup in October Lunar Flare headed to Flemington where she took out the Group 3 Bart Cummings at Flemington. It gave her a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup but she had already qualified. During October through...

Spring Carnival 2022

Spring Carnival 2022

It is an exciting month ahead of Spring Racing for us all at Grahame Begg Racing having a runner in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. With our boutique stable of 30 horses in the stable it is quite an achievement. We start off tomorrow with Nonconformist in the...

The Year That Was.

The Year That Was.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, old and new who have supported our stable throughout the past racing year. We are very much looking forward to the year ahead. We started off the racing year with our old favourite ‘Romancer” finishing...

John Tapp September 21, 2021 It’s unlikely there was a more contented horse trainer in Australia on Sunday morning than Grahame Begg. Not only had his talented five year old Nonconformist scored an emphatic win in the MRC Foundation Cup on his home track, but in doing...

2020/2021 Season Wrap

2020/2021 Season Wrap

The 2020/2021 racing season was a good one for the stable with 3 X Group 3 winners, 1 Listed win and a further 4 placings at Stakes level. Dosh our 2 year old Rich Enuff filly was the star for us in this past racing year. Her first start in a race was up the...

DOSH Leading the Australian 2YO Ladder

DOSH Leading the Australian 2YO Ladder

After an impressive win in the 2021 Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview at Caulfield on Tuesday, Dosh has moved up to first position in the Australian 2 Year Old Leaderboard. Dosh now prepares for the $1.5million Blue Diamond on February 20.

Galaxy’s All-Star Mile raid stays on track at Flemington

Galaxy’s All-Star Mile raid stays on track at Flemington

BY: BRAD WATERS @ Racing.com Galaxy Raider put his case for a start in the All-Star Mile in the best possible fashion with his win in Saturday’s Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy (1400m) at Flemington. The Grahame Begg-trained Galaxy Raider was 12th in the All-Star Mile...

Wide Caulfield course no problem for Siska

Wide Caulfield course no problem for Siska

Posted by: AAP+ at 5:22pm on 8/2/2020 Posted in: Horse Racing News Miss Siska has scored an important win for her future as a broodmare with a tough victory in the TS Carlyon Cup at Caulfield. Having her first run following a spring campaign that saw her register...