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Reigning Scobie Breasley Medal winner Blake Shinn has retained Victorian racing’s highest individual honour on a night when the father-and-son team of Anthony and Sam Freedman were feted for their training achievements and their star stayer Without A Fight was named...

The team at Hope Racing were announced as the Leading Trainers for the 2023/2024 racing season at the annual Seymour Racing Club awards. The father-son training combination of Lee and Shannon were thrilled with the result after a long journey back into the training...

"Iluvcoffee" breaks through for a well deserved victory on the Pakenham synthetic under a patient ride from Jarrod Fry. The 3YO gelding by Ilovethiscity from Tea For Three was a fraction slow out from the barriers and settled towards the tail of the field. He quickly...

Lee Hope is excited to see what Cindy Falls can do throughout winter, after the Sacred Falls mare went to a new level in last Saturday's Leilani Series Final at Flemington. The lightly raced five-year-old ran in New Zealand for Trainer Jon Miller until late May, when...

Talented New Zealand mare Cindy Falls opened her Australian account in style with a brilliant last-to-first performance in Saturday’s A$150,000 Leilani Series Final (1400m) at Flemington. The daughter of Sacred Falls showed bright promise in her homeland with three...

A surprise phone call from a former stable client involved in the ownership group of Babalola was instrumental in the horse coming into the Hope Racing stable. Arriving in mid February, the horse has thrived in his new environment and it was a satisfying result when...

"Something Forjo" adds another chapter in the story line that spans over three generations after the filly won her Maiden race at Benalla on March 23 2024. Let's rewind to Year 2008 for the beginning of the story when a filly by Show A Heart x Resurrection caught the...

We all love coffee except for most punters at the Seymour meeting on Thursday when long shot Iluvcoffee overhauled the favourites to take out Race 3 on the card at a starting price of 20/1 and give his followers some extra Xmas spending money. The good looking son by...

Eight-year-old stable stalwart, Big Brew bouced back in a thrilling finish to snatch victory in the BM70 mile at the Bendigo Cup meeting on Wednesday . Placed to perfection by the team after some excellent runs in the rich Aspirant races in the metropolitan area, the...