Author Archives: Ben Triandafillou

Princess Jenni crowned Oaks victor

May 6, 2019 no comments
MORNINGTON-based racehorse trainer David Brideoake took out the Group One Australasian Oaks (2000m) in South Australia on Saturday 4 May with his classy filly Princess Jenni. Despite a pre-race delay...

Written By signs off from racing

April 23, 2019 no comments
CHAMPION two-year-old colt and Group One winner, Written By, has been retired to Widden Stud in the Hunter Valley on Monday 15 April. Trained by Mornington-based racehorse trainer Grahame Begg and ra...

Douglas lands Super win at Caulfield

April 15, 2019 no comments
MORNINGTON-based jockey Clayton Douglas landed his maiden victory at Caulfield on Saturday 13 April. Having had previously ridden at the track four times, the prominent jumps and flat jockey steered ...

Freedman unveils talented two-year-olds

April 1, 2019 no comments
JUST one month after claiming the $1.5 million Group One Blue Diamond Stakes with Lyre, Pinecliff-based trainer Anthony Freedman has unveiled yet another two talented two-year-old’s. Coming off a Mor...

Self Sense crowned Cup champion

March 25, 2019 no comments
MORNINGTON-based trainers made the Mornington Cup day their own on Saturday 23 March, claiming both of the day’s feature races, the Mornington Cup and the Hareeba Stakes, as well as winning four of t...

Rawiller follows family footsteps

March 18, 2019 no comments
HORSE racing undeniably runs in young Campbell Rawiller’s blood. Growing up in a family steeped in racing history, the aspiring 17-year-old horseman is following the path which his father Nash (champ...

Backmarkers fly in the Frankston Gift

January 29, 2019 no comments
OVER 400 athletes headed down to the Frankston Football Oval for the second running of the annual Frankston Gift on Sunday 13 January. Being held on the same weekend as the Rye Gift, Frankston Athlet...

Tennis juniors enjoy ‘memorable day’

January 29, 2019 no comments
HOT Shots kids from the Mount Eliza Tennis Club had what can only be described as a “memorable day” at the Australian Open on Friday 18 January. As part of the Australian Open’s Kids on Court experie...