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08/06/2026

PRIME THOROUGHBREDS IS ON A ROLL

John Shepley

Before I update Patrick's performance for us I was saddened to receive the news one of our long time owners John Shepley had passed away in Brisbane. John raced a few horses with us over the years including Makeadane and Japery and has a small interest in Secret Hell which races on Friday at Ballarat. Our thoughts are with his partner Jenny and his family and friends. John was a terrific person.

Patrick Payne On A Roll

Patrick Payne's results since 1 April when Michelle and him dissolved their training partnership have been exceptional. I'd like to make the point the decision to go their own ways was an amicable one with Michelle having many opportunities in the media and other areas that she wanted to pursue. She also wanted to have more time to spend with her father. Training horses is a very demanding occupation that doesn't leave much time to for other pursuits and we wish her every success going forward. I have been associated with Michelle since she was an 18 year old apprentice and we have had a lot of success together.

April

Patrick had three winners from 21 runners (14.3% winners to runners) through April as he started to build up his team. This small number of runners coincided with our results with April being the quietest month Prime Thoroughbreds has had in the past 20 years. We made the deliberate decision to back off our horses and wait for the tracks to soften up. This is now paying dividends.

May / June

Since 1 May he has trained 19 winners from 75 runners at 25%. His results for Prime Thoroughbreds during this period has been terrific with 4 winners from 10 starters at 40% with four of our last five runners winning.

In conclusion since 1 April Patrick has trained 22 winners from just 96 runners at a strike rate of 23% winners to runners with his stable continuing to gain momentum. Since 1 April Prime Thoroughbreds have had 4 winners from 13 runners with Patrick at 31%.

The average winning strike rate of the top 20 trainers on the Victorian trainer's premiership is 14.79%. No trainer has a strike rate above 20%.

I must say the comments from our owners who visited Patrick's Training Complex on Sunday and inspected their horses were that they had never seen horses look as well at this time of the year. They looked amazing.

Patrick was very protective of his team earlier in the year when we had a much drier than normal spell which saw the tracks firm up. He is certainly reaping the benefits of this patient approach.

The Devil In Her

The Devil in Her's win at Mornington was the 152nd win for horses I have syndicated with Patrick. 48 of the 56 I I have syndicated with him are winners. These 48 winners cost $3,712,500 and have returned $8,768,275 in prizemoney and $2,564,100 in sales receipts at the completion of their time with us.

I'm looking forward to the remainder of the season and into the new season which starts on 1 August. We have some talented horses to look forward to right across our team.

Upcoming Runners

Here are our likely runners over the next week although obviosly subject to change.

Thursday 11 June - I'llbethere Seymour for Patrick Payne, stayer resuming and will be improved by the run.

Friday 12 June - Secret Hell Ballarat for Tom Dabernig, layout of track should suit him.

Oh My Oh My Muswellbrook for Kris Lees, staying filly making her debut.

Saturday 13 June - Emmadella Sandown for Tom Dabernig with Jackson Radley claiming three kilo's The 1400m trip should be ideal third up. Loves the wet.

Strum Cha Cha Newcastle for Kris Lees. 2yo filly making debut.

Sunday 14 June - Smashing Nova Port Macquarie for Kris lees. Trials have been very good leading into his return to the track.

Wednesday 17 June - Bine and Cavalry Girl Caulfield for Tom Dabernig. Both girls are in great shape.

We also have quite a few horses heading to the jump outs and barrier trials this week. Also Momentslikethese and Miss Lyra are scheduled to gallop on the course proper in Hobart on Wednesday.

There is plenty going on which is good.

I hope you enjoy your week. The tributes to Neale Daniher at the MCG over the weekend were amazing. The AFL do it so well. He was a great Australian.

06/06/2026

I had a very successful Magic Millions National Sale. My team is complete for 2026. I will be in a position to forward out information next week. The weanlings and yearlings I purchased are allocated as follows:

National Weanling Sale

This has been a great sale for us since I started purchasing weanlings from it in 2018. I have purchased 12 with 11 winning including Emmadella, Miss Divine Em and Power Of The Brave. Power Of The Brave and Smashing Nova (only non winner) are barrier trialling today in Newcastle.

Lot 171 - Hawaii Five Oh filly out of the More Than Ready mare Thala. Tom Dabernig. I love buying well bred youngsters by First Season sires out of good families. This filly fits the bill on all fronts. She is a ripper from a great running family that includes the 2025 MRC Group 3 Vain Stakes winner Band Of Brothers and exciting young sire and Group 1 winner Captivant. 10% shares $7,500

Lot 280 - Brave Smash c**t out of Diala. Kris Lees. This is a very athletic c**t by a young sire going places out of an Artie Schiller mare. This c**t was reared at Emirates Park, one of our very best studs. Artie Schiller is a very good broodmare sire with Berzelius winning the BRC Group 2 Sires Produce Stakes on 30 May being out of one of his daughters. Power Of The Brave is by Brave Smash. 10% shares $7,500.

National Yearling Sale

Once again we have had good success from this sale from limited buys with The Cunning Fox being the best for us. He was a $34,000 purchase and has won 11 races and $721,440 in prizemoney. He is likely to resume in the Brendan Drechsler Hurdle on 12 July at Hamilton for Patrick Payne.

Lot 893 - Tiger Of Malay out of Take Aletter Maria. Patrick Payne. I loved this filly from the moment I saw her. James Mitchell was very keen on her. She was impossible to fault. She is a beautifully put together filly from a great running and current family with her dam a Pride Of Dubai mare half-sister to the good horse Big Sw***er which won at Flemington on Anzac Day. Also we had Wise Inlaw win at Flemington on 16 May from the family. He is from Sylvia's Mother, a half-sister to Take Aletter Maria. This is also the family of our Alabama Express filly Bay Minette. Tiger Of Malay is the sire of our very good filly Momentslikethese with him having a very impressive winner at Caulfield on Saturday named Obamulate. Tiger Of Malay is sitting in 5th position on the Australia First Season Sire's List. His progeny are improving as the season progresses. 10% shares $5,500 with all costs until registration included. She has been nominated for the rich Magic Millions Race Series. I have won nine Magic Millions feature races.

Pictured above.

Likely runners this week

Newcastle Saturday - Naughty Nurse for Kris Lees with Apprentice Shannon Llewellyn claiming 2kg. Naughty Nurse was very good first up and the 1400m looks ideal with the Soft track a bonus. A good barrier would be a big help.

Casterton Sunday - Mr Markle for Patrick Payne with Jacob Opperman riding. Looks a nice race for him.

Mornington Monday - The Devil In Her for Patrick Paynne with Bill Egan to ride. She was very good first up at Caulfield with this race looking a nice option for her second up after a long break.

We have several horses nominated for races with our trainers and their form gurus looking at the best options. Once decisions are made I will send out the relevant information.

Patrick Payne Stable Visit Sunday 7 June 26

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Address 215 Leakes Road Plumpton Victoria 3335

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31/05/2026

PATRICK PAYNE ON FIRE

Patrick Payne's team has been steadily building momentum for a few weeks with his performance over the weekend seeing his four runners winning. Each of these four wins were good races.

On Friday night at Pakenham Promised Land won the Mile Final at the last night meeting at Pakenham for the season. He then had a double at Caulfield with Clevor Trever and Jimmy The Bear saluting before winning the Australian Steeple with Sing For Peace. Patricks past 11 runners have yielded 7 winners. Our unbeaten filly Himeno was one of these winners.

Patrick's work ethic is exceptional with and the efforts he goes to travelling his horses across the state to jump outs and barrier trials gives his horses every chance.

Congratulations to him and his team. They deserve every success they get.

Runners

Emmadella was very good on Saturday and is ready to step out to 1400m. She will probably head to Sandown on 13 June. Tom Dabernig has done a great job with her and the facilities available at Warrnambool suit the mare.

Since 1 April Tom has stepped out 8 runners for us for two wins, 3 seconds and a third placing. The wins were the SAJC Listed Matrice Stakes, Adelaide Magic Millions Three and Four Year Old Classic with two second placings at Caulfield and a third at Caulfield.

We have several runners this week starting with Signed by A Kiss at Kilmore today for Patrick Payne with Alana Kelly riding.

On Thursday Secret Hell is down to run at Geelong for Tom Dabernig.

On Saturday Flying Embers heads to Rosehill for John Thompson with Nash Rawiller retaining the ride. Himeno is likely to Morphettville for Patrick Payne.

On Monday Cavalry Girl heads to Mornington for Tom Dabernig.

The wet weather in NSW has caused havoc with 6 meetings either abandoned or postponed since Thursday. I will provide a further update on our likely runners in NSW once we get a clearer picture on the situation with the tracks.

28/05/2026

29/05/26

Great Day At Horsham Jumpouts 28/05/26

In Victoria jump outs are a very important tool for trainers to use to prepare their horses to race. Patrick Payne and Tom Dabernig use the jump outs very well.

We had four horses jump out at Horsham for Patrick Payne with Patrick and Bill Egan sharing the riding duties. The Cunning Fox, I'llbethere, Signed By A Kiss and Zukuro jumped out. It is always a good sign when Patrick rides the horses at the jump outs.

Each of the four horses did what Patrick wanted them to with positive reports on each. It may pay to keep an eye on them.

Patrick stepped out a horse yesterday at Moe for its first start for the stable over 1600m after a quiet jump out at Ararat. It bolted in after being backed from 14/1 into 7/1. At its two starts for its previous trainer it had been beaten 17 lengths. Her name is Rose Velvet. Keep an eye on her, she looked very good.

Bine In Great Return

Bine resumed at Caulfield on Wednesday and flew home from the tail of the field for a close up second for Tom Dabernig. She was given an excellent ride by Declan Bates.

She has always been a good mare but now she is settling in her races we have many more options for her.

She was a $20,000 Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale purchase and has now won $208,498 in prizemoney. Not many horses win back more than 10 times their purchase price.

17/05/2026

We have a busy week ahead with runners in NSW and Victoria as well as some important barrier trials and jump outs. I was pleased when I woke on Sunday morning to the sound of raindrops in the trees outside our bedroom window. The weather across Southern Australia has been amazing but with little rain over the past few months our racetracks have firmed up. The rain over the weekend is very welcome and will be of great benefit to our tracks.

We kick the week off this morning with Smashing Nova and Strum Cha Cha at the Gosford Barrier Trials for Kris Lees. This is the first trial for Strum Cha Cha who will most likely need another one or two before heading to the races. Smashing Nova is likely to need a second trial as well.

Oh My Oh My is set to make her debut at Newcastle tomorrow for Kris Lees with Chad Schofield to the ride the 3yo filly by Pierro from a stakes winning 1/2 sister to Tom Melbourne. She is bred to get over 2000m + and might find her opposition a bit slick over 1300m. She has drawn a good barrier which is always a bonus for first starters.

Wednesday is shaping as a big day with Cavalry Girl for Tom Dabernig, Himeno and The Devil In Her for Patrick Payne likely to run at Caulfield on The Heath track. These three talented girls are resuming off the back of three nice jump outs at Ararat recently. Craig Williams is set to ride Cavalry Girl, Alana Kelly on Himeno with a rider to be named for The Devil In Her. The Devil In Her won't start unless there is some give in the track.

On Saturday we are likely to have Emmadella at Sandown for Tom Dabernig with Flying Embers set to run at Randwick for John Thompson. Riders are still to be confirmed. Naughty Nurse is likely to resume at Newcastle on Saturday for Kris Lees.

In other news Patrick has been very pleased with The Cunning Fox's progress and he is about four weeks from returning to the races. He is a wonderful jumper and should be placed to advantage towards the end of the jumps season.

Shadhavar has another couple of weeks spelling before returning to Tom to be prepared for the Spring Carnival. She is a terrific mare and should continue to take her owners on a wonderful ride.

Power Of The Brave is in work with Kris Lees and coming along nicely. The Ramornie Handicap in Grafton in July could be a nice target for him. These three horses cost just $204,000 combined purchase price. They have won 23 races and $1,396,280 in prizemoney.

I will be in touch as the week progresses with all eyes on Doomben next Saturday with the Group 1 Doomben Cup the highlight.

Enjoy the week.

16/04/2026

PRIME NEWS - PLENTY HAPPENING

Tassie Stars Back In Work!!!

Momentslikethese and Miss Lyra are back in work with Stuart Gandy with the Alexandra Plate and Tasmanian Sires being Tasmania’s top 2 year old filly Momentslikethese targets. The daughter of Tiger Of Malay is her first season sire’s best performer in Australia with Tiger Of Malay being 3rd on the Australian First Season Sire’s List.

Miss Lyra is the best performed 3 year old in Tasmania by her sire Lucky Vega who is now 7th on the Australian Second Season Sire’s List.

It is great to be able to offer our owners who race in Tasmania the opportunity to race horses by such high profile sires.

Kris Lees on fire!!!

Kris Lees stable has been on fire with his great win in the Sydney Cup with Changingtheguard a cracker as well as him providing the quinella in the $1,000,000 Midway Championship.

We have plenty going on with Kris with our good horse Power Of The Brave back in work. As well as this we have Naughty Nurse not far off racing with Oh My Oh My and Smashing Nova going through their paces. He has two very nice 2yo fillies Strum Cha Cha and Zasuna also in the stable.

Kris has been our main NSW trainer since 2005 and trained the winners of over 200 races for us.

Emmadella to resume at Warrnambool!!!

Smart mare is set to resume at Warrnambool on Thursday 7 May 26 for Tom Dabernig. The mare has really settled in well at Warrnambool.

The Cunning Fox is back with Patrick Payne!!!

After suffering a slight injury in the Grand National Hurdle our outstanding jumper The Cunning Fox was spelled. He is now back in work at Plumpton with Patrick Payne and will be targetted at the end of season jumps races. He was unbeaten in the 2024/25 Jumps Season winning all five starts over the obstacles. The $34,000 Magic Millions National Yearling purchase has won 11 races and returned $721,440 in przemoney.

Shadhavar to the Group 1 Sangster Stakes!!!

Shadhavar has come through her great win in the Listed Matrice Stakes and is on track for the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville on 25 April 2026.

Shadhavar’s trainer Tom Dabernig is having a great run with 13 winners from 44 runners since 1 March at an impressive 30% winning strike rate. To put this in perspective Victoria’s top stable is rinning at 13.8% winners to runners this season.

Since 1 March Tom has had four runners for Prime Thoroughbreds for two winners.

Power Of The Brave is his sire Brave Smash’s most winning horse!!!

Power Of The Brave was very good again running second with the poor barrier draw costing him the win. He is going very well for Kris Lees and now heads for a well earned break as his sire Brave Smash’s most winning horse with seven wins and $365,300 in prizemoney. Not a bad effort for a $80,000 weanling purchase.

27/03/2026

The best two countries in the world to be in at present are Australia and NZ with so many great sporting contests happening over the next few days.

The AFL is shaping as having a terrific season with strong clubs in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA and WA. The excitement building in Tasmania ahead of the Devils admission into the AFL in 2028 is amazing. A record crowd attended the first game for the Devils in the VFL in Hobart last Saturday. Great stuff.

We have a couple of great games in the Super Rugby Competition with the Hurricanes hosting the Reds being a highlight. A loss for The Waratahs against the Brumbies could spell the end of their season. After a good start they have have been disappointing. Go the Brumbies.

The NBL final series sees the second of five games played between the Adelaide 36's and the Sydney Kings. Sydney look too good.

We have the Sheffield Shield Final between Victoria and SA being played. I expect there to be criticism of the pitch. It looks a bit too green. and underdone The NZ Women's Team play South Africa on Sunday in Christchurch.

Finally, the NRL is underway with the Auckland Warriors looking in ominous form. The competition seems to be continuing on from last season being a bit lopsided with some sides not up to NRL First Grade standard. It will be interesting to see how the season plays out. The Storm looks like having another good year.

We have some great racing with Group and Listed races being contested at Trentham, Flemington, Rosehill, Morphettville and Ascot. In total we have 23 'Black Type' races to be run.

Our Runners

We will be represented by Shadhavar in the Listed Matrice Stakes for Tom Dabernig and Signed By A Kiss in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes for Team Payne, both run at Morphettville.

Signed By A Kiss by Yes Yes Yes is closely related to Rubisaki and Flattered, the best fillies or mares to run by their sires Rubick and Yes Yes Yes. Also Flattered is the only 'Black Type' performer out of a Sizzling mare with her dam one of our Adelaide Magic MIllions winners Zizzis.

Flying Embers runs in the Midway Qualifier at Wyong for John Thompson. If she runs first or second she qualifies for the $1,000,000 Midway Final at Randwick on 11 April.

Secret Hell heads to Ararat on Monday for Tom Dabernig with Declan Bates to ride.

Good luck to each of them.

Team Payne and Tom Dabernig firing!!!

Patrick and Michelle Payne and Tom Dabernig stables have really hit their straps with the Payne's having five winners in the past seven days and Tom eight winners from 24 runners this month. With some rain the tracks are softening up across Victoria which is a godsend after months of hot dry weather and flint hard tracks.

Seonee

Seonee is set to be sold at the Magic millions National Sale in late May. She is in foal to Hellbent. She is very well related and her sire Winning Rupert's best mare to race and most winning horse with 9 wins.

Runners Of Interest

Runners of interest are Cafe Au Lait at Flemington in race 2. She is a 1/2 sister to our 2yo filly Ground Force. Cafe Au Lait looks to have good ability and getting better as she gets out in distance.

Two of Shadhavar's 1/2 brothers run tomorrow with Golden Cloud well in the market in race 2 at Morphettville and What A Crack in race 7 at Trentham in NZ.

At Ascot, Wonderfully Made is closely related to our Daumier / Arizona Night filly and runs as firm favourite in the WA Oaks.

In the Matrice Stakes we see Thunder Shoc running. She is out of Casa De Lago which we raced. Interestingly, Casa De Lago was her sire Delago Deluxe's only 'Black Type' performer with Thunder Shoc the only 'Black Type' performer out of a Delago Deluxe mare.

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Joe O'Neill
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23/03/2026

A Big Saturday Coming Up

Flying Embers is set to run in the Midway Championship qualifier at Wyong on Saturday for John Thompson with Reece Jones booked to ride the mare. Hopefully she then qualifies for the $1,000,000 Midway Final on 11 April at Randwick.

Shadhavar heads top the Listed Matrice Stakes on Saturday at Morphettville for Tom Dabernig with Jacob Opperman retaining the ride. The mare was brilliant winning the Adelaide Magic Millions Three and Four Year Old Classic on resumption and should be improved by the run. She is putting together an impressive record with four wins four placings from just her 13 starts. She has already won $244,000 prizemoney and is a very valuable broodmare proposition. She was an $85,000 Adelaide Magic Millions purchase.

Signed By A Kiss is set to debut in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes at Morphettville at the same meeting for Patrick and Michelle Payne with Jake Noonan booked to ride the 2yo filly. Signed By A Kiss is a 3/4 sister in blood to our very good filly Rubisaki and a win would see her be her sire Yes Yes Yes's best performed filly. This honour is currently held by another 3/4 sister in Flattered which we raced.

This is a great family with Rubisaki being her sire Rubick's best filly or mare to race and Flattered's dam Zizzi's won the Adelaide Magic Millions and is her sire Sizzling's best broodmare. Signed By A Kiss's 1/2 brother won the Tasmanian Derby.

I am currently syndicating Rubisaki's 3/4 brother by Jacquinot. He is a cracker. Details are available on him on this website. He is pictured here. I have raced eight horses from this family with all eight winning. Check him out at:

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These eight horses cost $755,000 to purchase and have returned $3,817,263 with Himeno the winner of her only start for us still in our racing team.

18/03/2026

ONLY 10% REMAINS

5% - $13,750 - 10% $27,500

The filly heads to the breakers today and will take about six weeks to be broken in. I'm thrilled with her progress since I bought her. She is a tough looking filly and very well proportioned.

I hope to tidy the filly up this week. She is a ripper and looks like a 2yo. Here is the video of our filly:

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1154427628

There are quite a few updates with this filly. Firstly, her 1/2 sister by Farnan named I Made You Look won a jump out impressively at Cranbourne with trainer Graeme Begg taking her along quietly. I loved the way she hit the line in a fairly high profile jump out. Here is a video of the jump out.

https://www.racing.com/form/2026-03-09/southside-c...

Ole Kirk continues to do the job sitting in 5th spot on the Australian 2nd Season Sire's List and 4th spot for winners. He is esentially fully booked for the coming season with a service fee yet to be established. He was $99,000 last season and will probably increase.

I Am Invincible mares are proving to be gold class performers. He has moved from 161st on the Broodmare List three years ago to 20th this season. He will be represented by Incognito in the Golden Slipper out of his daughter Bleau Zebra with Chayan the current favourite for the Slipper by I Am Invincible.

Our filly was reared at Kia Ora Stud. This is a very hard stud to buy off and I was thrilled to get our filly. Here is a story on Kia Ora that appeared in Breednet earlier this week. I've often written it is more important where a foal is bred than who its parents are, this is so true with Kia Ora one of the very best nurseries in Australia.

Kia Ora to Cheer Golden Slipper Contenders Warwoven and Pembrey
Media Release - Monday March 16

Turning bloodlines into headlines is synonymous with Kia Ora Stud, and the Hunter Valley nursery reinforced that reputation at Rosehill on Saturday when homebred juveniles Warwoven and Pembrey both produced stakes-winning performances to propel themselves into contention for this weekend’s G1 Golden Slipper.

Kia Ora bred the winners of both key two-year-old lead-ups on the programme, with Warwoven capturing the G3 Pago Pago Stakes and Pembrey, by their resident stallion Prague, earlier powering to victory in the G3 Magic Night Stakes.

Warwoven wins the G3 Pago Pago - image Bradley Photos
Warwoven wins the G3 Pago Pago - image Bradley Photos

Trained by Bjorn Baker and ridden by Rachel King, Warwoven secured his place in the Slipper field with a professional performance in the Pago Pago. The son of Sword Of State settled just off the speed before quickening strongly in the straight to defeat Outspan by a length, with Central Europe a close third.

The win marked a timely return to form for the c**t, whose preparation was briefly interrupted earlier in the season when he was scratched from the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on veterinary advice. He resumed with a close fourth in the G2 Skyline Stakes before stepping up on Saturday to claim his first stakes victory and secure a ballot exemption for the Slipper.

Rachel King, who has partnered the c**t in all four of his starts, believes there is still improvement to come.

“We would have been devastated if he wasn’t there, because as he’s proven today he deserves his spot," King commented.

“We knew he was going to be slightly underdone last start. We were hoping class would get us though, and probably the track brought us undone a touch. But he’s come out today and showed us what he can do."

Trainer Bjorn Baker was equally pleased with the performance.

“We’re not counting our chickens until he’s at the start line,” Baker said. “But it was great to see him do that. He’s a promising horse. He had to do a bit of work early today, so hopefully he can peak next week.

Warwoven was a $380,000 Magic Millions purchase from Kia Ora.

Warwoven was a $380,000 Magic Millions purchase from Kia Ora.

Warwoven was offered by Kia Ora Stud at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where he was purchased for $380,000 by Bjorn Baker Racing alongside Ridgmont, S & J Gosling and Clarke Bloodstock. He is the first foal out of the G2 Royal Stakes winner, Needle And Thread.

Pembrey wins the G3 Magic Night - image Bradley Photos

Pembrey wins the G3 Magic Night - image Bradley Photos

Earlier on the racecard, fellow Kia Ora-bred filly Pembrey delivered a dominant performance to claim the G3 Magic Night Stakes. Trained by Tony Gollan and ridden by James McDonald, the daughter of Prague controlled the race from the front before extending strongly in the straight to defeat Lumbini by 1.4 lengths.

"She's done well over the last two weeks in Sydney and to us it looks as though there's enough left in the tank to go again in seven days," Gollan said.

"We came to Sydney to run in the Golden Slipper so my gut feeling is to back up. We will see how she pulls up but I would imagine we will run her.''

Rider James McDonald was also full of praise for the filly and added, "I'm so happy I can make amends today and Tony was solid by keeping me on.

"I'm glad I could repay him and the connections because she's a beautiful filly."

"She began a lot cleaner today and I was alert to her this time. She lengthened well and really built through the gears.''

Pembrey was retained to race by Kia Ora and her victory carried additional significance for the Stud as the first stakes winner for her sire Prague who stands at Kia Ora Stallions.

Prague is the sire of Pembrey.

Prague is the sire of Pembrey.

Kia Ora Stud’s Bloodstock and Breeding Manager Shane Wright said the result was a major milestone for the stallion.

“It's very exciting to see Pembrey become Prague’s first stakes winner. He’s a sire we’ve always had a lot of belief in, and for her to do it on a stage like this is rewarding for everyone involved with him," Wright said.

Out of the Group 2-winning mare Se Sauver, Pembrey is the first stakes winner and second stakes performer for her dam, who has produced eight winners and hails from the family of Escado and Amplify.

With Warwoven already locked in and Pembrey now also confirmed for the field, Kia Ora Stud looks set to wield significant influence in this weekend's Golden Slipper. For the Scone nursery, it’s a clear vindication of the programme behind two of the season’s most exciting juveniles and a timely reminder for buyers ahead of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where Kia Ora is presenting 13 yearlings.

24/02/2026

The Prime touch at Quercus Park - congratulations to Joe O’Neill's Prime Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd on securing Lot 62 for $115,000 at the 2026 Tasmanian Yearling Sale today. 👏

Joe O’Neill has an elite eye for Tassie talent and Magic Millions stars, and today he honed in on Armidale Stud's Paulele-Ventura filly as one he wanted! The filly is from the family of Denman, Preserve and Safeguard and will race in the Prime silks. 🔵🔴⚪

📸: Sharon Lee Chapman Photography

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