Success – DGR Thoroughbred Services

Spring Spoils

Ziba Creative — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:27:51 +0000

DGR Thoroughbred’s spring statistics make for compelling reading, with Duncan Ramage able to lay claim to 15 individual Group 1 spring features, an enviable number, with too many elite placegetters and Group performers above and beyond that to list here. We’re talking… 4 x G1 Flight Stakes 3 x G1 Cox Plates 2 x G1 Melbourne Cups 2 x G1 Caulfield Guineas Plus a G1…

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Clear Proof heads up a Justify juvenile trifecta

Ziba Creative — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:43:12 +0000

Having been out of the placings in his five trials since the spring, the John Thompson trained Clear Proof snuck under the radar in the Castelvecchio At Arrowfield Maiden Plate, sent out as the second outsider of the field at an official starting price of 100-1. Whilst Duncan Ramage was not one of those at Randwick clutching a nice winning ticket in his hand; “I have not had a bet for years!,”…

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Championships Day 1

Ziba Creative — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:29:48 +0000

Last weekend’s Day 1 of The Championships at Randwick saw DGR represented by four horses purchased as yearlings and a further purchase running in the time honoured Listed Dequetteville Stakes at Morphettville. DGR’s result card read rather creditably considering the worldwide competition on the day:- Both So Dazzling and Glad You Think So will press on with next start Group 1…

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Bright staying future tipped for Tavistock 4YO

Ziba Creative — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:36:00 +0000

The Englishman doubled his winning tally when he was successful at Rosehill and co-trainer Paul Snowden believes he can continue to progress over more ground. The Cambridge Stud-bred son of the late Tavistock showed a sharp acceleration to come from the tail of the field to score over 1800 metres and take his record to two victories and eight minor placings from 12 appearances.

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2yo Extreme Choice filly impresses at the trials

Ziba Creative — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:06:08 +0000

There were 14 trials this morning at Randwick and we got to see a serious Everest contender in Think About It, an unraced $1.25million Zoustar 3YO and there were two heats for new season juveniles with winners by Written Tycoon and Extreme Choice. One of the juvenile heat for fillies was won by the Anthony Cummings-trained Extreme Choice filly Extreme Diva, who scored by half a length in a…

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Ramage reveals So You Think comparisons following Perfect Thought’s Carbine victory

Ziba Creative — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:39:32 +0000

Perfect Thought (So You Think {NZ}) got his Classic season back on track on Saturday afternoon when sauntering to victory in the G3 Carbine Club S. We spoke to Duncan Ramage of Think Big Stud, the horse’s managing owners, about his purchase, progeny of So You Think (NZ) and more. Carrying the same famous black and white checks of Think Big Stud, Perfect Thought looked every bit the image of…

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Dazzling Oaks Preview Winner for So You Think

Ziba Creative — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:20:12 +0000

The $75,000 VRC Kennedy Oaks Preview (1800m) was run at Flemington on Sunday with victory going to a lightly raced So You Think filly that was sent out favourite despite it being just her second race start. Trained by master conditioner of staying fillies John Sargent, So Dazzling was an eye-catching debut fifth at Warwick Farm over 1400m last month and showed some serious staying potential…

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Oliver rubber stamps So Dazzling’s Oaks credentials

Ziba Creative — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:10:28 +0000

CHAMPION jockey Damien Oliver will be careful not to make the same mistake twice after winning Sunday’s VRC Oaks Preview at Flemington in iconic colours synonymous with spring success. Oliver, in a rare ride wearing the late Dato Tan Chin Nam colours, black and white checks with yellow sleeves, expertly handled the John Sargent-trained So Dazzling in the 1800m fillies’ classic qualifier.

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The horse of a lifetime

Ziba Creative — Wed, 04 May 2022 01:56:57 +0000

Story written by Jo McKinnon Regal and beautiful, So You Think (High Chaparral) lived up to his very good looks on the racetrack. During the peak of his prowess, the ten-time Group 1 winner was the pin-up horse of Australian racing. Pictures of him staring through the gloriously thick forelock of his handsome head regularly adorned the front covers of magazines and newspapers.

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A lasting legacy; Fireburn

Ziba Creative — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:41:51 +0000

The Late Dato’ Tan Chin Nam had the desire for an ongoing legacy of his racing and breeding activities through his Think Big Stud. That legacy made another milestone when a mare bred and raced by Think Big Stud became the dam of the world’s richest 2yo race on grass; Golden Slipper Gr1 winner “Fireburn”. In fact, Dato’ and Think Big Stud’s legacy into Fireburn goes back three generations.

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