From The Horses Mouth I hope everyone enjoyed the first edition of the Aquanita Formguide and if you didn't I am open to suggestions, criticisms and contributions. No doubt as we are still in the early stages of the New Year, everyone has maintained the pledges and promises to lose weight, stop smoking and be kinder to the world in general. Busy times abound with the sales season well and truly in progress. The flow on from the sales keeps everyone on there toes, from the Aquanita truck drivers moving the babies to their new homes, to the trainers, foreman, breakers, farriers and ground staff who look after each new arrival. These perspective champions will not begin to race until after the new season begins in August, but the preparation to reach the racetrack starts from the moment your horse comes under our care. On the race course Aquanita has enjoyed many early year successes with Haradasun making an immediate impact with his return to racing on Australia Day. Robert produced Furio to win first up at Moonee Valley recently and he followed this up with a second in the Group 2 Alistair Clark Stakes. Robert also had a fantastic Mornington Cup Day winning the first race with Cockpit and the Cup with Hofmeister. Dan's recent city winner Lacey Underall has ventured to South Australia in search of black type and perhaps a tilt at the Adelaide Cup. Liam after a very successful Magic Millions is busy preparing his team for a big assault on the Brisbane Carnival. Happy Racing The Aquanita Team Staff Profile •Employee Profile: Vitaly Shchegolkov •Position: Trackrider •How long have you worked at Aquanita: 1year •Your best moment in racing: Going to the Melbourne Cup and Epsom Derby •Favorite TV Show: The Simpsons •Favorite Movie: Seabiscuit •Favorite Food & Drink: Steak and white wine •What do you do on days off? Sleep watching TV •Describe yourself: Happy go lucky •What will St Peter say to you when you get to the pearly gates? Come in! Lucky Unicorn Here's a horse with a few frequent flyer miles. Bred in Australia, raced successfully albeit briefly in Hong Kong and returned to Australia all before his fourth birthday. That's the story of Lucky Unicorn the smart well bred son of Redoute's Choice raced by the Hong Kong based Lucky Owners Syndicate. Aquanita trainer Tony Vasil was given the chance to train the horse with the intention of enhancing his value for a stud career post racing. While Lucky Unicorn may seem to be flying under the radar compared to his more famous barn mate Haradasun, he is doing everything right for a career in the breeding shed. The lightly raced gallopers career record stands at 13 starts for 5 wins 3 seconds and almost $450k in prize money. Lucky Unicorn has notched up wins at his last two starts one being in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes. His next assignment will be the Group 3 TS Carlyon Cup over 1400m on Blue Diamond Stakes Day and if he continues to perform and improve, a shot at the Group 2 Blamey Stakes over 1600m at Sandown could be well within his reach this preparation. Whilst Tony is sure Lucky Unicorn will have a career beyond racing he is hopeful of eking out another campaign with the horse after the current one. Lucky Unicorn has made an immediate impression with breeders on both sides of the Tasman with his racetrack performance good looks and confirmation. Apart from being by Redoute's Choice the heir apparent to Danehill, his dam La Bamba is by Last Tycoon who is proving to be an outstanding sire of broodmares. La Bamba is a half sister to Group 1 winners Masked Party and Festal and she is closely related to multiple Group 1 winner Dracula. Lucky Unicorn's full brother is set to go through the ring at the Sydney Easter Sale Already there has been a steady flow of studs viewing the prospective stallion at the Caulfield stables. The decision to continue racing him of course will be made by the owners. The Lucky Owners if you will. Damian Slocum - National Racing Manager Damian is a long time racing enthusiast and has part-owned a few gallopers in his time. He has a passion for racing and has been an active member of all-Victorian metropolitan race clubs for over 10 years. Highlights for Damian during his time at Aquanita include seeing Elvstroem salute in the 2003 VRC Derby & 2004 Caulfield Cup, Toledo taking out the 2002 Australia Stakes at cricket score odds and Old Bomber Bill defeating Spinning Hill in the 2004 Schweppes (Moir) Stakes. Tania Hyett - Administration Manager Tania joined Aquanita nearly 2 years ago after 10 years in the hospitality industry. She loves the racing game and is very sports orientated and her interests include netball, swimming and football. Tania has been known to bore everyone in the office with her stories and game reports of her beloved Collingwood and she never misses a game. Tania is often at the races where she loves checking the fashions and mingling with owners while having the occasional champers. Outside of work Tania is kept busy spending time and running around with her 3 teenage children. Karina Short - Accounts Receivable Supervisor Karina Short grew up in Inverloch where she spent her childhood riding and loving horses. Her Grandfather trained horses in Tasmania and her husband Wayne rode track work with a young trainer called Tony Vasil. Karina and Wayne have four beautiful children the eldest being ten and the youngest two. Karina now has a share in a beautiful thoroughbred and likes nothing better than to spend a little quality time each day with the horses. Karina and Wayne can often be seen enjoying the races at the Hiskens Bar on Caulfield race days. Sam Doran - Communications Manager Sam's first experience with a horse was nearly his last when the appropriately named Sparky bolted on him when he was four. Sam worked as a bookmaker's clerk for several years and had always wanted to be more actively involved in the day to day running of a stable. Sam lives in Port Melbourne with his girlfriend who also shares his passion for horses and horse racing. They live with their two working kelpies Tally and Daisy who are occasionally seen at the stables.	Highlights • From The Horses Mouth • January Winners • Lucky Unicorn • Head Office Team "Aquanita where horses and owners come first." January Winners • My Man Murphy - Gold Coast 01/01/07 • Surge Forward - Wangaratta 08/01/07 • Blue Tears - Sandown Lakeside 10/01/07 • Charmana Star - Eagle Farm 11/01/07 • Lucky Secret - Caulfield 13/01/07 • Helter Skelter - Gold Coast 13/01/07 • Ready For Luck - Werribee 13/01/07 • Hofmeister - Caulfield 13/01/07 • Devil Inside - Caloundra 14/01/07 • Lady Sequalo - Echuca 16/01/07 • Rich Forever - Geelong 18/01/07 • Miss Lucille - Mornington 24/01/07 • Falco Star - Ipswich 24/01/07 • Komutan - Kyneton 26/01/07 • Haradasun - Caulfield 26/01/07 • Lucky Unicorn - Sandown Hillside 27/01/07 • Let's Migrate - Ballarat 28/01/07 • Lacey Underall - Sandown Lakeside 31/01/07 Thanks to Racing & Sports and Slickpix for use of images in the Aquanita Form guide Slickpix TVN Authorised Racing Photographer Contact: Ross Holburt (03) 9354 5754 www.slickpix.com.au Racing and Sports Thoroughbred racing, breeding, form guides and sporting news. Contact: Gary Crispe (02) 6288 4080 www.racingandsports.com.au If you are interested in advertising in the Aquanita Form guide please contact Sam on (03) 9573 3744 or via e-mail sam@aquanita.com.au
February 2007, Issue 2 | Caulfield Office Phone (03) 9573 3700 Fax (03) 9573 3799