From The Horses Mouth In conjunction with Australian Racehorse of the Year Award nights is the category of "Most Popular Racehorse". Flat horses dominate the event but this year we hoping to complete the jumps revival. Currently entrenched in the top ten is Aquanita favourite " Some Are Bent ". We encourage all readers of the Aquanita Newsletter to vote in favour of Some Are Bent to see him win the title and complete his fantastic season. By going online and voting you can win two tickets to the event including three nights accommodation and a day at the races with $1000 in betting vouchers. Simply go to the Sky Channel website www.skychannel.com.au and follow the links. Sky Channel will post the leader board on the website until Friday 31st August and then keep the final result secret until the awards night. Some Are Bent would be a well-deserved winner after his tremendous season and with your vote he could take out the Most Popular and Best Jumper awards on September 13. Happy Racing The Aquanita Team Staff Profile Employee Profile: Pat Cannon Position: Assistant Trainer Nickname: Peter Moody How long have you worked at Aquanita: Ten Years Your best moment in racing: Bomber Bill winning on Cox Plate Day as a 10Yo. Winning Two Nationals with Zabenz and Some Are Bent. Favorite TV Show: American Chopper and any Jamie Oliver cooking show Favorite Movie: When We Were Soldiers Favorite Food & Drink: Peking duck, Scotch and Coke Favorite Aquanita Horse: Hofmeister and Some Are Bent What do you do on days off? Head to the local with a couple of mates, a few beers a counter meal and a punt. Describe yourself: Hard but fair, but there's nothing you can't fix. What will St Peter say to you when you get to the pearly gates? Stop hitting me I'm a non believer Horses to Watch - spring 2007 Laspiel • This handsome chestnut colt recently broke through for a well-deserved win at Moonee Valley over 1550m. The performance was good enough that suggests there will be a good race for him during the carnival. Miss Lucille • A bout of shin soreness cut short the autumn campaign for Miss Lucille. A break at the Drysdale farm saw this filly bloom and she has returned in great shape. Look for her to be running in the 3 year old fillies classic races. Lacey Underall • This game mare had a terrific season where she ran a close second to Gallic in the Adelaide Cup. Connections are going to bypass the two big cups in Melbourne and instead concentrate on the Perth Cup run on New Years Day. Races like the Seymour Cup, Werribee Cup and the Matriarch Stakes on Emirates Stakes day, have been penciled in as warm ups before the trip west. Hofmeister • A stable favourite, raced eleven times for five wins last campaign. A good first up run at Caulfield where he hit the line hard running slick sectionals showed there are more good wins in store this spring. The top spring cups may be beyond him but look for him in races like the Geelong and Ballarat Cups. Falco Star • With two wins from five career starts there is every chance this son of Falvelon could travel south to emulate the deeds of his sire. The spring riches may be hard to pass up if Falco Star continues to shine in his native Brisbane. Season Highlights The last racing season was jeweled with many outstanding highlights for the Aquanita team. When you stop and look back there were some remarkable performances. The two Group One victories of Haradasun during the Sydney Autumn Carnival, the three year old took the step that later saw a 50% share of him sold to international racing and breeding leviathans Coolmore. 94-year young owner Peter Shearer and wife Barbara enjoyed a fantastic season. Their horse Hofmeister recorded a magnificent win in the Group Three Launceston Cup. From eleven starts he managed five wins and two minor placing. The Commonwealth Golf Club rocked from May to August following the deeds of Some Are Bent who led the resurgence in jumps racing. The gelding put together seven dashing victories in a row. Lacey Underall and Creekside both gave their owners plenty to cheer about. Lacey went within a whisker of the Adelaide Cup in May but just couldn't outlast the Lloyd Williams owned Gallic. The honest Creekside gave the battlers something to cheer about when he saluted on Melbourne Cup day. His owners took over the Flemington mounting yard and rocked the owner's bar post race just like they won the Melbourne Cup. Around The Tracks • Congratulations to all the country race clubs who made the finals for Country Racing Club of the year. The Aquanita team was silently supporting the Swan Hill Race Club as this year they chose Haradasun as their ambassador. Alas even with the support of the super horse Swan Hill would not win, the award going to Yarra Valley. • Last month we reported on an outstanding new vet procedure IRAP that has become available. The revolutionary technique is having an immediate impact, with several groups of owners opting to use the procedure. • With the onset of 2 year old racing there is always a mad dash to name the up and coming champs. Names that caught the eye recently were Ottumwa out of O'reily and the well-named Choisir x Merrymaker colt Gilbeau. • Caulfield is fast becoming the United Nations. On staff at present we have representatives from India, Ireland, New Zealand, Turkey, Ukraine, Columbia and of course Australia.	Highlights • From The Horses Mouth • July Winners • Staff Profile • Around the Tracks "Aquanita where horses and owners come first." July Winners  My Man Murphy  Eagle Farm, 1400m  07/07/07  Rags To Riches  Doomben, 1615m  14/07/07  Some Are Bent  Moonee Valley,  MacDonald Steeple, 3700m  14/07/07  Bella Princess  Geelong, 1300m  18/07/07  Runaway Combi  Cranbourne, 1600m  19/07/07  Choochookwa  Werribee, 1610m  20/07/07  Lucky Secret  Caulfield, 1100m  Sir John Monash Stakes  21/07/07  Devil Inside  Caloundra, 1000m  22/07/07  Headlight  Eagle Farm, 1000m  25/07/07 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 E-Mail: sam@aquanita.com.au Web Site: www.aquanita.com.au
August 2007, Issue 8 | Caulfield Office Phone (03) 9573 3700 Fax (03) 9573 3799