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Turfling
Australasia
Thursday 10 September 2026
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The lead
Paddy Payne, who raised eight jockeys, dies at 90
Paddy Payne has died at 90, the Hawera born horseman passing at home at Miners Rest near Ballarat on Tuesday morning. He and his wife Mary moved to Victoria in the early 1980s, and eight of their ten children rode professionally. Patrick won 19 Group 1 races and Michelle became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup, on Prince Of Penzance in 2015 (The Straight, ABC News).
His last two runners in New Zealand both won at Ellerslie. Our Paddy Boy took the Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes there in 1980 and the Group 3 Champagne Stakes, and was later sold to Robert Sangster for $300,000. “My last two runners in New Zealand were Group wins at Ellerslie,” Payne said. Racing Victoria chief executive Aaron Morrison said his positive influence on female jockey participation cannot be undersold (LOVERACING.NZ, ANZ Bloodstock News).
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Things to know today
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Chris Waller has nominated five for Saturday’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes over 1600 metres at Flemington, among them Buckaroo and Autumn Boy, who was eighth first up in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes. “He’s fitter for the run and physically he looks a bit tighter which is how I want him to look,” Waller said of Autumn Boy, and of Aeliana, “I think she will appreciate the mile and the nice big open spaces at Flemington” (ANZ Bloodstock News). We name key runners only and do not reproduce Racing Australia or Racing NSW field content |
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Fifty-seven horses remain in the Group 1 Cox Plate over 2040 metres, run at Flemington next month while The Valley is redeveloped, with Sir Delius, Sheza Alibi and Autumn Glow among them. Chris Waller holds 19 acceptors and eleven three year olds are still eligible. No internationally trained horse paid up (ANZ Bloodstock News, Racing Victoria) |
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Ninja trialled at Rosehill on Tuesday under Tommy Berry, the Farnan gelding settling back before finishing under a hold, and Michael Freedman has him set for the $20 million Everest over 1200 metres on 17 October. The Group 2 Shorts over 1100 metres on 19 September comes first. He has five wins from nine starts and $1.2 million in prizemoney, and cost $380,000 as a Magic Millions yearling (Breednet, ANZ Bloodstock News) |
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Belle Cheval has been retired after pulling up with a respiratory complaint following her first up run in the Group 3 Courtza Stakes at Caulfield. The Savabeel mare won four of eight starts, among them the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes over 2000 metres, for Mark Walker at Matamata. “She is a valuable broodmare and we love her very much,” owner and breeder David Archer said. She will be mated in Australia before returning to New Zealand (Breednet, ANZ Bloodstock News) |
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I Am Invincible and his son Home Affairs, standing at Yarraman Park and Coolmore respectively, lead the Australian sires on seasonal earnings, and between them they filled the Group 1 Moir Stakes over 1000 metres. My Gladiola won it for the older horse, the runner up Cavalry Girl is out of an I Am Invincible mare, and Natural Fling ran third for Home Affairs. Eight stallions have passed a million dollars this season (Breednet) |
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Churchillian has been retired to the broodmare paddock after 11 wins from 28 starts for Tony Pike, the Churchill mare having taken the Group 3 Anniversary Handicap over 1600 metres at Trentham in 2024 and the Group 3 Rotorua Stakes over 1400 metres this year. She was a $100,000 New Zealand Bloodstock national yearling sale buy from Pencarrow. “She was a really tough mare. She overcame a couple of injury setbacks throughout her career and always managed to bounce back,” Pike said (LOVERACING.NZ) |
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Fraser Auret is in no hurry with Khanshe, the Mongolian Khan mare trialling at Foxton next week and holding an entry for the Group 3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes over 1400 metres at Hawera on 3 October. She has six wins from 20 starts, among them the Group 2 Travis Stakes over 2000 metres at Te Rapa. “Everything is spot on with her and she had quite a long season last time, so I just didn’t want to be in a hurry,” the Marton trainer said (LOVERACING.NZ) |
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International
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America
Repole offers to pay for an independent investigation of HISA
Mike Repole has written to The Jockey Club chairman Everett Dobson and HISA chief executive Lisa Lazarus offering up to $10 million to fund an independent investigation into HISA’s governance, security and practices, and into the connections between the two bodies. “If HISA is confident in their governance, security, and practices, an independent investigation should confirm that,” he wrote. HISA said it has nothing to hide and would reply by 10 September (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Europe
Maho Bay wins the Winter Hill at Windsor
Maho Bay took the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes over 10 furlongs at Royal Windsor on Monday, the three year old Dubawi colt beating Venetian Prince by two and a half lengths with Harmonics three quarters of a length away third in 2:06.31. Charlie Appleby trains him for Godolphin, who bred him out of La Pelosa, and William Buick rode. “I thought he did well there, I liked what he did and he’s going to be a lovely horse for next year,” Buick said (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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The week ahead
| 19 September |
The Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield |
| 27 September |
The Group 1 Manikato Stakes, moved to Caulfield this year |
| 3 October |
TAB Epsom day at Royal Randwick |
| 17 October |
The Group 1 Caulfield Cup, the 150th running |
| 3 November |
The Lexus Melbourne Cup over 3200 metres at Flemington |
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