Flying Step Steps Up
The three-year-old Sidestep filly Flying Step broke her maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday to become the latest winner from a family that has served her trainer, owner, and breeder Bruce Cross well over several decades. Flying Step had little luck in the run in the...
Telemon wraps up sales season as it looks to upcoming spring
"We've sold some weanlings, bought some weanlings - sold a few mares, bought a few mares… thoroughbred breeding is a wheel and we are on it!" Dan Fletcher has had a busy time lately strengthening Telemon Stud's bloodstock interests. Home to four stallions in different...
Surreal Step gave trainer Brad Widdup a double at Randwick
Image: Mark Evans-Getty Images Trainer Brad Widdup knows there is no margin for error in Sydney racing. He only has to cite perennially unlucky stable star Icebath as evidence. So, Widdup was content to “ride his luck” with a race-to-race...
Two From Two – That’s One Cool Cat!
A flyer on the track, Telemon Thorougbreds’ JUNGLE CAT Is off to a lightning quick start from the stallion barn with two winners from his first two runners in the Northern Hemisphere! Jungle Cat is up and running as a sire! While the first of his Australian bred...
‘I thought I made a mistake’ – Karl Burke gets rewarded with Jungle Time success
I thought I was being clever by taking on horses that haven't run, but I heard a couple were strongly fancied A risk by Karl Burke paid off in full after Jungle Time picked up her maiden victory under Saffie Osborne in the 5f novice stakes. The Yorkshire trainer...
Sidestep’s Liberty Steps Impresses at Caulfield
Lindsay Park’s promising Sidestep colt Liberty Steps may step up to stakes company after opening his winning account in the Bert Bryant Hcp (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Liberty Steps too strong (image Grant Courtney) Third on debut behind Amenable and Jamarra,...
Freshman Sire Jungle Cat Off The Mark At Musselburgh
Former Kildangan Stud resident Jungle Cat (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) became the latest freshman off the mark when the Karl Burke-trained newcomer Miss Jungle Cat (GB), a 60,000gns Tattersalls Somerville yearling, pounced late to snag Saturday's Betway EBF Novice S....
New Stakes Winner for Sidestep
Telemon Thoroughbreds is home to Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi’s sire Sidestep, who added a new stakes-winner to his tally overnight when Best Lightning won the Group III 44th Kroniums Badener Mile (1600m) at Baden Baden in Gemrnay. Stakes-placed previously, the...
Telemon March Yearling Sale Preview
Telemon is a 240-acre, boutique property situated in the heart of South East Queensland’s premier thoroughbred precinct on the banks of the Logan River. With an established history of results that are arguably unparalleled for a farm of its size, the stud was...
Queensland star The Odyssey retires to Telemon
Written by Jessica Owers Cover image courtesy of Bronwen Healy Queensland star The Odyssey, a son of Better Than Ready, will leave the racetrack for the breeding shed this spring, taking his place as a resident sire at Telemon Thoroughbreds. The 5-year-old horse will...