Luke Nolen is keen to proceed slowly with Invincible Caviar, with the jockey predicting the mare could next year be challenging for black type. The daughter of the unbeaten superstar Black Caviar bounced back to the winner’s stall at Pakenham on Saturday to make it three wins from five starts after a soft win in […]
Dalasan Captures Leon Macdonald Stakes
Dalasan was back in the winner’s circle for the first time in over two years when triumphant in the race named in honour of his co-trainer, the Listed Leon Macdonald Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville, but needed to hold the result in the steward’s room. Ridden by Jason Holder for Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, the […]
100 In The (River)Bank
Riverbank Farm’s Russell Osborne has been running his boutique property – a stone’s throw from Victoria’s Benalla Racecourse – for much of his adult life and, aside from developing said property, he stands seven stallions, agists a whole bunch of broodmares and racehorses, foals down, trains a small team at yonder track and, along with […]
Fennessy’s Homebred: A First for Boulder
But like an astronaut dreaming of space, Fennessy sometimes lets his mind wander to potential stardom for one of the many racehorses he’s bred as a hobby during his decades in the sport. On Saturday, Fennessy’s latest homebred will take to the track for the first time and with him, a new chapter in one […]
More Success for Riverbank Farm Team
There have been plenty of amazing and unique circumstances which have led to that so called sliding door moment where a person suddenly finds themselves as the owner of a racehorse. For Benalla horseman Russell Osborne and his wife, veterinarian Caroline Duddy, their circumstances were perhaps a little bit more straight forward when a client […]