Tara Talks Racing on Breednet

We welcome Joe O'Neill from Prime Thoroughbreds. Joe's been syndicating horses successfully for nearly 30 years with current mares Cavalry Girl and Shadhaver flying the flag brilliantly. It's a wide ranging and chat about his selection processes, pedigrees, his thoughts on two-year-old and three-year-old racing and the changes his seen and the challenges ahead for racing.
And of course we get in to the feature racing. The brilliant ones and the plain ones from the weekend. Tara much more forgiving than Clocker on some of them. He's got the pen out already! And the Hunter Valley stud parades - we take a quick fire look through the first season horses standing this year.

Tara’s back from a fun filled Victorian stud tour which started with a speeding ticket but got much better - we attempt to condense 4 days into 10 minutes. Not only the eye-catching stallions but who makes the gun Espresso Martini, where to get the best feed in Yass and the biggest red flag for a bad driver that exists! Also the spring 3YO’s kicked off last week - we have our opinions of where that landed. And this weekend is all about Group One Winx Stakes – a rating that is up for question but it’s going to be good. We hope you enjoy.

We’re back for spring!
A look at the early season barrier trials; the big bangers, the good, the queries, the not so obvious potential topliners.Winter horses to follow – is there another Half Yours? And from the same camp?We talke Everest hopefuls outside the obvious. The Cox Plate and how to find a winner off the noms. Sire tables. Stud tours. Missile Stakes hopes. And the colour yellow – where is the limit?Also the rambling other stuff – it's great to be back and in to another spring! We hope you enjoy.

The Sydney Autumn carnival is done, the last Group One taken by Beiwacht in the All Aged Stakes. We delve into him, and the other four Darley Group One winning three-year-old colts with two now retired and one gelded.
And what of the two-year-olds going forward? How good are they? Which ones might be the right ones to stick with? History would suggest it’s often not the winners. Have we even seen next season’s 3YO star?
We come up with our favourite races and performances of the carnival, and look at the South Australian Group Ones this season.

The Championships Day 2 threw up two performances that were in rare air.
Tara reflects on how Autumn Glow had already over-achieved on her pedigree, and Clocker is in awe of the C Williams ride on Sir Delius. So, is there a place for him on Australian stud rosters?
And then there’s Tempted. It’s a golden period – enjoy!

We’re joined by Henry Field from Newgate Farm – with Campione D’Italia winning his first Group One race in the Inglis Sires and Extreme Choice dominating the Easter Yearling Sale it was the perfect time.
A great chat covering the yearling sales with an eye to a future stallion, managing a sub-fertile champion stallion, the tried horse market, playing the long game with elite broodmares and quite a bit more
There’s also Henry’s first impression of Extreme Choice after buying into him sight unseen as a promising two-year-old – fair to say he looks at him with rosier glasses these days!
We also have a look at the other big races last weekend and what we think of this week. Is Autumn Glow maybe beatable at the 2000m? and by what? The quality, or otherwise of the Oaks and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes – a race chock full of class.

This week we’re talking Inglis Easter, Championships Day 1 and have found a horse named from a great movie that can win on debut this Saturday.
Can Blue Door write the next chapter in the decades long Singo and Gai on again off again story? We think she might.
Also Sheza Alibi will need to be good to win… Sunline good!

What did we make of the Slipper Day – always one of the year’s great days and it certainly didn’t disappoint this year. Which was the best run in the Slipper? Were there hard luck stories or did the sectionals suggest otherwise?
Autumn Boy, Aeliana and Autumn Glow’s were brilliant wins with the focus now on where they’re heading. We’ve got an opinion or two there.
Tara found one at 100 to one which ran out of its skin and into the placings. Some regular podcast listeners might have had a little joy there too. She did give it a big wrap a couple of weeks back.
And of course we look forward to another week of Group One racing and Inglis Easter kicks off.

Golden Slipper week! It’s been one of the great days of racing in Australia for generations and nothing has changed.
Every week during the Slipper build up has seemed to bring a new hope to the fore and kick one to kerb.
Time for us to have our go at finding the winner, and sorting the ones that can from the ones that can’t after a barrier draw that threw plenty of curve balls.
We also reminisce on some of our favourites from years past and have a look at a Rosehill race card for the ages this weekend stacked with class and excitement. There's some William Reid and last week's racing stuff in there too.

The Golden Slipper picture is taking shape after two of the major lead up races on the weekend but is the late comer about to throw himself into the final reckoning? Can Frankel sire a Golden Slipper winner? We delve into where we think the juveniles are at now we are right at the pointy end.
The richest race on the weekend was in New Zealand, and nearly a boilover - there was blood in a nostril. We take a look at those NZ majors with Australian trips in the plan for some of the winners.
In the Australian Group Ones we saw two outstanding auction purchases produce stunning results in Caballus and the “pedigree fluke” Sheza Alibi. And of course there’s all the love for Tom Kitten.
There’s a lot covered this week. Even a bit of Milton Show action!