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Makybe Diva's a legend, officially
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At the Australian Racehorse of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards on Sunday night at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium, MAKYBE bred Starspangledbanner won two awards for Champion Sprinter and Champion Australian Bred International.
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MAKYBE is delighted to announce its highly credentialed stallion STREET HERO back for his second season at MAKYBE in 2010 had his first Australian foal early Saturday morning.
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Mark Kavanagh, Street Cry (IRE) and Laurence Eales is a winning recipe that has produced Melbourne Cup winner Shocking and dual Group One winner Whobegotyou, plus a new winner who caught the eye at Geelong on Friday.
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Makybe Diva's first foal, a three-year-old called Rockstardom, has made an encouraging start to his racing career with a fourth placing in a race at Geelong.
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There are few better-bred racehorses anywhere in the world, but bloodlines are hardly a guarantee of instant success as the owners of Makybe Diva's first foal, Rockstardom, discovered yesterday.
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Arguably there will seldom have been as much interest in a Maiden race at Geelong as there will be today, writes Darryl Sherer. Race three, slated to jump at 2pm, features the debut of Rockstardom, the first foal of three-time Melbourne Cup heroine and darling of the Australian turf in Makybe Diva.
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David Hayes trainer Redoute’s Choice filly Maraaseem broke through over 1300 metres at her third race start and looks a filly of some potential.
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The world renowned Magic Millions Yearling Sale in January has received a tremendous boost with news the yearling half brother to international sensation Starspangledbanner will go under the hammer at the Gold Coast sale.
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Recent events in the US both on the track and in the sale ring have put the writing on the wall that MAKYBE’s exciting young sire STREET HERO is destined for great things.
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Top mare Headway has just two starts this spring to convince premier trainer Peter Moody that she deserves another Group One campaign.
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In a fairytale result for the Australian thoroughbred purist, Darley and MAKYBE Racing & Breeding today confirmed that one of the great racemares of the modern era - Makybe Diva - will be covered this season by leading sire Lonhro.
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The Racenet Bloodstock colours tasted success for the very first time at Caulfield on Saturday when two year-old Lonhro colt Breitling raced clear for a commanding win in the open juvenile event over 1000 metres, collecting a valuable $100,000 Inglis incentive bonus.
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Australia’s latest global superhero Starspangledbanner took the next step in his international career with a tenacious win overnight in the Group One Darley July Cup at Newmarket defeating seasoned Group One sprinter Equiano and Aussie mare Alverta, who ran a gallant third.
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Master Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien labelled Starspangledbanner as “an incredible horse” after the Australian-bred galloper took out Friday's Group I July Cup (1200m) at Newmarket.
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Boutique Victorian breeding operation Makybe has achieved fame and fortune through the deeds of champion mare and triple Melbourne Cup Makybe Diva, but it is the performance of a champion sprinter that is writing the latest chapter in their growing success.
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Coolmore’s purported $10 million investment in dual Group 1 winner Starspangledbanner paid off handsomely on Saturday at Ascot when the three-yearold emulated his sire Choisir in scoring a dominant win in the Golden Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1), writes Darryl Sherer. Away sharply, Starspangledbanner was quickly on the lead and he galloped all the way to the line on ground officially described as goodto- firm, to score comfortably.
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When he thrashed a high class field to win the Group One MRC Caulfield Guineas last spring, many believed MAKYBE bred colt Starspangledbanner was the best three year-old sprinter miler in the country and at Royal Ascot last night he proved he was also probably the best in the world.
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Starspangledbanner became the second Australian-bred winner of the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes when emulating his sire and fellow Inglis graduate Choisir at the famous Royal Ascot carnival overnight.
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The wonderful affinity Australian-bred horses have with the famous Royal Ascot carnival continued last night, with Starspangledbanner scoring a dominant win in the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes.
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Well done Starspangledbanner (pictured at MAKYBE). Born and bred at MAKYBE Starspangledbanner charged to victory overnight in the Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot in a scintillating exhibition of pure speed.
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Street Hero (pictured), MAKYBE’s exciting young shuttle stallion has a pedigree second to none with exceptional racehorses from both hemispheres on both sides of his pedigree.
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MAKYBE DIVA has certainly left her mark in the sale ring in the last couple of years with her Galileo colt and her Fusaichi Pegasus filly reaching million dollar price tags.
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PURREALIST (pictured at MAKYBE) a magnificent son of Tale of the Cat and the half brother to Racing To Win had his first weanlings sell at the Melbourne Great Southern Weanling Sale this week. Purrealist certainly made his mark with his weanlings catching the attention of the best judges in the country.
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AUSTRALIAN sprinters will tread the international stage this week, with Starspangledbanner in action in England and Eagle Falls and Gold Trail in Singapore.
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Dual Gr1-winning 3YO colt Starspangledbanner (pictured spelling at MAKYBE in 2009) "who in March parted company with his native Australia as one of the southern hemisphere's top sprinters, could attempt to make a perfect start to his life in Europe next Wednesday after being confirmed for the Gr2 Duke Of York Blue Square Stakes (6 furlongs)" reported racingpost.com.
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Leading Victorian racing and breeding operation, MAKYBE, is delighted to announce their 2010 fees for Purrealist and Street Hero.
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The vendors list by average is a competitive affair as we move into the final session of the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Thursday.
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With a clearance rate on day one of the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale of just over 72% there were as many deflated vendors as happy ones, but for those who had the right article there was a good market.
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The first filly from Melbourne Cup legend Makybe Diva was knocked down to the man responsible for the most recent winner of Australia’s most famous race for $1,2million at today’s opening session of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
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Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mark Kavanagh described Makybe Diva’s daughter as “the nicest filly” he’d ever laid eyes on before shelling out $1,2 million for the filly at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale at Newmarket on Tuesday.
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The Aga Khan’s world renowned female families are some of the best in the world and one of them, featuring Group One Dubai Sheema Classic winner DAR RE MI, appears in the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling catalogue.
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SHE looks like any other yearling but Princess is a champion in grooming - it's in her blood.
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MAKYBE part owned Captain Coltish could be freshened for a tilt at the Goodwood in May after a hard-fought win in the $125,000 Listed Schweppervescence Trophy (1400m) at Flemington this afternoon.
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Outstanding colt Starspangledbanner once again hoisted the flag for the Melbourne Premier Sale in taking the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield today.
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There are always a few updates required after the catalogues are printed. Take Makybe’s 2010 Inglis Premier draft for example.
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We know it was a Sale juvenile maiden over 1200 metres run on a very slow track on a Sunday, but when the winner is by Encosta de Lago, is trained by David Hayes and scores by seven we figure it’s worth a story.
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Heartsareforlove brought up on the weekend MAKYBE’s first metropolitan bred two year old winner for the season with a resounding 6.5 length win at Doomben.
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At the recent Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, MAKYBE for two years running achieved the highest price lot for a Victorian prepared horse with a bay filly by Fastnet Rock out of Prospering, a grand daughter of Oakleigh Plate winner, Dantelah. After a spirited bidding duel she was knocked down to her sire’s trainer Paul Perry for $320,000.
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Most of the pre-sale feeling was that this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale would be solid rather than spectacular, the majority of opinion prepared to settle for figures on a par with 2009, writes Darryl Sherer. And while the auctioneers had put on a brave show of talking the sale up before the first horse entered the ring, they must be satisfied with the opening session.
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John O'Shea concedes Racing To Win (half brother to MAKYBE stallion Purrealist) is nearing the twilight of his career but he is adamant the multiple Group One winner still packs enough punches to give the Hong Kong Mile a mighty shake.
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After spelling at MAKYBE for the last six weeks, the MAKYBE bred and part-owned Starspangledbanner has big Autumn riches firmly on his agenda reports Adrian Dunn in the Herald Sun. Spectacular Caulfield Guineas winner Starspangledbanner will be restricted to an autumn sprinting campaign aimed at securing an invitation to Royal Ascot.
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Tuesday’s opening session of America’s Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale commenced on Tuesday and Street Cry the sire of MAKYBE’s Street Hero made headlines once again.
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Street Cry rounded off an amazing week of stud achievements when the filly Zenyatta stretched her unbeaten sequence to 14 by winning America’s richest race, the $US5M Breeders’ Cup Classic at California on Saturday.
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Tony Santic, owner of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva and Laurence Eales, owner of this year’s Melbourne Cup winner Shocking share a common interest.
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Typhoon Tracy was the second leg of a Group 1 female double act for Moody and Nolen, the pair having combined earlier in the day with the Tony Santic-owned Headway, who got her nose in front where it counted in a head bobbing finish to the Coolmore Ascot Vale Stakes down the straight six.
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From sprinters to stayers the win of MAKYBE bred stayer Zupacool in the Listed Jayco Bendigo Cup over 2200m yesterday shows the diversity of distances produced off the property.
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STARSPANGLEDBANNER is the latest Group One winner to emerge from one of the most successful modern-day families in the stud book.
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MAKYBE DIVA proved that good things really do come in threes, but Tony Santic and wife Deslee are more than happy to settle for two this time around. The Santics gave new meaning to Super Saturday with a couple of unforgettable moments to savour last weekend.
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The win of Starspangledbanner in Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas provided MAKYBE with an enormous thrill. A 3200 acre thoroughbred breeding enterprise nestled in the Barrabool hills by the banks of the Barwon River, MAKYBE is devoted to breeding and nurturing superstar thoroughbreds. Saturday’s victory marked the second group one winner born on the property since it began in 2002 and signaled MAKYBE was a force in the thoroughbred breeding industry.
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Powerhouse Choisir colt Starspangledbanner went into the prestigious Group One MRC Caulfield Guineas at Caulfield on Saturday very much the underdog and emerged a budding superstar after blitzing a crackerjack field to win by nearly three lengths.
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The Lee Freedman trained COMMON INTEREST further excited Blue Sky Stallion Fund shareholders at Friday’s Manikato meeting with a gutsy win at Moonee Valley in a smart field including last start city winner Set To Pounce from the Danny O’Brien stable.
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Whobegotyou (Street Cry also sire of MAKYBE’s Street Hero) has not visited the winners circle since his win in the Moonee Valley Vase last October and while he has had his injury problems, it had been eight winless starts prior to yesterday’s win the $505,000 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (formerly Feehan Stakes).
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Considering his ability, it’s hard to believe the seven-year-old Racing To Win has made just the 26 starts. Injuries however have restricted the grey son of Encosta de Lago’s career but he showed he retained plenty of dash with a second win in the Theo Marks Stakes (Gr 2) at Rosehill.
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MAKYBE bred Reconcentrate pulled off her second metropolitan win at Sandown today in the Mistress Anne mares 0- 78 hcp 1200m. Reconcentrate is by Reset out of Border Reverie (Selkirk). Border Reverie’s dam is half sister to Jeune the triple Gr 1 winner and Australian Horse of the Year.
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MAKYBE Racing and Breeding is thrilled to announce the arrival of STREET HERO who was welcomed today by another group of famous street hero’s at Tony Santic’s magnificent 3200 acre breeding complex situated just outside Geelong, Victoria. In the waiting at the MAKYBE Stallion Barn was Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman all excited to finally meet the new hero in town from Kentucky for the breeding season to stand alongside Purrealist at the home of triple Melbourne Cup winning mare Makybe Diva.
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Gathering showed he was on track for a big spring campaign with a commanding victory at Randwick on Wednesday. Patinack Farm trainer Jason Coyle is eyeing off Group One targets like the Spring Champion Stakes and a trip south for the Victoria Derby. The Tale Of The Cat colt was having just his fourth start and controlled the speed in the Shamekha Handicap (1550m) before kicking strongly and going on to score his first win.
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Another MAKYBE bred individual returned to winning form at Sandown today when Common Interest took out the $30,000 3YO Beau Sovereign Handicap. With blinkers first time he raced right away for a strong win to signal he is back as a serious spring contender.
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They keep raising the bar and he keeps jumping it – three year-old Choisir colt Starspangledbanner continued his impressive rise through the ranks when scoring a dominant all the way win in the Group Three HDF McNeil Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. A powerful chestnut colt shaped in the image of his illustrious sire, Starspangledbanner was burdened with top weight of 58 kg and the extreme outside barrier 15 for this 1200 metre sprint, with neither proving an impediment to his brilliance.
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Starspangledbanner continued his progress with a dominant win in the H D F MacNeil Stakes (Gr 3) at Caulfield. Crossing to lead, Starspangledbanner stayed in the middle of the track around the turn and ran on gamely under his top-weight of 58 kg to hold off all the challenges and score by three-quarters of a length over Tollesprit.
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Triple Melbourne Cup winning mare MAKYBE DIVA gave birth this morning to her third foal, a magnificent Bay Encosta De Lago Colt at 1.30am at Segenhoe Stud in the Hunter Valley. It was a cause for double celebration for owner Tony Santic, as later that same morning the Diva’s mother TUGELA delivered a lovely Bay Filly by Redoute’s Choice in the paddock only meters away.
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Trusting by Purrealist’s sire Tale of the Cat showed he is a top class colt with an outstanding win at WFA in the Group Two 1400m Warwick Stakes at Canterbury on Saturday against the older horses.
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Tony Santic’s famous Makybe Diva colours were a blaze of glory last weekend with the owner/breeder on top of the world after a memorable day’s racing. Everything went to script for Team Makybe, who even had joy in races where they weren't represented themselves, as operations manager Deslee Santic explained.
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Two out of three of Australia’s best Street Cry sons racing in Australia, Whobegotyou and Predatory Pricer ran the quinella in the Liston Stakes at Caulfield in the Group 2 Liston Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday August 15.
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MAKYBE bred Starspangledbanner continued on his winning way in his three year old campaign making it two from two in the MRC Listed Vain Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The win of Starspangledbanner was the start of an amazing day for MAKYE as in the next race MAKYBE runners ran one-two in the Listed Quizette Stakes. Later in the day Street Cry the sire of MAKYBE’s new stallion Street Hero sired the quinella in the Group 2 Liston Stakes with Predatory Pricer and Whobegotyou fighting out the finish.
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LEON Corstens has been around too long to make assumptions anywhere near a racetrack and he'd have been wise to make none before he arrived at Caulfield. Corstens regarded Starspangledbanner as a handy colt and Noesis a star filly.
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Powerhouse chestnut Choisir colt Starspangledbanner claimed his first Black Type victory when dashing clear for a dominant win in the Listed MRC Vain Stakes over 1100 metres at Caulfield on Saturday.
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MAKYBE is delighted to announce the arrival of the first foals by the Group-winning sprinter PURREALIST who stood as MAKYBE’S foundation stallion last year when the Reigning Victorian Breeder of the Year opened the doors to external clients at their 3200 acre property owned by Tony Santic.
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MAKYBE bred Starspangledbanner looks set for more spring riches with a brilliant win first up in the $70,000 Victorian Owners And Breeders Awards Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. A Choisir colt, Starspangledbanner has shown plenty of promise in his short career to date. The colt raced as an early two-year-old winning the $250,000 Inglis Juvenile at Moonee Valley on debut in October 2008. “He is an awesome looking horse and he always has been,” trainer Troy Corstens said.
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With Purrealist’s first foals due on the ground in days the anticipation is building on what future stars of the track may be foaled from his first crop. The unbelievable run of late of his sire, Tale of the Cat, gives every reason to be confident Purrealist will emulate the deeds of his sire. Following on from the brilliant 2yo of the season in Real Saga one of the highest rated 2yo’s of the last ten years another star Tale of the Cat juvenile burst onto the scene at Canterbury yesterday.
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Makybe Racing & Breeding and Vinery Australia today announced Champion Triple Melbourne Cup winning mare, Makybe Diva, will this season be served by Vinery's Champion Stallion and sire of over 60 worldwide Stakes Winners, More Than Ready.
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MAKYBE Racing & Breeding and Vinery Australia today announced Champion Triple Melbourne Cup winning mare, MAKYBE DIVA, will this season be served by Vinery’s Champion Stallion and sire of over 60 worldwide Stakes Winners, MORE THAN READY. Makybe Diva, who’s first son by Galileo was presented and sold by MAKYBE for $1.5m at this year’s Sydney Easter Premier Yearling Sale, has a chestnut weanling filly by Fusiachi Pegasus and is currently in foal to Encosta De Lago.
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Champion American Street Cry mare, Zenyatta the same sire as MAKYBE’s new stallion Street Hero made it eleven wins on the trot and brought up her fourth group one win with an emphatic victory in the Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on the 27th of June. It brought up consecutive victories in the race for Zenyatta.
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Tale of the Cat, the sire of MAKYBE’s foundation sire featured in the US at the weekend when his top class son Gio Ponti snared his second Group One triumph of the year when staging a last to first win in the Group One Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap at Belmont.
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Successful owner and breeder, Tony Santic, is delighted to announce highly credentialed US Stallion STREET HERO will stand alongside Purrealist in the MAKYBE Stallion Barn for the 2009 Breeding Season.
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MAKYBE Operations Manager, Deslee Santic is pleased to announce, Andrew Augustine has been appointed to Sales and Communications at MAKYBE.
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As a half-brother to MAKYBE’s foundation stallion Purrealist, success for the 5 time group one winner further enhances the pedigree and stud prospects of Purrealist.
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MAKYBE bred three year old filly BELLE ARTISTE won on debut at Ballarat on Thursday 14th May 2009 .
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Tony Santic's MAKYBE has entered a draft of outstanding fillies and mares as part of its annual reduction for June's Inglis Australian Weanling and Breeding Stock Sale, for which entries close today.
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Champion sire Redoute’s Choice already has a Queensland Derby winner on his resume in the Bart Cummings trained Empires Choice and looks to have another prime contender for this year’s edition in exciting staying colt Zupacool.
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The Hussler trained by astute Australian trainer John Size broke through for a victory at Sha Tin, Hong Kong on Friday night. By Hussler out of Lovey he was sold by MAKYBE for $100,000 at the Magic Millions and was knocked down Bloodstock agent, John Foote.
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MAKYBE today unearthed another quality staying prospect at Sandown. Zupacool, a colt John Symons purchased for $150,000 from the MAKYBE draft at the 2007 Sydney Easter yearling sale swept from near the tail of the field to win very convincingly.
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Purrealist covered an exceptional book of mares in his first season and MAKYBE is eagerly awaiting his first foals this Spring.
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MAKYBE donated 10% of all prize money won by MAKYBE owned horses in the month of February. Total prize money won in February was $134,136 making our donation to the bushfire appeal $13,413.60.
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MAKYBE bred Quietzer, a speedy dark bay filly won the 2yo feature on Easter Monday at Moonee Valley to continue the phenomenal 2yo season for MAKYBE.
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It was an outstanding result for MAKYBE in Sydney at the Australian Easter Yearling Sales this year. On a high after Slipper day with the brilliant run of MAKYBE owned Headway in the Golden Slipper and MAKYBE bred Musket turning in a brilliant Doncaster trial, MAKYBE had two huge days selling its select crop of yearlings at Newmarket. There was cause for celebrations with MAKYBE leading vendor on average, selling eight yearlings at an average of $541,875. This continues on from the trend this season after being named the leading vendor at the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and current breeder of the year in Victoria. MAKYBE has come a long way in a short time and it is certainly an exciting place to be. It is a huge achievement for a stud that has only been selling horses under its own name for a couple of seasons.
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The colt, the first foal of legendary mare Makybe Diva, nicknamed, Rockstar by the team at MAKYBE was every bit the star of the show at Inglis Australian Easter Yearling sales. A packed Inglis Newmarket sales complex with the aisles jammed over ten people deep watched as the colt was knocked down for a cool $1.5 million to leading Melbourne trainer, Danny O’Brien.
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MAKYBE owned filly Headway produced a barnstorming sprint out wide to finish a gallant second and become the first filly home in the 2009 AAMI Golden Slipper Stakes.
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Blue Sky Thoroughbreds' initial Stallion Fund from 2008 has an exciting youngster in the shape of last start Flemington Listed winner Common Interest, who can add even more value to the fund if he scores in Saturday's G2 Pago Pago Stakes. Trainer Lee Freedman has decided to test the More Than Ready colt in Group 2 company at Rosehill, with the Golden Slipper or AJC Sires Produce Stakes as options should he live up to expectations. The $485,000 Easter graduate, who is from the Snippets mare Common Smytzer – making him a half-brother to last season's dual stakes winning 2yo Exceedingly Good, has won his only two starts to date over 1000m, but is expected to be even better suited over this week's 1200m and possibly even further. Common Interest is breed by MAKYBE.
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MAKYBE owned HEADWAY stormed into the $3.5 million Golden Slipper with an impressive win in Saturday’s $125,000 Group 3 Hyland Sportswear Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
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DELAGO BOLT’s emphatic victory in Sunday’s AAMI Black Opal Stakes further enhanced the strength of PURREALIST’s book of mares in his first season. DELAGO BOLT’S dam BARDEGO is one of the well credentialed mares safely in foal to MAKYBE'S foundation stallion.
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MAKYBE continued its rapid rise to prominence in the commercial ranks by topping the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and added leading vendor to its CV also.
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Tony Santic’s MAKYBE has taken over as the leading vendor by aggregate after two sessions of the 2009 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale with 12 youngsters generating $1,223,000 led by the top lot so far in the Redoute’s Choice colt from Celtic Reign that made $365,000 when secured by Emerald Thoroughbreds.
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Darley’s Exceed and Excel might have won the Group One MRC Blue Diamond Stakes with Reward for Effort on Saturday, but Vinery Stud’s More Than Ready (USA) maintains a narrow lead on the two year-old sires list by earnings and added a new winner to his tally on Sunday when Common Interest bolted in at Bendigo over 1000 metres carrying the prominent colours of Blue Sky Thoroughbreds.
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As MAKYBE’s foundation stallion PURREALIST eagerly awaits his second book of mares in 2009 his sire’s progeny continues to impress on the track with the last seven days no exception further demonstrating the strength of this sire line in both hemispheres.
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Trainer Peter Moody believes he has another black type prospect after Headway’s workmanlike win in the Glenfern Super VOBIS Plate (1200m) at Betfair Park on Saturday. Headway is owned and raced by Tony Santic, MAKYBE Racing and Breeding.
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MAKYBE Racing & Breeding Pty Ltd has today confirmed 10% of all prizemoney earned by the MAKYBE racing team for the month of February will be donated to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. With over 35 racehorses in work and two of the more favourable runners in the $1m Arrowfield Blue Diamond Stakes; Starspangled Banner and Corsaire secured their place on the weekend, it is highly likely to be a sizeable amount. To kick it off, MAKYBE has two of the more fancied runners at Sandown tomorrow in Headway and Zivalee. MAKYBE will keep an updated progress report and advice on upcoming runners on this website.
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Exciting Sydney colt Delago Bolt opened up his winning account in fine style at Rosehill on Saturday to once again put MAKYBE in the headlines. Racing for only the third time Delago Bolt put away his rivals to book himself a trip to Canberra for the Black Opal Stakes and then to the Gr 1 Golden Slipper.
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Undefeated MAKYBE bred 2YO’s Corsaire and Starspangled Banner are on target for this Saturday’s Blue Diamond Preludes after promising hit outs this week.
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Congratulations to Danny Morton and the connections of exciting sprinter and now Group One winner Scenic Blast after his explosive win in the Lightning Stakes on Saturday.
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MAKYBE bred horses were at the fore again making a very successful debut at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
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Improving mare Copybook is once again highlighting the strength and soundness of the MAKYBE breed winning again by an easy two and a half lenghts on Boxing Day in New Zealand, taking her record to two wins and a second this preparation.
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It has been a remarkable 2yo season so far for the MAKYBE bred 2yo's. The winners keep coming with so far three 2yo metropolitan Saturday winners.
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Double Heart winner of the listed Meynick Stakes in Brisbane on Saturday further enhanced the strength of Purrealist book of mares in his first season. Double Heart’s dam Sad Eyed Lady (by Eagled Eyed) was one of the well credentialed mares served by MAKYBE'S Purrealist this season.
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The David Hayes stable have already forgotten the last start performance of the handy filly Enthrall and suggest punters do the same when summing up the form for Thursday
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Tuna fisherman, come businessman, come horse breeder Tony Santic gained everlasting fame as the adoring owner of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, but it is his achievements as a breeder that are now starting to pay real dividends on the track.
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Arrowfield Stud’s Husssonet (USA) looks to have a promising three year-old in South Africa after the Makybe bred Lord London made it two wins in as many starts after scoring at Scottsville on Wednesday.
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Horses bred by Tony Santic’s Makybe operation have been enjoying a winning run of late with Sheikh Mohammed’s colours carried to victory aboard another of them in the Redoute’s Choice filly Contortion who saluted at Warwick Farm on Tuesday.
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TRAINER Mick Price admitted he was pleasantly surprised by the stakes win of filly Corsaire yesterday.
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Flying filly Corsaire debuted in fine style on Saturday winning the Merson Cooper Stakes to continue the winning tradition of MAKYBE bred racehorses.
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Starspangledbanner opened up his winning account on Saturday with an all the way win at his first race start on Cox Plate Day. This caps off a winning week as MAKYBE bred and owned gallopers collected winning cheques on five different occasions
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Exciting Freshman stallion Purrealist has proved to be a hit with breeders in his eagerly awaited first season at stud. The powerfully built son of Tale of the Cat was a very exciting colt on the track and is sure to be a hit at stud with the matrons that will be served by him this year. Already part way through his book of 130 with over 70 mares already covered Purrealist has taken to his new career well with fantastic fertility results.
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Victoria's reigning breeder of the year MAKYBE continued on a merry dance on Saturday having bred three of the stakes performers on the card in Sydney.
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The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will unveil a statue of the three-time Melbourne Cup winning legend Makybe Diva, at its next race meeting at Flemington on Saturday, September 6.
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Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria recently announced that MAKYBE has been named Champion Victorian Breeder for the past racing season. This award is a huge achievement for a stud that has only been in operation for just five years.
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Tony Santic’s racing team unveiled two potential spring players last week with the first starts of of two promising colts.
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MAKYBE Stud Manager, Scott Holcombe today announced the arrival of a new princess. Australia’s Queen of the Turf, Makybe Diva, gave birth to a Filly at Segenhoe Stud this morning at 2.40am.
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Tony Santic's boutique Makybe breeding operation moves into a new phase this spring with the addition of superbly bred Group Three winning sprinter Purrealist as the foundation stallion for one of Victoria's most progressive farms.
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MAKYBE owner and breeder Tony Santic, accompanied by Cr Bruce Harwood, Mayor, Greater City of Geelong, today officially opened the doors to his 3200 acre property MAKYBE situated in Gnarwarre, Victoria.
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MAKYBE owner and breeder Tony Santic, accompanied by Cr Bruce Harwood, Mayor, Greater City of Geelong, today officially opened the doors to his 3200 acre property MAKYBE situated in Gnarwarre, Victoria.
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Owner and breeder, Tony Santic, today announced he will stand MAKYBE'S first stallion, PURREALIST, at his magnificent property MAKYBE located just outside Geelong, Victoria.
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Redoute's Choice - Tugela Bay Filly Roll out the red carpet here comes a princess...
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Australia's favourite champion mare and new proud mother, Makybe Diva, finally returned home to Geelong last month with her magnificent bay colt by Galileo at her side.
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