Kudeta Another Classic Buy For Vern

Renowned mudlark Kudeta gave the team from Classic Bloodstock Services plenty to cheer about when he cruised to victory at Sandown today.

Relishing the heavy track conditions, Kudeta cruised home for a soft win as a wall of horses tried in vain to chase - but they were no match for the winner.

Trainer Heath Conners said the Snowland gelding came into his own during the winter months.

"He's a really honest horse and he loves these heavy track - a nine or ten (rating)."

"You go to the races and you know you can tell your owners to put a couple of dollars each way and you know he's going to be competitive."

Conners said the classy type was much better suited today than at his last run when the Sandown meeting was switched to the synthetic track at Geelong.

"We went to the races the other day at Geelong - he tries his heart out but it's too firm for him."

"It's good to see him back in the winner's stall here today with Eddie (Cassar) on him."

"They get on very well and he'll be sticking on for sure."

Conners paid tribute to Vern Rayner - a long time supporter of his family over many years.

"I've been in Melbourne for 12 years and he's been with us that long and as soon as I got my licence seven years ago he stuck with me."

"I get half a dozen horses of Vern every year and he gives me good quality horses."

The win gave seasoned Victorian rider Eddie Cassar a well deserved metropolitan success.

Cassar and Kudeta have teamed up on eight occasions with the outstanding record of five wins and two second placings.

"I wish they could all do that."

Cassar said there was "nothing special" as to the reason why the pair have such a wonderful record together.

"I think I just get on him at the right time."

"Heath seems to have him Mickey Mouse when I've been given the opportunity to ride him."

"I'm just fortunate that he's one of the few people who will leave me on them when they come to town."

Kudeta was purchased by Rayner, one of the country's best value buying syndicators, for just $15,000 from the draft of Middlebrook Valley at the 2006 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale.

His record now reads out at nine wins and nine minor placings from 35 starts and earnings of over $140,000.

By the former outstanding sprinter Snowland (Snippets), Kudeta is a lightly raced Puissance mare Cyanic.

Cyanic, who is from the top producing Rascolnik mare Delicious Blue, is a half sister to five stakes gallopers including Memphis Blues, Palatious and Evasion.

The Perth Cup and CB Cox Stakes winner Palatious is the dam of Group One winner Danelagh - she in turn the dam of globetrotting star Vengeance of Rain.

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A Double Interstate Whammy!

07/11/09 – A DOUBLE INTERSTATE WHAMMY for Classic Bloodstock on the final day of the Melbourne Spring Carnival with wins at Flemington on Emirates Stakes day in Melbourne with Sound Journey (a $6000.00 buy who has now won $271,000.00 in stakes) and our only other runner on Saturday also resulted in a win with Dorf Command at Royal Randwick, (another bargain buy at $11,000.00 with stakes to date of $272,000.00) - We would expect both horses to boost their prizemoney enormously over the next twelve months.

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Another Group Stakes win for Classic Bloodstock

Mr Clangtastic makes it 5 in a row with a Group 111 Win at Randwick -

TRAINER Marc Conners procrastinated until five minutes before scratching deadline before confirming Mr Clangtastic at Royal Randwick yesterday.

"I was worried about whether the track might be too firm and how much the race could take out of him for next week,'' Conners said. "It wasn't until 7.25am that I decided to run.''

Mr Clangtastic produced another front-running display to win the GroupIII $150,000 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m).

Mr Clangtastic ($7), whose thrilling racing pattern has made him a favourite with racegoers, scored his fifth successive win, resisting a determined challenge from Bellagio Wynn ($12) to win by a half length with Indikator ($21) two lengths away in third.

Now Conners has another difficult decision - whether to back up with Mr Clangtastic in the Group I $300,000 The Metropolitan (2400m) next Saturday.

"I'd like to run him in The Metropolitan because he loves the Randwick 2400m,'' Conners said. "It would be great if we got some rain but provided the track is okay and he pulls up well after this race, then he will most likely go around next Saturday.

"The horse has a great constitution and loves racing. He has had only one race in six weeks and was desperate to get out there today.''

Conners said his fall-back option was to wait a week and run Mr Clangtastic in the Group II Winning Edge Presentation (Herbert Power) Stakes at Caulfield on October 10.

"I'm aiming him at the Caulfield Cup - that's the race we really want to target,'' he said. The gelding has reeled off five straight wins in recent weeks, including the Wyong Cup and Colin Stephen Quality.

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Wyong Cup to Mr Clangtastic

Sydney Morning Herald 05/09/09 -

Mr Clangtastic just fantastic with give in track at Wyong

BOLD frontrunner Mr Clangtastic will be aimed at the group 1 The Metropolitan after making it four straight wins by clinging on in yesterday's $120,000 Wyong Cup.

The Marc Conners-trained Mr Clangtastic had been the staying find of the winter, winning three in a row in town including a 7¼-length romp at Randwick in July.

After adopting his usual tactics of going straight to the front, with regular jockey Craig Agnew in the saddle, Mr Clangtastic gave rivals the slip on straightening at Wyong and staved off the challenges of Lodge The Deeds and Enzedex Eagle to win by a nose.

''He was vulnerable today because he hadn't run for six weeks,'' an elated Conners said. ''He'll improve out of sight.''

Conners said Mr Clangtastic would next run in the Newcastle Cup on September 17 before taking on the big guns in The Metropolitan.

Conners had accepted with Mr Clangtastic for a race at Flemington today but was heartened by rain that arrived at Wyong on Thursday.

''They had the little shower here and it just took the edge off the track,'' he said. ''That's what we were looking for, just some give in the track today.''

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Mr Clangtastic does it again

Daily Telegraph 04/09/09

EXCITING stayer Mr Clangtastic is likely to contest today's Listed $120,000 Wyong Gold Cup in preference to a 2000m handicap at Flemington tomorrow, according to trainer Marc Conners.

The Wyong course received some showers late yesterday which convinced Conners to target the feature provincial race. "I'm leaning to Wyong now - it's a nice race for the horse,'' Conners said. "Hopefully we get more rain overnight because he is obviously a superior wet-tracker.

"He's won his only start at Wyong and we will almost certainly go there rather than wait for Flemington (Voodoo Handicap).''

Wyong was rated a good three late yesterday but is almost certain to be downgraded for today's race. Mr Clangtastic was the staying find of the Sydney winter with a hat-trick of wins by an aggregate margin of nearly 20 lengths.

The promising stayer hasn't raced since romping home by more than seven lengths at Randwick on July 25 but Conners is unconcerned about the lack of recent racing.

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Mr Clangtastic just keeps winning

Mr Clangtastic – Also trained by Marc Conners – and syndicated by Classic Bloodstock -

Mr Clangtastic broke the hearts of his rivals with a bold front-running display to record his third straight metropolitan win at Royal Randwick yesterday.

Mr Clangtastic revived memories of the great Vo Rogue, leading by upwards of six lengths throughout to space his rivals by a whopping 7 lengths at the finish.

The wet-track wonder's last three winning margins combine to a total of 19 lengths - prompting Conners to question whether Mr Clangtastic is ready to tackle the tougher staying ranks at carnival time. "I don't know where to take him now after watching him do that again. I'm just not sure what the plan will be,'' Conners said.

"He has been dominant once he has been able to get over a trip and we now probably have to look at something tougher. They served it up to him early and all credit to the horse he handled it well. To win three in a row in the city is pretty hard at the best of times so all credit to the horse. He is more than likely ready to take the step up to the next level.''

Mr Clangtastic strolled straight to the front and quickly established his usual position but was not left alone in the lead as Canterdown applied the pressure.

Jockey Craig Agnew kept the tempo genuine and Canterdown dropped off 800m from home leaving Mr Clan-gtastic a sitting duck for his rivals. But the tough stayer continued his surge around the bend and left the field in his wake to record the mammoth win in the same fashion as his previous two starts.

"I thought his effort today was the best he has produced this preparation,'' Agnew said. He was put under a lot more pressure today than he has in his past two wins and was still able to win by a big margin. On the turn I was expecting them to start to creep up to my heels but he just kept kicking and had them all chasing from a long way out. It was a huge performance.''

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Classic owner experiences highs and lows

From losing your first horse to pneumonia, to winning the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas in the space of six weeks, cartoonist Ron Tandberg and his wife Glen, have seen the highs and lows of racing at their most graphic.

A relatively late entrant to the ranks of racehorse ownership at the age of 56, Ron bought a share in his first horse, Dapple Dancer, after Glen's sister saw an advertisement in a racing magazine. Although she won only the one race, a maiden at Penshurst, Dapple had a good pedigree and Ron was looking forward to breeding with her when her racing career was over. Sadly that was not to be, when Dapple succumbed to complications caused by pneumonia six weeks ago.

On Saturday though, gloom turned to elation as another of Ron's purchases, Skalato, zoomed through on the rails to take out the prestigious Group 1 Caulfield Guineas. Sharing the joy were Glen and daughters Sarah and Jessie and the families and friends of the other 5 part owners.

The owners were brought together by syndicator Vern Rayner from Classic Bloodstock who specialises in picking out affordable horses with potential.

Dapple Dancer was also a Rayner syndication and Ron has participated in another 17 horses for good measure, making him one of Classic’s best comments. Ron explained that "my first five horses were all fillies and I asked Vern to recommend a colt the next time. I wanted a horse with a bit of breeding who would be suited by middle distance races.

Vern had just the horse, a strapping colt by Semipalatinsk, bred by Eureka Stud in Queensland. Skalato turned out to have a fair bit of promise and had always impressed trainer Clarry Connors. Originally though, Skalato was trained by Flemington trainer John Meagher, now based in Singapore. At the victory celebrations after the race, Clarry proposed a toast to John - for going to Singapore!

Having won three from five races, Skalato has a very promising racing future in front of him. Its certain that he'll have no more enthusiastic supporter than Ron Tandberg. And he has plenty of other interests to go on with. There are another fourteen horses in the string he has purchased through Classic Bloodstock.

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Beadman breaks record on Classic Bloodstock horse

Sydney's champion jockey Darren Beadman added yet another credit to his already long list yesterday when he rode his 144th city winner for the season, breaking a record he set last year.

Beadman rode the Clarry Conners-trained Sky Blitz (a Classic Bloodstock syndicated horse) to win the Randwick Betting Auditorium Hcp (1400m) at Randwick after bringing up the equaliser on Crique for Paul Perry earlier in the day.

The jockey widely regarded as Australia's No.1 gave leading trainer John Hawkes credit for the bulk of his, saying he kept him focussed.

"Hawksey has helped me a lot over the years," he said. "I go through the races with him and he gives me assistance and a different perspective. "It gives me an edge out there."

Beadman, 40, has already retired once, but after two years out of the saddle he made a comeback and has never ridden better. He said today he now had no thoughts of a second retirement.

Among those to pay credit to Beadman today was chief steward Ray Murrihy.
"The true measure of a champion is a person who performs year after year at the top level," Murrihy said.

John O'Shea, for whom Beadman won the Galaxy last year on Charge Forward, echoed Murrihy's sentiments. "What can you say, he's a great rider," O'Shea said.
"His consistency sets him apart. "He rides all horses very well whether it's a maiden at Kembla or a Group One race."

Hawke's foreman Peter Snowden joined the chorus of praise. "It is testament to Darren's true professionalism that he keeps doing it," Snowden said. "He sets very high standards for himself and is doing a great job."

Among Beadman's big race wins are two Melbourne Cups, two Golden Slippers and a Cox Plate.

By the end off the month he will have claimed his sixth Sydney jockeys' premiership.

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More Classic Winners from the Conners family

Wednesday, 25 August 2004: The spectacularly fast brothers Biscay and Star of Heaven each played a role in the production of Loyal Lauren, a five-year-old mare who, going on her convincing win over 1400 metres at Caulfield on Saturday, could be black type material in the spring.

It was her third win in succession, all coming in the past three weeks and after a four months spell, and seventh success from 32 outing.

In the Heath Conners stables at Caulfield, she has now earned over $100,000,(now $260,000) a good return on the $9000 one of Australia’s leading syndicators, Vern Rayner of Classic Bloodstock, paid for her at the Magic Millions yearling sales at the Gold Coast, where she was offered by Willow Park Stud, Scone.

Loyal Lauren is one of over 240 winners by Sir Laurence, the lightly raced Bletchingly stakes winning sprinter who stands at Martin Hawcroft’s Byerley Stud near Sandy Hollow in the Hunter Valley.

Bletchingly was by Star Kingdom’s spectacularly fast son Biscay, a brother to two other speedsters in Tattenham and Star of Heaven. Although neither rose to the heights of Biscay as a sire, both the latter got good winners.

The best runner by Star of Heaven, himself winner of the Group1 VRC Salinger Stakes when it was known as the Craven ‘A’ Stakes, was Star Shower, the sire of Balmoral, the grandam of Loyal Lauren. Star Shower only ran at two and was unbeaten in his five outings including appearances in the Blue Diamond Stakes, Maribyrnong Plate and Merson Cooper Stakes.

There is a lot of speed in Lady Lauren’s pedigree but it is balanced by her dam Tartans being by Palace Music, a dual Group1 middle distance winner in America where he also landed second money in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

Tartans was unplaced at the races, but her dam Balmoral won five events including the Listed AJC Emancipation Stakes and also produced the stakes winner Grampians (by Danehill) and stakes placed Craigisla (by Canny Lad).

Balmoral is a sister to the Woodlands mare Aspirations, dam of stakes winner and course record setter Upwards. They are half-sisters to Careful Lass, the grandam of Victory Vein, the Mr Henrysee filly who at two won the AJC Champagne Stakes, Sires’ Produce Stakes and STC Silver Slipper and finished second in the Golden Slipper

OTHER BARGAIN BUYS -

Please note – Other horses purchased at bargain basement prices by Vern Rayner of Classic Bloodstock Services include – the three time Group 1 Winner (Poetic King) – purchased for $14,000 and he went on to earn over $1,000,000 in stakes once syndicated by Classic Bloodstock Services. The AJC Gr 1 Oaks winner (Rose Archway) purchased for $9,000 and she went on to win over $949,000 in stakes.

Racing the same year as Rose Archway was Skalato, (a $14,000 buy by Vern Rayner) and a horse that was first pass the post in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas. These are just a few of the numerous astute purchases that Vern Rayner, the principal of Classic Bloodstock Services has made.

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More winners for Heath Conners

Handy galloper Gaju Chief logged his ninth win on rain affected ground by collecting the Liberal Handicap at Sandown yesterday.

"He's a good old honest horse", said Gaju Chief's trainer Heath Conners. "If you go back through all the runs he's had on slow and heavy there are not many times he gets beaten."

All nine of his wins have been in wet going, with the Jugah gelding putting together the superb record of 9 wins and 9 placings from 29 wet track runs.

"He relishes these conditions", said jockey Daniel Moor. "I was hoping for a bit more rain but its shown that he can excel in these conditions anyway."

Moor made up for the disappointment suffered by Conners earlier in the afternoon when stablemate Loyal Lauren pulled up lame in the near hind and near fore leg after finishing fourth in the Impulsive Handicap.

Conners was critical of Moor, who also rode Loyal Lauren, blaming him for her poor performance.

"I think part of the reason for her bad run was she was on the worst part of the track", said Conners. "She's getting flogged all the way up the hill with the 60kg on her back and it makes it hard."

Gaju Chief is one of the large percentage of Conners' stable supplied by syndicator Vern Rayner of Classic Bloodstock.

"I've got eighteen in the stable at the moment and probably fourteen would be his", said Conners.

"He's given me eight two year olds this year", he went on. "He's my biggest client".

"They all win races too."

While Conners does not have a big team, he certainly manages to get his fair share of winners for the Classic Bloodstock syndicates and his other owners.

Since he commenced training 2½ years ago, Conners has put together 39 winners from 248 runners, with a respectable strike rate of 15.7%, nearly double that of his father Clarry.

Conners gave Rayner a plug saying:

"He's a good fellow for the industry. He's not selling $120,000 horses. They are $20,000 horses and they all win."

Conners has had a long association with Gaju Chief.

"When I was foreman for Dad here I looked after him for the first few years. I took my license out two years ago and the owners transferred him to me."

"We took him up to Sydney and won a race at Randwick with him then he won here first up as an eight year old."

With Conners hoping to continue getting wet tracks for Gaju Chief, he is planning another interstate trip.

"I'm getting him ready to take him down to Tasmania for the Hobart and Launceston Cups", he said.

"There's a 90% chance of getting a wet track. Straight away you've got a horse that handles the trip and handles a wet track."

With the cash injection by Betfair into Tasmanian racing next year likely to boost prizemoney for the two big races to $500,000 and $350,000 respectively, Conners will be keeping an anxious watch on the weather forecasts for the next few weeks.

He'll be wanting it to rain as much as possible.

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Racetrack Results

We have analysed the racetrack results of 100 of our consecutively syndicated racehorses and our race winning results are truly phenomenal -

The overall results that Classic Bloodstock have achieved on the racetrack put us in the very elite of racehorse syndication companies, based on a larger number of horses than this sample, we have won, placed or earnt money in DOZENS of Group Stakes races, and have done the same in literally hundreds of City Metropolitan races, a claim that only the very elite of syndication companies can make.

We emphasize that the following results are based on 100 racehorses that were syndicated one after the other. They are NOT based on simply choosing our best performers from the hundreds of horses that we have syndicated -

It must also be noted that these 100 horses were syndicated at figures that were amongst the cheapest in the syndication business, so what will we achieve now that we are going up scale with the pedigree and the price we are paying for horses ?

*** In excess of 75% of these 100 consecutively syndicated racehorses to have raced have WON, and they have won 232 races between them.

Based on this criteria, the following figures are also factual –

*** In excess of 83% of this sample have won or earnt prizemoney.

*** In excess of 28% of this sample have won in the CITY (70 City wins in all).

*** In excess of 38% of this sample have earnt prizemoney in the CITY

*** I addition to this exceptional percentage of CITY WINNERS, our syndicated racehorses from this sample have also placed 2nd on City tracks 68 times – 3rd on City tracks 57 times – 4th on City tracks 56 times and 5th on City tracks 78 times.

*** Group Stakes results – Won 6 Group Stakes races (three at Gr. 1 level) - overall won or placed to 3rd in 16 Group Stakes races from this sample of 100 consecutively syndicated horses.

*** WE CHALLENGE YOU to find an opposition syndication company that can match these figures on 100 consecutively syndicated horses, if you manage to, you have certainly found a company well worth investing with.

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Nothin' Leica racehorse syndicator with a magic eye

Many racing people can be forgiven for believing that longtime Melbourne racing syndicator Vern Rayner (Classic Bloodstock Services) has a magic eye when it comes to plucking future good horses out of the sale ring at bottom of the market prices.

The latest plum racehorse Rayner has secured at a low price, $12,000, and parcelled for a racing syndicate of ten owners is Nothin' Leica Win, a filly whose win the Class 6 Princess Veronica Handicap over 1800 metres at Sandown yesterday, September 14, suggested that she could be the vehicle to give her trainer Sheila Laxon another crack at the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double. It was one that Laxon took out in 2001 with Ethereal, a daughter of the Mr Prospector sire Rhythm.

Now winner of three of six starts including one over 2040 metres at Moonee Valley, Nothin' Leica Win has a racing pedigree that suggests Laxon could develop her into a stayer. She is by the Danehill Victoria Derby winner and Melbourne and Sydney Cup second Nothin Leica Dane and from a daughter of Whiskey Road, the sire of 1981 Melbourne Cup winner Just a Dash.

Bred by Martin Hawcroft at his Byerley Stud, the home at Sandy Hollow in the Hunter Valley for Nothin' Leica Dane, and sold through the Brisbane yearling sales, Nothin' Leica Win caught Rayner's eye at the time because she was a big rangy filly even then, very correct with a lovely action. However, she was immature so in forming the racing syndicate it was decided to place her with a racehorse trainer with plenty of patience, on this occasion Sheila Laxon.

Many Classic Bloodstock Services syndicated racehorses that have won hundreds of city horse races including major races and yet have cost their owners rarely more than $3000 or $4500 a share. Nothin' Leica Win looks set to continue this success and be a great fun galloper for racehorse connections.

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Congratulations to racehorse owner Greg Peters!!

Congratulations to our client and friend Greg Peters, we at Classic Bloodstock are all proud of your success in achieving the (TROA Victoria’s leading owner trophy for the relevant season with 27 winners) – 75% of these wins were achieved with Classic Bloodstock horses.

Further proof that Classic Bloodstock Services are in a class of their own when it comes to selecting winners at sensible prices. Please note that all of our racing partnership horses are personally selected by Vern Rayner, which is why we have a consistency of winning racehorses year after year, as the same stringent criteria apply to every horse offered for racehorse syndication.

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More Classic Bloodstock racehorses for syndication

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