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Who is Troy Corstens?

Troy Corstens is undoubtedly one of Victoria’s leading trainers, boasting two Group One wins and over $10 million in prize money so far over his twelve-year career. As he has now become the trainer of Not a Single Doubt X Countess Dehere, the first Geelong Community horse partnered with miRunners, we decided to delve into the background of Troy Corstens… Who is Troy Corstens? Troy was born in Adelaide before moving to Melbourne when he was just four years old, when his father Leon landed the foreman’s job for legendary trainer Bart Cummings. Following 25 years as a foreman for…

Barrier Jumping: The Education Never Stops

Your horse is back in training and looking great, surely the next stop is the races? There is a critical step, that has been in the media lately, that needs to be mastered however before a race opportunity can be taken. Today we are talking jumping and barrier trials. When you try something for the first time you do not expect to do it perfectly and we don’t expect that from young horses. One critical step for a racehorse is mastering the barriers, a step that can make or break a career in racing. And a step that in Australia…

David Raphael – The man who signed Rubick’s docket

We recently had a discussion with David Raphael, the man who purchased Rubick, to gain a little more context on current rumours and why Rubick has trainers walking with a spring in their step. Dive in for more depth below. My background with Rubick… I’m the guy who signed the docket to buy him, so I suppose the line is; we didn’t at the time think it was going to be such a game changer for us. I went to the Gold Coast Sale met with my trainer and everybody had gone and looked at all their inspections before they…

Geelong Community Thoroughbred Launch Gallery

With the sun popping in and out throughout the day, Sunday’s Geelong Community Thoroughbred launch was an enthralling day of racing and festivities.
The day showcased our new premium filly Not A Single Doubt x Countess Dehere’s inaugural mounting yard walk, along with the Geelong Racing Club luncheon, topped off with miRunners’ Racing.com interview.

Learn more about our Geelong Community Thoroughbred partnership here.

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