Gai Waterhouse’s Top Five Wins

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As the most recognisable name in Australian racing, everyone in the nation has heard of Gai Waterhouse. Buy your Gai Waterhouse unit today We were fortunate enough to sit down with Gai as she took us through what she considers the top five wins in her career. Unable to separate them, here are the wins in no particular order… 1: Fiorente in the Melbourne Cup, 2013 What better way to start the list than with Gai’s first Melbourne Cup Victory in 2013 with Fiorente, completing a thrilling victory from Red Cadeaux and Mount Athos. “One of the greatest thrills of…

Why Zoushack is a great purchase

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Zoushack was one of the bargains of the sales when he was bought at the 2018 Gold Coast Magic Millions for $275,000. As part of the miRunners ownership platform, ownership in Zoushack is only $275 per unit with a monthly fee of $15 for your first unit ($5 for any additional units). RECENT NEWS: Zoustar x Shack’s sibling continues to win Here’s the main reasons why Zoushack – to be trained by David Hayes – was one of the best buys of 2018. Zoustar’s success as a sire Our horse’s sire, Zoustar, has had his first crop to race just…

David Hayes’ Top Five Wins

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With a couple of thousand wins to his name as well as more Group 1 winners than you could likely recall, David Hayes has a victory list that anyone in the world would be proud of. Having recently come on board with miRunners to train the impressive Zoushack colt, we sat down with David to discuss his personal top five wins of his career. 5. Caulfield Cup with Boom Time 2017 The 3.15 million race was won in convincing fashion by Boom Time, storming home to defeat Single Gaze from the fast-finishing favourite Johannes Vermeer. Sir Isaac Newton was leading…

Queensland TV personality Liz Cantor becomes a thoroughbred owner

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Channel Seven television personality, former World Qualifying Surfer and racehorse owner Liz Cantor has encouraged Queenslanders from all walks of life to become part of the racing industry by owning a horse. Having loved horses since she was young, Liz always wanted to learn more about the horse racing industry and get a hands-on experience, but didn’t believe she had the opportunity to do so as an owner until miRunners came along. “Growing up I was a massive horse lover. I was one of those little girls who had pictures and posters of horses all over my bedroom wall and…

How affordable thoroughbred ownership works

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Being able to own a premium thoroughbred trained by leading trainers for cheaper than a beer per week may seem like like a pipe dream, but it is now possible. What we do miRunners has changed the face of Australian thoroughbred racing, making horse ownership accessible to all Australians. For most of history, ownership of thoroughbreds was limited to a select few with high costs and obstacles making it incredibly difficult for the everyday Australian to enjoy the ownership experience. RELATED ARTICLE: Affordable ownership in a Gai Waterhouse trained thoroughbred The miRunners model has changed all that as we aim…

Name our next racehorse: entries close soon!

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UPDATE: the horse has been named with the winning entry, Shezawitness, put in by owner Susan Mayfield! Nominations are now open to name miRunners’ second horse, Star Witness x Peahen with a great prize for the winning entry. Who is this horse? Shezawitness was purchased by miRunners at the 2018 Gold Coast Magic Millions for $198,000 with legendary trainer Mick Price coming on board to train the filly. Following the proven miRunners model, the horse was split into 1,000 ownership units with members of the public available to purchase ownership in the horse for only $198 plus a $15 monthly fee…

Own a quality thoroughbred trained by Bjorn Baker

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One of most sought-after and exciting trainers in Australia has joined the miRunners stables with Bjorn Baker coming on board to train Rubick x Slainte. For only $275 plus a monthly fee of $15, you can own this filly from one of Australia’s leading trainers, Bjorn Baker. Bjorn began his training career in 2007 under the mentorship of his father Murray, who is one of New Zealand’s most successful trainers. On Bjorn’s first foray with to Australia he accompanied Nom Du Jeu on his highly successful Autumn Carnival campaign in 2008, winning the AJC Derby at 40-1.   Buy your…

Own a quality thoroughbred trained by Tony Gollan

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Queensland’s best and most admired trainer has joined the miRunners stables with Tony Gollan coming on board to train Your Song x Sheeznodoubt. For only $275 plus a monthly fee of $15, you can own this well-bred filly from one of Australia’s most exciting sires, trained by an experienced Group 1 winner. Queensland’s Premiership winning trainer for the last four years running, Tony grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland where he would often frequent the Clifford Park races with his mates. It was his love of racing which drove Tony to take out a trainer’s license at the age of 20…

Adam Peacock: You don’t have to break the bank to own a racehorse

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Fresh off the heels of miRunners selling out their second horse, we speak to Fox Sports presenter and co-owner of miRunners’ first horse, Adam Peacock about his miRunners experience so far. Being a life-long racing fan but never able to justify the price of thoroughbred ownership, Adam was one of the first people involved in miRunners, signing-up with Saganaki when units were first released in 2017. The Fox Sports presenter recently visited Emeran Park to meet the horse that he part-owns and explained to miRunners.com why he got involved. “I always said to my wife that I’d buy a horse…

miRunners have sold out their second horse

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miRunners have sold out their second horse with all 1,000 units selling out in the well-bred Shezawitness. Having been purchased at the Gold Coast Magic Millions for $198,000 in January 2018, it barely took a month for the Mick Price-trained filly to sell out: once again proving that Australians love affordable racehorse ownership. RECENT NEWS: Award-winning Australian actor impressed with miRunners experience Until miRunners, most people were priced out of premium thoroughbred ownership but with an affordable entry point, ownership was instantly made accessible to all Australians for the first time. With the first miRunners horse, Saganaki, also selling out miRunners now…