2024 News
22nd April 2024 - TOM AND COOLEY GANGSTER ARE GOING TO EUROPE
After a fantastic season with total domination of the Australian jumping scene, Tom and Monkey are off to Europe to press for a place on the Australian team for Paris 2024. Tomorrow Tom and Monkey will be on the plane to Germany with a full calendar of events competing against the best in the world. Tom is no stranger to pressure and this will be pressure from the second he takes off to Germany. Coverage will be good of all of his starts on ClipMyHorse.TV. If you are not yet registered for this, now is the time to join. This Australian show jumping team is suddenly starting to look strong with some magnificent performances all over the world. We wish Tom and Monkey all the best.
Tom McDermott and Cooley Gangster on their way to winning the Grand Prix at Sydney Royal Easter Show 2024.
17th April 2024 - WEEKEND WINNERS
It was another good weekend for graduates of the farm winning big races all during the carnival. It was particularly exciting on Saturday at Randwick to see two of our favourite fillies winning on the big stage again. Joliestar and Zougotcha were fantastic as always and we are very proud to say that they started their competitive life at Limitless Lodge where they were broken in.
15th April 2024 - SPARKY LAD ON THE RISE
Clarke Johnstone and Sparky Lad have had a fantastic start to the eventing season in England. This follows some great performances on the Spanish Sunshine Tour where he was competitive in the 1.35m classes. Clarke dominated the 3*** short with four of the top seven ridden by Clarke. Sparky Lad is an example of all the things that are fantastic about Australian thoroughbreds. He was proudly bred by prominent breeder Greg Perry and grew up on Vinery farm in the Hunter Valley. He raced with good success and was always ear marked by us at Limitless Lodge as a potential superstar eventer. He now looks like he is a real prospect for the next championships. He has a terrific temperament, super jump and will gallop all day. Clarke has done a wonderful job with Sparky and we watch his rise to 4**** with delight.
Clarke Johnstone and Sparky Lad at Burnham Market in the CCI3*** Short in April 2024.
10th April 2024 - 2024 BREAKER SEASON SO FAR
The breaker season is going well with 92 horses up until today been broken in at the farm. We have a slick team who are very proud of the job they do and we all follow the racing results carefully. We are probably about half way through the breaking season now and already the babies that return for a follow up preparation look like racehorses already. We are very fortunate to receive massive support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Chris Waller, Star Thoroughbreds, Gerald Ryan, Vinery Stud, B2B Thoroughbreds, Brad Widdup and BK Racing amongst others.
