Eventing Olympic Silver Medallist Making his Mark in the World of Racing

Arthur Inglis and Shane Rose caught up at Warwick Farm on Saturday to chat about Diamond Earth, the mare who is making all her connections very proud

Diamond Earth galloping to victory

 

Olympic Silver medallist Shane Rose is undoubtably one of Australia's most successful Eventers, however, in addition to his Eventing achievements, Shane is also doing a fantastic job breaking in and carrying out pre-training with young Thoroughbreds, who are going on to win in the highly competitive world of racing! 

A galloper that Shane broke in who is going on to great things, is Diamond Earth - trained by Anthony Cummings - who made it back to back Inglis Race Series wins at Warwick Farm on Saturday, adding the $250,000 Inglis Nursery to her $250,000 Inglis Banner victory at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day. Diamond Earth showed tremendous gate speed from barrier nine to lead the 1000m dash, set up a big break turning into the straight and held off the late finishing duo of De Shamekh and Flying Snitzel with a strong display of pure speed. The daughter of Choisir has now collected $300,000 in first prizemoney thanks to Inglis, five times her purchase price of $60,000 from the draft of Golden Grove of Denman at the Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale earlier this year.

Shane and Niki, with the team from Bimbadeen Park, were enjoying a day at the races on Saturday for their Christmas party and were thrilled to be there to watch Diamond Earth gallop to victory!

Shane breaks in approximately 300 young Thoroughbreds a year and is a great believer that a good education should begin at an early age - a horse's first few rides set the path for the future and it's vital that this is done properly. Shane also offers dressage/flat work education for horses during pre-training, which he believes can be of major benefit in a horse's racing career, helping to promote peak performance on the track. This training makes the horse more rideable and adjustable, allowing the jockey to ride an exact line during a race. The Bimbadeen Park property is ideally set up for breaking and pre-training with a round yard, well maintained 1000m all weather gallop track, eight horse walker, two stable blocks; 27 yards with shelters, three horse barrier and dressage/jumping arena.

Quick Links

• Visit the Bimbadeen Park website to find out more about the Training Services that Shane offers.
• Read Horsezone's Five Minutes With... Shane Rose and Niki Chapman
• Visit the Inglis Website to find out more about the 2012 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling sale.