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For anyone interested in gettng involved with ownership and Racing or breeding a horseGRANDSTAND VIEWNEWS UPDATE21 January 2025Editor: Louis MihalykaGreat news for the Laurel Oak racing team on Saturday with ……LUCY’S DAZZLING FLEMINGTON WINThe Tony Noonan-trained DAZZLING LUCY had an early career success whichrendered her racing in strong city-class company since then, and most recentlywithout much luck. However she went to Flemington last Saturday in really goodorder and drawn on the right side of the Flemington straight. Under Jake Noonan’sride, she was strong throughout, sharing the lead before asserting her superioritywhen it counted to score a fantastic win, pictured below courtesy of Racing Photos.The win was Dazzling Lucy’s fourth from 25 career starts to go with seven placings,and took her earnings to $338,575.“Lucille” is owned by the Laurel Oak Sky Dazzle Syndicate, who bred her, but due toan xray issue as a young horse, we did not offer her for sale, but rather gave her thetime she needed to let Mother Nature help her out, and then leased her to clients ofTony Noonan, who trained Sky Dazzle, hence she races in the stable colours.The lessees include several “social syndicates” which are groups of people fromretirement villages who are looking for a bit of fun and a social outlet. Consequentlywhen Lucille races there is a large crowd in attendance and the cameraman needshis wide-angled lens for the group photo, as you can see overleaf, courtesy ofRacing Photos.
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Laurel Oak Bloodstock 0418 962 858 office@laureloak.com.auOVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS OF PRIZEMONEYPre-Magic Millions publicity about the strength of the Australian racing industry,which in turn fuels the demand for the yearlings on offer, indicated that Australianracing is set to exceed $1 billion prizemoney for the first time in the 2024/25 season.This equates to an average of $54,000 per race according to Racing Australia’s FactBook.This prizemoneyisalmost double the totalprizemoney paid out adecade agoduring the 2014/15 season.Further interesting facts are that one in every 43 horses had career earnings of morethan $500,000, and one in every 132 horses won more than $1 million.Many years ago I was told that in England you can go seven degrees of separationwithout knowing anybody who has a share in a racehorse. In Australia howeverthere is generally only one degree of separation, because if you do not own aracehorse, then it is very likely that you know somebody who does. Officially one in191 Australians owns a share in a thoroughbred. The figures quote that one in 1,108people in Ireland has a share in a racehorse, in England one in 4,945, and in Franceit is only one in 10,653.Of course the very logical argument is that you should own a share in a racehorsebecause owning a successful one is not just a lot of fun, but can be very lucrative.