Omer Ay and the Saint Winning Owners:  Mr P M Knight, Mr P Mcvicar, Mr N Mcvicar, Miss J Bernardi, Mr D Midson, Mr C Congram, Mr JJ Midson, Mr K Pascoe Breeder: Mr PM Knight, NSW………………………………..Saint Esprit Breeding………………………………………….Trainer Emma Steel Apprentice Omer Ay (a2) rode a controlled race on Saint Esprit to win the Jessie Breen Benchmark [...]

Oliver out to end Guineas drought 07/10/2010 3:29 PM Chris West Sportal It’s hard to fathom, but twenty years have now passed since champion jockey Damien Oliver achieved his one and only Caulfield Guineas win as an apprentice on Centro in 1990.

Stradbroke Finale For Bel Esprit Thursday, 29 May 2003: Outstanding three-year-old Bel Esprit will end his racing career in the $1 million AAMI Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday week. Bel Esprit Photo by Bronwen Healy Purchase this image   Outstanding three-year-old Bel Esprit will end his racing career in the $1 million AAMI [...]

Bel Esprit – Bel Esprit went into the 2002 Golden Slipper as the unbeaten hot favourite.  A winner of the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes, he was yet another fairytale find, selling for only $9,000 as a yearling, and providing Melbourne’s battling punters something to cheer about.  Bel Esprit was ridden throughout 6 of his [...]

Double Stradbroke blow for Bel Esprit Wednesday, 4 June 2003: Victorian colt Bel Esprit was dealt a double blow with an overnight downpour and a horror barrier draw to mark his racing farewell in the $1 million Stradbroke Hcp (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The day started badly for dejected trainer John Symons who [...]

Bel Esprit Decision This Week   Story By Chris Scholtz         Monday, 26 May 2003: Future plans for outstanding three-year-old Bel Esprit will be resolved this week. While Bel Esprit is a definite starter in the $1 million AAMI Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 7, it is still undecided [...]

AAMI Stradbroke Field Wide Open Wednesday, 21 May 2003: The withdrawal of AAMI Stradbroke top weight Defier and a stunning win by Victorian sprinter Bel Esprit in Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 (1350m) leaves the field for Queensland’s premier sprint wide open. AAMI Stradbroke (Saturday 7 June) contender Bel Esprit, who had not won in his last [...]

Bel Esprit Breaks Through for Group I Win By Peter Tonkes Updated: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:15 AM Posted: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:15 AM Email Print RSS ShareThis  Email A Friend Close Window  As Royal Academy rests up before his eighth year of dual hemisphere work his best southern son, Bel Esprit, broke through [...]

Bel Esprit takes out 10,000 Posted Fri May 16, 2003 5:43pm AEST Updated Sun May 18, 2003 9:11am AEST Bel Esprit has won the Doomben 10,000 in Brisbane. The exciting three-year-old overcame some recent below-par performances to win the prestigious weight-for-age race, run over 1350 metres. Backmarkers Private Steer and Spinning Hill came home late [...]

Bel Esprit wins Doomben 10,000 | Saturday, 17 May 2003: Bel Esprit Photo by Bronwen Healy Purchase this image   Retirement plans for brilliant Victorian sprinter Bel Esprit were put firmly on the backburner after the colt’s stunning win in the Group One Doomben 10,000 (1350m) at Doomben. Bel Esprit, who had not won in [...]