DGR Thoroughbred Services Pty Limited (DGR) has facilitated the purchase of the winners of many of Australia most prestigious races and racehorses. These top quality purchases include yearlings from the major Australasian auctions, tried horses from both domestic and overseas markets and they are also the result of breeding programmes set up by, and managed by DGR for clients.
On The Racetrack
 These winners span the spectrum from 2yo’s, sprinters, milers, stayers, classic 3yo’s, older horses, colt, fillies, weight for age, handicappers, and internationally performed horses.
These successful horses include stakes winners, individual winners too numerous to list here
- FINE DESIGN - Canterbury Guineas Gr1 etc
- SAINTLY (Horse of the Year) - Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate, Australian Cup Gr1 etc
- DASHING EAGLE - 1000 Guineas Gr1, Flight Stakes Gr1 etc
- CATALAN OPENING - DoncasterGr1, Crysler Stakes Gr1, Hong Kong Bowl etc
- DANENDRI (3yo filly of the Year) - AJC Oaks Gr1, Ansett Satkes Gr1 (hd 2nd AJC Derby Gr1) etc
- DANARANI - Flight Stakes Gr1
- GOD'S OWN - Caulfield Guineas Gr1 etc., & Sire
- WONDERFUL WORLD - Caulfield Guineas Gr1, 2nd Cox Plate Gr1 etc, & Sire
- PENDRAGON - Gloaming Stakes Gr2 etc
- TAIKUN - Star Kingdom Stakes Gr3 etc
- STRASBOURG - VRC SAAB Gr2 (2nd AJC Derby) etc.
- ACCUMULATE - VRC St Leger Gr2
- ZINGAM - Tattersalls Cup Listed
- ZAZABELLE - 3rd Melbourne Cup Gr1 & VRC Oaks Gr1
- HIGH CEE - Newcastle Cup Gr2, Ajax Satkes Gr2 etc
- BOOK OF KELLS - Tulloch S Gr2
- SUPER MONARCH - Frank Underwood Cup L
- PRINCE ARTHUR - Frank Underwood & Australia Day Cups L
- KOSI BAY - Emancipation S Gr2, Epona Stakes L etc.
- RUY LOPEZ - Stayers Cup L etc.
- VIEWED - Brisbane Cup Gr2, Japan Trophy L
- GLIDE AWAY - Tunku Gold Cup etc
- MI CASA - Paramatta Cup L
- PASTA EXPRESS - Expressway Stakes Gr2 etc
- PERPETUAL CHECK - Tattersalls Cup L
- MORPHY - 2nd Brisbane Cup Gr1
- BEAT THE FADE - Emanciapation Stakes Gr2 etc
- SHOESHINE HENRY - William Inglis Classic L, 3rd Caulfied Guineas Gr1 etc
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- FRIGHTENING - Moonee Valley Cup Gr2 etc
- and more
Races won include
- VRC Melbourne Cup Gr1,
- MVRC COX Plate Gr1,
- VRC Australian Cup Gr1,
- AJC Flight Stakes Gr1 (twice),
- VATC 1000 Guineas Gr1,
- Hong Kong Bowl Gr1,
- Singapore Tunku Gold Cup,
- STC Ansett (Arrowfield) Stakes Gr1,
- AJC Oaks Gr1,
- VRC Chrysler (Emirates) Stakes Gr1,
- AJC Doncaster Hcp Gr1,
- Canterbury Guineas Gr1 (twice),
- MRC Caulfield Guineas Gr1 (twice),
- William Inglis Classic,
- Tea Rose Stakes Gr2,
- Emancipation Stakes Gr2
- Brisbane Cup Gr2
- Furious Stakes L,
- SAAB Gr2,
- Manion Cup Gr3,
- VRC Carbine Club Stakes L,
- Expressway Stakes Gr2,
- STC Hill Stakes Gr2 (twice),
- AJC Royal Soveriegn Stakes Gr2,
- AJC Chelmsford Stakes Gr2,
- STC Tulloch Stakes Gr2,
- AJC Gloaming Stakes Gr2,
- MRC Norman Robinson Gr3,
- MRC Guineas Prelude Gr3,
- STC Konica Stakes Gr3 (twice),
- Wakeful Stakes Gr2,
- AJC Emancipation Stakes Gr2,
- STC Stayers Cup L,
- STC Winter Cup L,
- STC Lord Mayors Cup L,
- AJC South Pacific Classic Gr3,
- AJC Tattersalls Cup L (3 times),
- VATC Orr Stakes Gr1,
- Ajax Stakes Gr2,
- Kembla 2yo Classic Gr3,
- STC Theo Marks Gr2,
- AJC Frank Underwood Cup LR (twice)
- Australia Day Cup L,
- VRC St Leger Gr2,
- Coongy Hcp Gr3,
- Paramatta Cup L,
- AJC Japan Trophy L,
- MVRC Moonee Valley Cup Gr2,
- STC Star Kingdom Stakes Gr3,
- STC Starlight Stakes L,
- Epona S L.
Notable placings in 2nd AJC Derby Gr1 (3 times), 2nd MVRC Cox Plate Gr1, 2nd STC Rosehill Guineas Gr1, 2nd VRC Newmarket Handicap, 2nd VRC Oaks Gr1, 2nd VATC Toorak Hcp Gr1, 2nd STC Coolmore Classic Gr1, 2nd AJC The Galaxy Gr1, 2nd VATC 1000 Guineas Gr1, 2nd QTC Brisbane Cup Gr1, 2nd AJC Champion Stakes Gr1, 3rd VRC Melbourne Cup Gr1, 3rd VATC Caulfield Cup Gr1, 3rd VRC Oaks Gr1, 3rd VATC Guineas Gr1, 3rd AJC Champion Stakes Gr1, MRC Blue Diamond S Gr1 and more
2005-2006 Racing Season Wrap Up
Last racing season which began 1/08/05 and culminated at Randwick on 29/07/06 was quite productive for our clients who raced the following horses all of whom won in the metropolitan arenas of Sydney & Melbourne and interstate carnivals, those horses including in a vague chronological order Pendragon (2 wins) High Cee (3) God’s O wn (2), Cresta Ru n (3), Byaraja , Mi Casa (3), Wonderful World (2), Kosi Bay (2), Prince Arthur (2), Columate (2), Strasbourg , Choicely , Mulaman , Roadhog (2), Laylia (2), Zingam ; while provincial only winners included Damaze , Cavita , Golden Zen , Extract, Willing and Able (2) , Nordic Dancer (in NZ) . In Asia, mainly in Singapore & Kuala Lumpur we had wins from Never Stop , Lyman Hall , Rata , Zhu Chen , It’s all Money , Seirawan. There were also some place only getters like Viewed, True Paradise, Ballygoran, Winning Big with most of those look likely to join the winners list and only five non placegetters including Sagwala & Lasker.
 God's Own Caulfield Guineas Gr1 Trophy Feature race successes came from God’s Own sensational Group 1 win in the Caulfield Guineas and his equally creditable 2nd in the Gr1 Lightening Stakes 1000m to international sprinter Takeover Target. After racetrack earnings of just shy of $1m, God’s Own was subsequently sold for stallion duties in a $12m deal where he begins his new (fun) career at Eliza Park in Victoria. Pendragon won twice at Group level via his Gloaming Stakes & Norman Robinson Stakes wins, he also added a second placing in the Champion Stakes Gr1 and notable fourth in the VRC Derby Gr1 & third in the Golden Rose Listed behind Racing To win & Paratroopers and in front of our own God’s Own. High Cee dead heated in the Group 2 Newcastle Cup stringing together 3 wins in a row, Strasbourg was victorious with a dashing win the Gr2 SAAB Quality on Derby Day while Kosi Bay opened her stakes record with a win in the Epona Stakes Listed adding a further listed placing at the Randwick carnival. Mi Casa made one of his wins at Listed level in the staying catagory. 2yo Wonderful World ran third in a downpour in the Blue Diamond Stakes Gr1 while running second in the Blue Diamond Prelude Gr3 two weeks earlier. Danehill colt Prince Arthur made an early career mark when running second in the historical Carbine Club stakes Listed also at the Randwick carnival. Cresta Run also made a notable 3 win sequence finishing with a closing third in the $1 Magic Millions Trophy Listed .
On The Farm
DGR has also designed and project managed the development of one of the Hunter Valleys best boutique thoroughbred studs in Brooklyn Lodge (seen here from an aerial shot under construction). A total reconstruction of an old trotting stud from accessing and implementing vital irrigation supplies, pasture development and farm layout, fencing, appointment of architects for structural design, further land acquisition, development of commercial beef cattle program to handover of the completed development.
DGR was able to bring to the project many of the best international working stud concepts into one design, and to be able to project the transformation of the property into a thorughbred stud of the highest Australasian and international standard.
In early 2007 DGR also become responsible for the aquisition and redevelopment on Inverness Stud in the Southern Highlands. Renamed "Think Big Stud" after the two time Melbourne Cup winner, farming and capital improvement have been made to the facility to bring it back in line with best practices and to date DGR is given the mandate to oversee the operation as a private but none the less commercially driven breeding & spelling stud for owner Dato' Tan Chin Nam. With the outbreak of Equine Inflenza in Australia in August 2007, Think Big Stud returned to standing stallions with resident stallion Pendragon.
Mares & Foals in their lush sheltered paddocks at Think Big Stud, Bowral
In the Breeding Barn
The purchase, and management of thoroughbred breeding stock are a feature of DGR's client activity.
DGR has purchased fillies and broodmares on behalf of clients that consistantly produce good returns to the original client and their future owners.
Examples include Dashing Eagle who was a $120,000 private purchase as a yearling. She became dual Gr1 winner of over $585,000 on the racetrack, who was then sold for a six figure sum as a broodmare. Her last three yearlings to be sold made $250,000, $650,000 & most recently $675,000 at the 2005 Wm Inglis & Son Easter Yearling Sales.
Another example Danendri. She was a $80,000 yearling purchase who like also became dual Gr1 winner on the track with stakes of of over $1million. She is now the dam of the Group winner Zingam who was retained as her first foal, while other yearlings have been sold for $240,000, $180,000, $275,000 & $400,000.
Other examples include Tyrises, $32,000 yearling. While unraced has produced the top class sprinter in Taikun, a Group winner with stakes of over $390,000 so far for his connections who chose to retain him for racing. Nassipoint is another unraced mare who was very modestly priced. She left Pasta Express won over $700,000 up to Gr2 level for DGR clients in a distinguished career. Subsequent progeny have sold for up to $825,000.
Zazabelle so close winning a Melbourne Cup when third to Rogun Josh was origianlly a $150,000 yearling has had her only produce sold at auction to realise $220,000 & $375,000.
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