Tulloch & Neville Sellwood (Caulfield Cup). Disclaimer: The information contained on this site and the information contained in any email correspondence from OneSelection2Win is intended as a guide only. And so, we come to the 1956 New Zealand National Sales at Trentham, just a couple of months after Tommy’s first Melbourne Cup victory with Toparoa, and where the cashed-up trainer proceeded to purchase seventeen yearlings. Seven races that Tulloch won are now Group 2 races and two are Group 3. 1909- The Rebarbative John Brown and Prince Foote! 1945 – Magnificent Derby … Tragic Aftermath! QUALITY COLT that will RUN EARLY and TRAIN ON. [2] He won at distances from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2 miles (3,200 m), established Australian records at 10 furlongs (1960 Cox Plate) and 12 furlongs (1957 Caulfield Cup), and took 2 seconds off Phar Lap's 28-year-old record for the AJC Derby. ( Log Out /  Tulloch generally refused to try in his track gallops, but on that occasion, the colt realised he had a rival worthy of his mettle. Only disappointing effort came last start when seemingly trained off behind the smart Heatherly. It was an exhibition of fluid athleticism at its best and dare I say it: on the racecourse, there is nothing quite as exhilarating as sheer speed. After a 12-year apprentice at Tulloch Lodge under her father T.J Smith, Gai recorded a winner in her first race, her first metropolitan race and her first Group One race – no mean feat. Tulloch was installed as favourite for the Melbourne Cup - it was rumoured that Smith had a wager of £33,000 to £1,000 that Tulloch would win the Cups double. Under 10 stone 1 pound (approx 64 kg) in the Melbourne Cup and starting 3/1 favourite, Tulloch finished an unlucky seventh, the race being won by Hi Jinx. Tulloch had 16 starts for 14 wins, one second and one third as a three-year-old. Grand plans were formulated to campaign Tulloch in the United States and England, but in April 1958, Tulloch developed a mysterious stomach disease that almost killed him. Tulloch & Neville Sellwood (C. J. Bickley & Son). Mobile: Steve 0438 751 376, ——————————————————————————————————— Sellwood was to get his reward on the winner later in the spring. When the weights for the Free Handicap were released at the close of the season, it was found that Tulloch and Todman were rated equal topweights with 9 st. 5lb while Prince Darius was rated 8lb inferior on 8 st. 11lb. 1913 – Beragoon & the Birth of Kingsfield Stud! Pierro’s progeny are coming. From the jaws of death to the long stretches of Flemington and the (10f) weight-for-age Queen’s Plate in March 1960 – Tulloch’s comeback race. Snippetson Overview. 1947 – Payten & Doyle : The Prince & The Pauper! To be trained by: Gai Waterhouse (Randwick), By the OUTSTANDING GROUP 1 VRC COOLMORE STUD & BLUE DIAMOND STAKES WINNER – STAR WITNESS, Out of NEW STYLE – by SNIPPETS, This MARE has PRODUCED the STAKES PERFORMED – “ESSENCE”, HUGE STRIDE, GOOD DEPTH of GIRTH for LUNG CAPACITY, GREAT BALANCE and POISE when STRIDING OUT, QUALITY COLT that WILL RUN EARLY and TRAIN ON, IDEAL BREEDERS PLATE / GOLDEN SLIPPER COLT, ELIGIBLE for the LUCRATIVE INGLIS RACE SERIES, GOLDEN SLIPPER / GOLDEN ROSE / BLUE DIAMOND ELIGIBLE / NOMINATED, Mark Holland: ‘Great length, lovely head, looks a very tough colt that should run very early, extremely powerful – beautiful colt’, Scott Darby: ‘Sensationally conformed colt – more power than most, looks an explosive colt that should be there at the very early 2YO races including the Breeders Plate and Golden Slipper – a real 2YO sprinter of the highest quality’, Disclaimer: The information contained on this site and the information contained in any email correspondence from OneSelection2Win is intended as a guide only. ———————————————————————————————————, **** BENETEAU x HUSSTERICS FILLY **** Although McCarten harboured dreams of a first-up plunge, the conspiracy of silence that shrouded the gallop was always going to be difficult to hold, particularly when the colt’s first race start was continually being postponed through shin soreness. Resuming in the Warwick Stakes in 1957 Tulloch took on open age competition for the first time beating MacDougal (winner of the Metropolitan Handicap and Melbourne Cup), Monte Carlo (AJC Derby and VRC Derby and LKS Mackinnon Stakes) and Caranna (AJC Derby, Caulfield Guineas and Rosehill Guineas). But now, almost twenty years later, Haley was about to get a much better horse.