Roger James
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Pasta
Silent Achiever at this stage, as I think she is only just reaching
maturity and has a lot ahead of her.
Sleepers ( I normally try to stay with non-fiction)
Next season. I think I have as good - if not the best team, that I
have ever had.
International Show Jumping - it all gets 'My Skyed' and watched.
Boyzone...when they were together.
Every owner in NZ Racing at present for obvious reasons.
Pastry Chef.
In New Zealand, it was when I trained my first Gr.1 winner
(Carson's Cash, Gr.1 Easter Hcp). It proved I could be
competitive with the best.
In Australia, it was when Cronus won the Adelaide Cup for the
same reasons.
Watching Show Jumping.
I'm actually planning a trip to Aachen in Germany to go see the
Show Jumping at the Festival of the Horse next June.
Dream of going to the South of France. This is going to happen in
the two weeks after Aachen next June.
John O’Shea
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Ragu
Savabeel - he's been very good to me.
The Story of Robert Sangster.
Spring time.
Food Safari and Fashion Police - I love Joan Rivers, she's the
funniest.
Bruce Springsteen
My wife
Political aid
Winning my first Doncaster with Private Steer.
Cook.
Pheasant shooting in Taupo
Rockpool Bar and Grill in Sydney.
The people
Paul O’Sullivan
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A good pie
Mr Tiz
A Spy Novel
The new season with a fair degree of optimism.
Mrs Browns Boys
Beyonce
Colin Meads
Farming
Winning the Japan Cup with Horlicks
Gym and Exercise
Hawaii
Sha Tin Inn and Chesa
The quality of the stock and the trees
What makes you laugh
The movie ‘The Castle’
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Roast Lamb
Jimmy Choux
John Grisham novel
Fiji holiday
Mrs Brown’s Boys
Rolling Stones…again
My mother
Farmer
Winning the Derby with Jimmy Choux
Go to Fiji (Bula time)
Fiji
Craggy Range Winery
Fantastic Breed of horses
John Bary
Mark Walker
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Roast Pork
Darci Brahma
Mick Kinane’s Biography “Big Race Rider”
War Affair’s 3 Year Old Career
Big Bang Theory
ACDC
Tiger Woods
A Farmer
Hopefully still to come
Spend time with family
Queenstown, NZ
Botswana Butchery, Queenstown
They breed tough, durable racehorses year in year out
Lorraine Jameson
Some of your Black-Type winners
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Chagemar (dual Gr.2 winner and Melbourne Cup runner up), Rural
Song, Inceptor, Hamptons Pride, Bright Halo, Karla Bruni and
Monachee.
Bananas
Karla Bruni at the moment, but Chantal holds a special place.
Lost by SJ Bolton
Grey's Anatomy
Neil Diamond
A teacher
The day I bred 3 stakes winners in one day with Chagemar, Wage
Freeze and Purple Crown.
Reads
Taupo
Saluté in Greytown
Garry and Mary Chittick - Garry has been like a mentor to me. Mark
and Lisa are also now doing a great job.
Breed the best to the best and hope for the best.
Gary Hennessy
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Roast lamb
Ocean Park and Kingston Town
Henry Cecil
Mrs Brown's Boys
The Corrs
Rocket scientist...probably farming.
Definitely winning the Cox Plate
Fishing and watching Rugby
Hong Kong
Tend to like all Seafood restaurants.
Ocean Park and the friendliness we receive out there. It's a great
atmosphere.
Father always said 'There is always another race, there is not
another horse'. So if you have to back off, you do.
Peter Moody
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Black Caviar and Typhoon Tracy
At the moment, I'm reading Bill The Bastard, but in general, any
war history book I can get my hands on.
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News
Bruce Springsteen
A publican or a politician
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The last winner
Darwin
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Drink and smoke and do a bit of cooking.
My BBQ
The people
Keep your eyes and ears open and mouth shut (but personally I
struggle with it).
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Steak eater myself – love steak (medium rare)
Kingston Town, Brew, Xcellent and Second Coming.
Inside Racing mag
Mrs Brown’s Boys
Crowded House – great fan of the Finn boys.
Dairy farmer
Probably winning the 2000 Melbourne Cup with Brew.
Usually play golf.
Europe – Austria in particular.
Jack’s Satay Bar at Moonee Ponds in Melbourne
They continually keep breeding Group class horses.
My old boss Dave O’Sullivan drummed into me ‘Keep yourself in
the best company and your horses in the worst’
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Chocolate
Ocean Park and Boundless
Anything trashy
Vicious
Lady Gaga
In insurance
Boundless' Oaks win
Ride a bike
Fiji
O'Connell Street Bistro, Auckland
Ocean Park
Send your mare to Ocean Park
The true story of a great
Australian war horse
who rode with bravery
and valour at Gallipoli,
the desert campaigns of
Egypt, and Palestine
Mike Moroney
Cherry Taylor
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Brendan Lindsay
Jo Lindsay
Chicken potato chips
Bonecrusher
Breaking Bad
Frank Sinatra
Bored
Any kind of sweet pastry
Redoute's Choice
Mad Men
Pink
The day J'Adane was beaten a nose in the Gr.1 Kelt. This was the day
that we decided we wanted breed a Gr.1 winner.
Head out to the farm to see the horses.
Love Italy - particularly the Amalfi
Lake Como in Italy.
Coast.
Francesoir in Melbourne or Euro in French Café, Auckland
Auckland.
The friendly positive attitude of the An idyllic farm that has an
people.
amazing warmness about it.
One losing day, is one day closer
Be positive!
to a winning day.
Garry Chittick
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Trout I've caught and prepared.
Stallions O'Reilly and Centaine because they put Waikato Stud in
the position that it's in today; Georgina Belle and her daughter
Habania for being wonderful foundation broodmares; and as far as
racehorses go Sunline, Daffodil, Legs and Glamour Puss all rate
right up there.
I Was A Man
Watching Test Rugby and the Reunion Rugby Show.
Am a budding artist and author - I have written two books.
Willie Nelson
Drawing humorous cartoons
A lawyer.
The success of Centaine - otherwise none of this would have
happened.
Go racing, trout fishing
Lake Taupo
The Drawing Room at Mount Maunganui
The success
Make a decision and make it work
David Ellis
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Bluff oysters
Rock ‘n’ Pop and Burgundy
Richard McCaw’s autobiography
Seeing All Blacks play the South African Rugby team.
Have five children - four daughters and one son. All of whom, I am
very proud
of.go to the races and make a dollar, than go to a
Would
rather
concert. young people.
Mentoring
Cattle farmer
Meeting Karyn at Trentham.
Selling horses is my relaxation. Have sold over 50 in the last 12
months.Beach Honolulu
Waikiki
Antoine’s in Auckland
Horsemanship and their total dedication to our great industry.
I once heard Hall of Fame trainer Colin Jillings tell an owner to ‘put
his brain into gear before his tongue into motion’.
Danny O’Brien
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Roast Lamb
Glamour Puss and Star Witness.
Rafael Nadal autobiography
Seinfeld
Have degrees in Law and Economics
Rolling Stones
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kind
My wife Nina tells me I’m very good at making a mess.
A History teacher.
Quinellering the 2007 Caulfield Cup with Master O’Reilly and
Douro Valley.
Play with my kids Thomas and Grace
Italy
Euro in Auckland
Game Gully
Be Patient.
Graeme Rogerson
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Japanese - Sushi and Teriyaki in particular
Savabeel's progeny.
Form Guides.
Trackside
Have a wife that is a great horsewoman.
Seabiscuit.
In the Financial markets.
Winning the Golden Slipper and the Cox Plate.
Spend time with my Grand kids - they have ponies, do Kidz
Cartz, and are involved in everything at the stable.
Broome in Western Australia.
The Seahorse in Coogee.
Breed top horses.
My greatest sayings are:
"The man that has the gold, makes the rules," and
"Luck is hard work".
Anthony Cummings
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Bacon and Eggs
Fiveandahalfstar and Hotel Grand.
Hotel Grand enabled me to get Fiveandahalfstar and he's been a
life changer.
Crime Fiction writer Michael Connelly
Murdoch Mysteries
Batman
Not as happy.
Winning the Gr.1 Victoria Derby with Fiveandahalfstar.
Go to the Gym
Thailand
La Vecchia Cucina in Sydney
Savabeel
Never give up, never say die.
Max Whitby
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Steak - medium rare
Savabeel - obviously.
Loius Nowra - the author of A Biography of Kings Cross.
Seinfeld
Millers Guide to Gambling
Salmon Fishing in the Yeman
Concentrating on my Futures Trading Company (Propex)
Winning the Cox Plate with Savabeel
Work - I'm a futures's trader.
I've been working since I was 14 years old. This has included owning
bars and restaurants, futures trading and as of more recently, a new
recycling business venture.
Fiji
Bourbon and Beefsteak, Kings Cross
The people and the horses.
Treat it as a business and then the fun comes along.
Parachuted solo out of an aeroplane when I was 16.
Glen Boss
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Steak - rare
Makybe Diva and Shogun Lodge.
Seinfeld
Wayne Bennett - The Man in the Mirror
(Blurb: The story of a remarkable man who helped launch a new
rugby league club and turned it into a powerhouse)
The Shawshank Redemption
Riding Grand Prix Motorbikes
Winning the 1995 Golden Slipper on Flying Spur and the 2005
Melbourne Cup on Makybe Diva.
Play golf and hang out with my family.
Phuket, Thailand
Koko - Authentic Teppanyaki Restaurant in Crown Melbourne.
Ocean Park - he's a special horse to me.
Never take your eye off the prize. Don't give up.
Fly a helicopter.
Stephen Marsh
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Mexican - soft shell tacos
Ruud Awakening, Rough Habit and Chettak
Two and A Half Men
Thoroughbred Racing Magazine
Taken (starring Liam Neeson)
Professional tennis player
Winning the Karaka Million with Ruud Awakening
One of my favourite things is going to a great restaurant and enjoying
really good food and wine.
Singapore
Without doubt The Grove Restaurant in Auckland (St Patricks
Square) - just outstanding!
They are proven stud. You know you are getting a quality product and
you can be confident in knowing they'll go on.
The more effort you put into the game, the more you will get back.
Won a claybird shooting prize at Game Gully.
Phil Cataldo
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Dairy Milk Chocolate
Better Than Ever, So You Think and Sunline.
Two and a Half Men
The Vincent O'Brien Story
Gladiator
Probably in the family fishing business
Coco Cobanno winning the AJC Oaks, Kibbutz winning the VRC
Derby Gai's 100th Gr.1 win with Herculian Prince, and
Descarado winning the Caulfield Cup
Drink red wine with family and friends, and play golf.
Tiger Woods
Singapore
Logan Brown in Wellington
Magnificent farm run by a great team.
Favourite WS-sired horse: Tullamore - he won a Brisbane Cup
and ran third in a Caulfield Cup.
Joss Collins -famous agent who worked with the British
Bloodstock Agency
The only place where success comes before work is in the
dictionary.
Am married to the highly respected and now retired trainer Bill
Wylie's daughter Robyn.
Lance Noble
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Gummy Bear lollies
Sunline
The History Channel
World Without End, written by Ken Follett
Caddyshack
Lost

Going to Jim Gibbs at age 17
 Having my first good horse on my own, which was Irlanda
Bush walking/tramping.
Vincent O'Brien
Anywhere with my wife Leigh and kids Connor and Robbie
Jervois Steak House in Auckland

O'Reilly - I've had a huge amount of success with
progeny by him.
 Waikato Stud horses are a natural article. What you see
is what you get and you know they will train on.
Jim Gibbs and anyone really who has shown real longevity in the
industry.
Patience.
Stress out occasionally.
Murray Baker
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Pan-fried Snapper
Makybe Diva (stayer), Black Caviar
(sprinter), Kingston Town (all-rounder)
The Comedy Hour on Chanel 15.
The Blood, The Soil, The Gold by Tim
Gard.
Forewords by Bart Cummings and John
Foote.
-An
exceptional
study
of
the
thoroughbred that raises to another level
the reader's appreciation, enjoyment and
indeed success in racing. A must for any
horse lover's library!
In Travel.
Potter around on our property outside of Cambridge
Shane Warne.
Probably Bolivia and Iceland.
The Woodbox
They stand extremely good stallions - including Savabeel
My first employer, Harry Greene and later day employer Ray Cotter.
Winning any Gr.1 race in Australia.
Work hard and be honest.
Lived in Europe for 3.5 years when I was 21.
Joe Walls
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Italian - Puttanesca particularly
Older times Kingston Town, nowadays horses Sunline and Black
Caviar
CNN
John Grisham novel.
In motor racing.
Cook
Astronaut John Glenn - to prove it wasn't a hoax.
Whitianga, where I have a beach property.
Zuma in Knightsbridge
Wonderful pasture, the Kaimai Ranges backdrop and the hospitality.
Peter Kelly.
I didn't actually sell him, but when Don Eduardo sold for $3.6 million as
a yearling at Karaka.
Keep yourself in the best company, and your horses in the worst.
About 25 years ago, I told Garry Chittick he had sh#t for brains and that
no one would remember his or Centaine's name in 6 months’ time.
Was involved in dirt track racing in New Zealand for 15 years at
Western Springs.
Brendon McCullum
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Wife's lasagne
O'Reilly
The Mentalist
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma.
- A remarkable story about living your dreams
A jockey (a hungry one)
Golf, racing and family.
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Nelson Mandela and Michael Jordon.
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Lasagne or McDonalds after a tough day.
Sunline
The Office - English version
Historical Fiction
Disappointed...can't imagine doing anything else.
Play Golf
Miley Cyrus
Visingso (in Sweden)
The Hollow Frog in London.
Getting well bred horses to train.
Murray Baker and my Grandfather Merv Maddren.
Nom du Jeu winning the AJC Derby.
The man who never made a mistake, made nothing at all.
When I was younger I had a fear of clowns. - I used to freak out at
Ronald McDonald and couldn't look at him, but I've clearly gotten over
that now.
Queenstown
Cibo, Auckland - great service and people!
The people! Mark, Lisa, kids, dogs & horses. Great people!
Close friends and family - that's who it's all for.
Lots of times I'm proud of, but hopefully World Cup 2015 will be it.
Never let success go to your head and never let failure go to your heart.
Own racehorses - some are good, some are a work in progress!
Andrew Forsman
Caroline Searcy
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Anything with melted cheese
Kingston Town
Thoroughbreds – even if I didn’t work on it, I’d still watch it!
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Working in radio
Walk The Dog/Gardening
The Queen
Port Willunga in South Australia
Otto at Wooloomoolloo in Sydney
The stallions, in particular now, Ocean Park!
Bruce McAvaney, Anne Fulwood
Hosting national coverage of this amazing sport of racing
The importance of attention to detail
Hmmm tricky one…that I worked in radio in Darwin and was a football
connentator for the NTFL.
Sir Peter Vela
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Fresh fish
Frankel
Trackside
Best Bets
A Fish Merchant
Travel
Gary Player
Barbados in Summer and Beaver Creek in Colorado in the Winter.
Zuma Restaurant in London.
For as long as I have known them, they have always had the courage
of their convictions with the stallions they have stood. The veracity,
with which they have adhered to these philosophies, now sees them
as an incredibly dominant sire force in the industry.
Professor Roy. He was the Chair of Politics at the University of
Waikato. When I was a 7th former at Nelson College, he came to our
school and as a result I chose to go to Waikato University. He had a
wonderfully sharp mind and had a profound influence on me.
War Horse
Winning the Hong Kong Cup with Romanee Conti and then breeding
and racing a Melbourne Cup winner out of her in Ethereal.
The only place that success comes before work, is in the dictionary.
I like to ride my bicycle.
Michael Coleman
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Potato chips
Sunline
Two & A Half Men (when Charlie Sheen was in it)
Tears In The Wind. The Lance O'Sullivan story
Rocket Scientist
Play golf
Tiger Woods
Hawaii
Redoubts Bar
Their Group 1 horses & Mark's red wine
Jim Gibbs & Greg Childs
Star Wars
Xcellent's NZ Derby & 2 Melbourne Cup rides (both ran 3rd)
Watch how the good jockeys ride, not the bad ones
I have 2 hole in 1's
Aidan Rodley
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Career Influencers:
Favourite Film:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
Not many people would know that...
Vanilla flavoured Ice cream
Xcellent
The Almighty Johnsons
Man 2.0 Engineering the Alpha
A professional rugby coach
I spend time with the family, punt and move the cattle.
Grant Fox - he's my idol.
Sunset beach at Port Waikato holiday camp.
With the results that they consistently achieve, they are always
a good source for news.
Dave McCarthy, Wally O'Hearn and Dennis Ryan.
Chariots of Fire
Interviewing Roger James after Silent Achiever won the Derby
Don't attribute blame, learn from the experience.
I played a first class Rugby game at Carisbrook.
Tony Pike
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horse Seen
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Book on the bedside table:
If you weren't a trainer, you'd be:
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If someone was going to play you in a
Not
many
people
movie,
it would
bewould know that...
Rush Munro's Ice Cream. There is an unfounded rumour that it
is donut's which is totally untrue!
Sacred Falls of course. I'll send the bill later.
Prefer a good movie
Usually a racing calendar.
A bored accountant
An afternoon with the family and ponies at the beach.
Anyone who is looking for a trainer.
Queenstown
O'Reilly's bar at Karaka.
Alan & Linda Jones, Jim Gibbs and my Family.
21
Sacred Falls Hawkes Bay Guineas
Be Patient
Jack Black
I did actually ride in a race.
Vinnie Colgan
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horse Ridden
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Book on the bedside table:
If you weren't a jockey, you'd be:
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Favourite Film:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that...
Love chocolate.
Zonda
2 ½ Men - the original series
Don't read much.
A Jockey Manager
As little as possible. Like to lie on the couch watching tele.
Tiger Woods
Fiji
Getting beautiful horses to ride.
Noel Harris and Roger James.
Shawshank Redemption
Winning 5 Derbies - Zonda, Roysyn, Hades, Redoute's Dancer
and Habibi
Never care what others are doing. Focus on yourself.
He's not little but Denzel Washington would be good.
I'm a bit like an old women. I like to keep a tidy house and
everything has to be ironed.
Lance O’Sullivan
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horses Ridden
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Book on the bedside table:
If you weren't a trainer, you'd be:
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Who would you love to meet or have met:
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Favourite Film:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that...
Nestle Scorched Almonds.
Mr Tiz, Horlicks & could potentially have been O'Reilly had his
career not been cut short.
I don't watch a lot of TV.
The Wolf of Wall Street.
A Business man of sorts.
The most relaxing time is on the farm planting trees. Other than
this, I like a gin in the spa, or walking around the farm.
Bono
Hawaii
Their integrity and honesty when it comes to the horse sales.
My Dad Dave O'Sullivan and brother Paul - he's not a brother in
the biblical sense, in fact far from it.
Forest Gump and The Castle.
Winning the Japan Cup on Horlicks in 1989.
Treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.
Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise - either could play me. The similarities
and looks are unbelievable.
I've planted in excess of 7000 trees personally - hence the
reason for shoulder surgery a year ago. Every year I plant a
minimum of 100 trees.
Shane Kennedy
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horse Trained
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Book on the bedside table:
If you weren't a trainer, you'd be:
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Favourite Film:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that...
Roast Lamb
Hurrah
Sky Sport
Thoroughbred Racing Monthly
A lot richer!!!
Play Golf
Tiger Woods
Paihia
O'Reilly
Talking with past top trainers the likes of Dave and Paul
O'Sullivan come to mind
Happy Gilmore (ask Mark sometime he knows the story!)
Would have to be last weekend's result; Emerald Queen winning
for Kevin Hickman on the same day Silent Achiever won - it's
great when the plan goes to plan
Talk to everyone on the way up cause you need them on the way
down
James Gandolfini who played Tony Soprano
Played rugby in France
Sam Spratt
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horse Ridden
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Favourite Movie
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that...
Sweet Pastries
Mufhasa
Don't watch much TV but I used to watch of Sons of Anarchy.
NZTR Racing Monthly
A builder - as a kid this is what I always wanted to be.
Do stuff with my son, Cody. Going to sporting events.
Heading to England soon, so I'd love to meet the Queen
Rarotonga
There fast horses.
Colin Jillings and the McKee family
Katy Perry's Dark Horse
Dora The Explorer
Winning Gr.1's is always a highlight - think there's been about 15
so far.
Treat others as you'd treat yourself and Mum also used to tell me
to always give people a happy face.
Mila Kunis
I was actually really good at Athletics. I ran second in the
Auckland 800m Championships in bare feet at High School everyone else had running shoes on.
Bruce Perry
Favourite Comfort Food:
Best Horse Seen
Favourite TV show:
Best Horses Selected
Book on the bedside table:
If you weren't an agent, you'd be:
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Favourite Movie
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that...
Smoked Fish Pie
Frankel
Game of Thrones
Ambitious Dragon, Lucia Valentina and Atlante
Inglis Easter Catalogue
Architect
Fly fish
The person presenting the Oaks Trophy next week.
Kinloch
Mark and Lisa
My father
With Or Without You
Blown Away
Ambitious Dragon winning the Hong Kong Derby
Love what you do
Matt Damon
Played Polo in Australia
Allan Sharrock
Favourite comfort food:
Best Horses Trained
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Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that I...
Roast Lamb
Wahid, Shez Sinsational (and possibly The Bold One)
Coronation Street
The Informant
Dry Stock Farmer
Watch a bit of Football with mates and I Wine and Dine a bit too.
Tiger Woods
Brisbane
Professionalism.
My father Bob
I'm an AC/DC man myself
Shawshank Redemption
There's been a few highlights really.
I'd say winning the Great Northern Hurdles with Tawhiti Road,
the NZ Derby with Wahid and the Auckland Cup with Shez
Sinsational, would all have to rate right up there.
You only get out of life what you put into it.
Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry
After my shower in the evening, I always wear a pair of Warriors
shorts that Tony Kemp gave me.
Zac Purton
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If someone was going to play you in a
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Not many people would know that I...
Love a steak
Suits
None
No idea
Play golf
Tiger Woods
Italy/Vegas
They produce G1 winners
Too many
Recently - The Wolf Of Wall St
Winning the World Super Jockeys Series in Japan
Keep turning up
James Bond
Lived in NZ for 5 years when I was younger
Troy Corstens
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Name three people you'd like to have a
dinner party with:
Career Highlights:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that I...
Calamari Snitzel @ Jervois
Entourage
Ms Funovits (never saw her true potential) or Mosheen and
Starspangledbanner
Steve Jobs - Biography
Yearling buyer!
Really enjoy watching my son play football. The Team Manager
job keeps me busy but it's a good break away from thinking about
horses.
Jesus would be a good one I reckon.
Would have to be Europe. Love it over there.
The people and the horses. Always have a very good lot of
strong athletic yearlings with very good bone.
My Dad, John Sadler and Peter Whittaker
Good Will Hunting
Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill and Brent Thomson. The first two
would be a very interesting conversation and a dinner is not a
dinner without BT involved!
Starspangledbanner's Caulfield Guineas win
Worry is a futile emotion
Hmmmmm maybe Seth Rogen (David Hayes would tell you John
Candy)
Lived in South Africa for a year
Dave O’Sullivan
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Favourite Sport
Name three people you'd like to have a
dinner party with:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that I...
Scorched Almonds
Watching Sport - Golf and Rugby
Horlicks and Mr Tiz were the best horses I trained and I'd say
O'Reilly was the one with the most untapped talent.
Any book by Wilbur Smith
Carpenter
Watch TV
John Key - just find him very interesting.
Hawaii
The professional way its run.
The late Allan Pearce.
Gladiator -a bit of blood and guts but a good film.
Golf - currently have a 23 handicap.
John Key, Tiger Woods and to make it interesting, Garry Chittick.
Winning the Japan Cup with Horlicks
Don't change what succeeds.
My favourite actor is Russell Crowe, but he could hardly play me
in a movie.
Was a boxer when I was young.
Mark Chitty
Favourite comfort food:
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Best Horses Bred:
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Favourite Movie
Name three people you'd like to have a
dinner party with:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that I...
A good steak pie
Person of Interest
Ron Breeds them! And he says Weston Lea
Henry Cecil
A Teacher
Watch the kids play sport
Nelson Mandela
Fiji
Justine
Charlie Roberts and my Dad Ron
Top Gun
The boys from NZ’s comedy show 7 Days – they never fail to
make you laugh
Fix winning NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year
Listen
Hugh Jackman
Once played a part in Ladies Night!!!!
Mark Chittick
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Best Horses Bred:
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Favourite Movie
Name three people you'd like to have a
dinner party with:
Career Highlight:
Best piece of good advice:
If someone was going to play you in a
movie, it would be
Not many people would know that I...
Dark Chocolate
Every year’s yearling crop – they are always going to be the best!
Trackside or News
The Informant
Farming or modelling
What’s that?
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
Wanaka
Everything - couldn’t be better
Garry and Lisa
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Charlotte, George, Harry and Lisa.
Keeps your ears open and mouth shut.
The day WS-breds Daffodil, Vision and Power and Bird won the
Gr.1 Oaks, the Gr.1 Doncaster and the Listed Warstep Stakes.
Me
Am a coin collector (mint issues)