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Newsletter - June 2026
RON STUBBS RACING – JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER
We are now well into winter and winter is not the most pleasant time of the year at any time, let alone for racing and training. Typically for the stable in winter we had a very light month in June with only 9 race starters but we were able to produce 2 winners with Savahay and Brial Rose.
Savahay got the ball rolling on 13 June scoring a nice win at Narrandera starting favourite in a Benchmark 50 over 1400m. Settling about 8 lengths off the lead and still 6 lengths off the lead at the top of the straight, guided by a brilliant rails hugging ride by Ella Bent he stormed home to win comfortably.
He has now gone for a spell and I am looking forward to extending him out in distance now that he is fully mature and racing well. He has now won 3 races from 12 starts and is raced by Petra Stubbs, Casey Tippet, Mick Rutledge and Barry Clark. Well done to connections.
Brial Rose scored impressively at Albury on 16 June in a Benchmark 58 over 1000m. Starting favourite at $2.70 Ella Bent took her straight to the lead and controlled the pace in front and was always in control of the race. Brial Rose excels on heavy tracks so we will keep her going through the winter. Brial Rose has now won 3 races from 16 starts and is raced by Glen Hurry and Graham Schlecht, congratulations to connections.
Rumours Abound was sold in the June Inglis online sale and will now go to stud. Rumours Abound was a very fast horse excelling over 1000m winning 6 races from 24 starts, purchased for $32,000 at the Inglis Gold Yearling Sale in 2021 her record was 24-6:4:1 earning $160,525 including a BOBS Bonus. She was purchased by the owners of Brial Rose, Glen Hurry and Graham Schlecht, and I believe they will send her to Peltzer in the upcoming breeding season.
Rumours Abound was raced by:
Mr S J Hetherton, Mr B D Clarke, Mr M K Coates, Mr R F Goddard, Mr P J Stubbs, Mr P C Vella, Mr T L Burns, Mr C L Campbell, Mr P A Dempsey, Mr M Dyordyevic, Mr D R Luhrs, Mr D Martin, Mr B Tyrell, Mr G H Habermann, The Big Show Punting, Robust Punters Club.
Ella's win on Brial Rose at Albury on 16 June was her 20th winner and as a consequence her apprentice claim reduced to 2kg in the country. During June she had three winners from 18 race rides and continues to do well.
Jason Lyon is on his annual sojourn to Darwin for the winter leading up to the Darwin Cup in early August. Jason rode a double at Darwin two weeks ago and followed up with another double last Saturday.
High Chaparral by Sadler's Wells won the 2002 Epsom Derby over a mile and a half (2400m). He was a regular shuttler to New Zealand and then Australia prior to his premature death in 2014. He has sired three elite Australian stallions, So You Think, Toronado and Dundeel.
So You Think and Dundeel are generally considered staying type sires but each have produced Group 1 winners at 1600m or less, demonstrating the tremendous versatility of the High Chaparral sire line. The Toronado stock are also very versatile and excel between 1400m and 1600m, but he can produce a top-class sprinter as well, such as Masked Crusader.
When I bought Rumours Abound, apart from her conformation and long fluent stride, on pedigree the expectation was she would run a strong 1400m up to 2000m being by Press Statement, who won a Group 1 at 1400m. The more interesting aspect of her pedigree was that she was out of a High Chaparral mare who won five races from 2000m to 2200m. As it turned out, Rumours Abound was an out-and-out speed horse up to 1000m.
The new owners of Rumours Abound intend sending her to Peltzer. Peltzer was the fastest, highest-rated and most precocious two-year-old by the great So You Think and won high level races from 1200m to 1600m. His grandsire, of course, is High Chaparral.
Rumours Abound's first foal will have High Chaparral on both sides of its pedigree. Hopefully it is successful on the track. The interest will be at what distance it excels.
(Story partly sourced from an article written by Tara Madgwick, 'Sires by Bloodline – High Chaparral', published on Breednet, 9 June 2026.)
High Chaparral
Brial Rose, Clinch The Deal, Cooee, Dancing Rainbow, Et Zou, Final Take, Lull Us Away, Majestic Deel, Shallow River and Sister Supero.
Regards
Ron
