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Newsletter - August 2026
RON STUBBS RACING
AUGUST 2026 NEWSLETTER
BIANCO VILANO WINS NSW COUNTRY CHAMPION HORSE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Bianco Vilano has been awarded the NSW Country Champion Horse of the Year at the gala Night of Champions Awards held at Randwick on 27 August.
Owner Andrew Mackay was on hand to receive the prestigious award and, in his acceptance speech, made special reference to his great mate and co-owner of Bianco Vilano, Bruce McNamara. Andrew spoke of their shared love of country racing, the exceptional year Bianco Vilano has enjoyed and the particular pleasure he and Bruce have gained from the fact that he is a homebred. He also kindly thanked yours truly. It is a wonderful honour for Bianco Vilano and everyone associated with him and caps off what has been an outstanding year for a very special racehorse.
THE KOSCIUSZKO & THE BIG DANCE
Bianco Vilano is going well in his preparation for spring racing and will be fit for a first up tilt at The Kosciuszko if he is selected. Slot holders will be drawn on 9 September so let‘s hope for a spot. If it pans out The Kosciuszko will be his first start of his preparation en route to The Big Dance in November.
CLINCH THE DEAL FLIES THE FLAG IN AUGUST
Lightly raced Clinch The Deal recorded his first win from five starts at Wodonga on 17 August, winning a Maiden over 2050 metres. Clinch The Deal has improved with each run and showed early on that he would appreciate racing over longer distances. Being an early four-year-old and a late foal, he has now gone for a spell and it is hoped that he will show further improvement with time to fill out and mature.
He was bred by the Tobin family and is out of their mare Minnie Deal and is by Impending. He is raced by Peter Tobin, Phillip Tobin, Kate Tobin, Ron Stubbs, Barry Edmunds, Tim Tobin, Lisa French and Jan Moore.
Brodie Loy rode Clinch The Deal and had him perfectly positioned throughout before timing his winning run to perfection. Brodie has made a remarkable return to race riding after a long break and, after the first month of the new season, leads the NSW Country Jockeys Premiership with 15 wins from 62 rides, an impressive strike rate of 24.2%.
STABLE APPRENTICE ELLA BENT
Ella continues to ride winners and started the new racing season strongly, riding a winning double at Narrandera on 15 August.
It is great to see Ella continuing to build momentum and gain valuable race-riding experience as she progresses through her apprenticeship.
BREEDING TID BITS
Inglis Ready2Run Sale – Thursday 15 October 2026
The catalogue for the Inglis Ready2Run Sale is now available online.
This sale has the highest winners-to-runners ratio of any sale of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. From last year’s sale alone have already come Group 1-winning two-year-old colt Tron Bolt and stakes winners Hard Kick and Queen Regent. A total of 321 lots have been catalogued. Of those, 232 were acquired at auction specifically for this sale, supplemented by a significant group of homebreds. The depth on offer is incredible, with most of Australia’s top sires represented, while the catalogue features 111 lots out of black-type performers or black-type producers. Breeze-ups will be held at Warwick Farm on 25 September, Taupo on 28 September and Wangaratta on 29 September ahead of the sale. Vision of the breezes and recorded times will be uploaded to the Inglis website and iPad app within 48 hours of each breeze-up session.
LIKELY RUNNERS FOR SEPTEMBER
Lull Us Away • Majestic Deel •
Regards,
Ron
