Diamond Thunder

Diamond Thunder To Shake Up Guineas

Posted on January 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney three-year-old Diamond Thunder will wear blinkers for the first time in his attempt to cause an upset over Alligator Blood at the Gold Coast. Diamond Thunder is one of the few runners given any chance against short-priced favourite Alligator Blood in Saturday's $2 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m). Trained by Mark Newnham, Diamond Thunder[...]

Posted on January 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham is hoping to get a deeper insight into the carnival credentials of progressive pair Splintex and Academy when they contest separate races at Randwick. The speedy Splintex, who boasts a victory over subsequent Group One winner Exceedance, tackles the Bushfire Appeal Race Day 25th January Handicap (1000m) on Saturday after finishing third to[...]

Posted on December 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham believes Arousal is a stakes filly in the making and she will be given the chance to capitalise on a last-start win when she lines up at Randwick. She will be the trainer's only representative at the meeting on Saturday when she runs in the Benchmark 72 for three-year-olds over 1300 metres for[...]

Posted on December 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's Mark Newnham has already trained 16 stakes winners in his short career by sticking to a formula of choosing the correct path to big races. Newnham experienced a lot of major race success when stable foreman for Gai Waterhouse and has continued since branching out on his own in 2016 and his wins include[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Favourite backers have been given a scare in the Magic Millions Wyong Stakes when the race did not go to script for Josh Parr and odds-on elect Diamond Thunder. The three-year-old was slow to muster speed in Thursday's 1200m-feature and settled worse than midfield, usually a recipe for trouble on the small circuit. But Parr[...]

Posted on October 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Diamond Thunder has continued trainer Mark Newnham's run of carnival success this spring with a first-up victory in the Brian Crowley Stakes at Randwick. Newnham has won the Gloaming and Spring Champion Stakes with Victoria Derby favourite Shadow Hero and landed a Moonee Valley win on Friday's night's Manikato Stakes program with Greysful Glamour. However,[...]

Posted on June 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham's stellar run of late-season success with his two-year-olds has prompted the emerging trainer to make serious spring carnival plans for his young team. A long-time deputy to Gai Waterhouse, Newnham only took up training in his own right three years ago and has already celebrated Group One wins with Maid Of Heaven in[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham had a super Saturday but he is growing in confidence he can do even better this week in a Group One race. Newnham is well known in Queensland from his days as Gai Waterhouse's foreman but he is rapidly making his own name in his two-year training career. He trained three[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham struggled to think of a better 40 minutes he has had in racing when Diamond Thunder won the Listed Oxlade Stakes. Diamond Thunder ($5) gave the Sydney trainer the feature Doomben two-year-old double when he steamed home from near last to beat the favourite California Zimbol ($2.30) by a half length. Newnham had[...]

Posted on May 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Searching for a tough, two-year-old type at the Magic Millions yearling sale, trainer Mark Newnham found a colt by Dawn Approach who ticked all the right boxes. The only problem was, he proved a shade too tough to handle as a colt. “His first start he absolutely went to pieces in the yard,” Newnham said.[...]

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