Irish Flame

Scott happy to be home

Posted on April 21, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat Kiwi horseman Brett Scott is happy to be back home after more than a month in hospital after being kicked in the head by a horse last month. “I am just trying to get back in the swing of things and get my head working right again. I have been home five days, so[...]

Posted on December 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brett Scott will be trying to win his third country feature in recent weeks when Our Big Mike lines up in the Listed Pakenham Cup.

Posted on November 26, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

She may have lived on the Central Coast of New South Wales for 40 years but Margaret Reid, the part-owner and breeder of the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) winner Irish Flame, is still very much a Taranaki girl. So much so that the green and brown colours that Irish Flame races in feature a stylised[...]

Posted on November 25, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Buoyed by a half-million dollar success from two of his human proteges, Allan Sharrock is hoping for big things from three of his equine stars at Otaki on Thursday. The Taranaki trainer heads to the Levin Racing Club meeting with Tavi Mac, Waisake and Our Hail Mary, an exciting trio that all have black-type targets[...]

Posted on November 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former Kiwi galloper Irish Flame overcame a torrid run and a frantic finish to score a narrow victory in Saturday's Listed A$500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m) under jockey Michael Walker. Prepared by Mornington trainer Brett Scott, Irish Flame has been in rich form, and defied a tough run from barrier 16 to win in a close[...]

Posted on November 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish Flame has proven too tough in the Ballarat Cup, fending off his rivals for a narrow win for former champion jumps jockey turned trainer Brett Scott.

Posted on November 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

An anxious week of waiting has had a happy ending for trainer Brett Scott with first emergency Irish Flame gaining a run in the Ballarat Cup.

Posted on November 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Mornington trainer Brett Scott was delighted to pick up a winner at Flemington on Oaks Day with handy middle distance galloper Irish Flame in the Twitter Trophy (1800m). The son of Zed transferred from Scott's old boss John Wheeler after a Waverley trial in late June and the six-time winner in New Zealand has now[...]

Posted on October 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Through friendships forged in the tight-knit jumping community, a number of Kiwi horses have crossed the Tasman this year and joined the Mornington stable of Brett Scott. The latest addition to that list is the dual Group 2 winner Imelda Mary, who will make her first start for the former star jumps jockey in Sunday's[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Taranaki representative Irish Flame scored provincial bragging rights when he took out the day's feature race at New Plymouth, the New Plymouth ITM Interprovincial Challenge (1600m). The John Wheeler-trained Zed gelding defied the determined challenge of Scaglioni to score by a neck with gallant pacemaker Centre Attention fighting on doggedly to hold third. The capable[...]

Scott happy to be home

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Life-long dream realised for Reid

Black-Type targets for Sharrock’s Otaki trio

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Scott’s Irish Flame To Burn At Ballarat

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