Jim Conlan

Headstrong Mare Makes It Successive Wins

Posted on September 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jim Conlan trains a handful of horses these days and he's thankful that Pinyin has improved her racing manners, a change that has led to successive wins.

Posted on June 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mister Yeoh will forever remain in jockey Ben Thompson's memory as the horse that provided the young rider an extended overseas riding stint. A trip to Singapore in November 2018 provided Thompson his first Group race win when he guided Mister Yeoh to victory in the Group Two EW Barker Trophy at Kranji. Thompson credits[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Like everyone, trainer Jim Conlan has been forced to make adjustments to plans for his horses and has abandoned a Sydney trip for Debt Agent. Against a backdrop of coronavirus protocols and conditions on border crossings, former Singapore champion Debt Agent will run in Saturday's Bendigo Mile. The meeting had looked in jeopardy after racing[...]

Posted on October 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate-winning jockey Michael Rodd is making a hit-and-run visit to Melbourne to partner a former Singapore Horse of the Year at The Valley. The ex-pat Australian, now in his fifth season riding in Singapore, won the Cox Plate in 2008 on Maldivian and partners Debt Agent in the Group Two Crystal Mile on Saturday.[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former Singapore champion Debt Agent makes his Australian debut for new trainer Jim Conlan at Flemington. Racing as Debt Collector in Singapore for expatriate Australian trainer Cliff Brown, the gelding's career was curtailed by respiratory issues after posting 12 wins from 24 starts, including five at Group One level. Horse of the Year in 2016,[...]

Posted on September 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Jim Conlan sees the John F Feehan Stakes a guide to spring options for his Cups hope Beau Balmain at The Valley. But Conlan fears the stayer may be balloted from the weight-for-age contest and as a back-up option has entered Beau Balmain in the 2040m handicap on Saturday's program. “I want to run[...]

Posted on June 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Jim Conlan hopes the predicted rain in Melbourne does not eventuate for German import Beau Balmain who is scheduled to have his second Australian start at Sandown. Beau Balmain is weighted on the minimum of 54kg in the fifth heat of the Banjo Patterson Series (2100m) on Saturday with Conlan keeping a close eye[...]

Posted on June 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Delighted with the first-up success of El Questro at Sandown, Cranbourne trainer Alison Sheehan got some extra satisfaction seeing the colours of ex-trainer Rob McGuinness carried to victory. McGuinness was a popular trainer at Caulfield during the 1980s and 1990s before retiring in 2004 and nowadays races a few horses in partnership with Sheehan, including[...]

Posted on May 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mornington horseman Jim Conlan will train his first “Horse of the Year” taking over the preparation of Singapore galloper Debt Collector. Crowned Singapore's Horse of the Year in 2016, Debt Collector is transferring to Conlan's care after finishing fourth in the Kranji Mile for Cliff Brown behind Hong Kong galloper Southern Legend on Saturday. Conlan,[...]

Posted on May 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Jim Conlan has spring aspirations for German import Beau Balmain who makes his Australian debut at Caulfield. Beau Balmain runs in Saturday's Catanach's Jewellers Handicap with Conlan describing the lightly-raced four-year-old a “proper” horse that shapes as a quality stayer. But Conlan is unsure what he'll see from Beau Balmain on Saturday after missing[...]

Headstrong Mare Makes It Successive Wins

Thompson Teams Up With Old Singapore Mate

Travel Makes Task Too Tough For Debt Agent

Singapore-Based Rodd Checks On Debt Agent

Former Singapore Champ Makes Aussie Debut

Feehan Run To Shape Beau Balmain’s Spring

Weather To Decide Beau Balmain’S Next Run

El Questro Impresses First-Up At Sandown

Jim Conlan Takes Over Singapore Champion

German Import Set To Kick Off At Caulfield

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