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CONGRATULATIONS SILVER MEDAL- Ringwould Jaguar & Sonja Johnson & Team including Gus & Jim Saunders(proud owners of Jaguar) and Dan & Phoebe Johnson(proud parents of Sonja).
We will welcome you all home at the Southern Horse Council AGM on 1st September 2008, 6.30pm Centennial Park, Albany. (more…)

With less than three months until the running of the ‘the race that stops a nation’TM, the Victoria Racing Club
(VRC) today announced Albany as one of the official 2008 Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour destinations.
The Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour highlights the heroes connected with the 147-year history of the
illustrious race, and celebrates the cultural and social significance of the Melbourne Cup,

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Monday 11th August
  It was a very successful cross-country day; the rain held off until the last four riders, no one got hurt as far as I know, there were no horse falls, and the crowd enjoyed it. My sympathy goes out to Andrew Nicholson, sixth time Olympian, who fell off at the 28th fence, and to Alex Hua Tian, the first Hong Kong Olympian, who fell off at the 8th fence, as well as the others who fell foul of the new rule that makes a rider fall cause for elimination.

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Owners of Ringwould Jaguar, Jim and Gussie Saunders are on their way to Olympics.  Watch this space for news of Sonya Johnson and Ringwould Jaguar at the Olympics. 

Ringwould Jaguar winner CCI3* Sydney April 2008

Ringwould Stud, Redmond, (near Albany) Western Australia.

Thursday 7th August
 Hello Everyone,
  We have arrived in Hong Kong after a difficult flight, there was a typhoon attacking the S China coast & Hong Kong and the airport was closed, so we were diverted to Singapore. Fortunately the Qantas pilot had warned us of the possibility & that we had plenty of fuel so no worries, just a 7 hr longer trip.

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