Aaron Bain Racing looks to have a talented New Zealand purchase in Nunya who thrashed his rivals winning a maiden at Gawler on Thursday, November 5.Trained by Aaron Bain &amp; Ned Taylor, Nunya, a red-hot $1.45 favourite, dashed away in the home straight to win the LJ Hooker Property Specialists / Gawler &amp; Barossa Maiden (1706m) by 7-1/2 lengths, eased down, from In Private ($12) with Ateyate ($7), a length away third.Jockey Jackson Murphy was able to lead comfortably on the four-year-old but had close attendance from another run on settling down.The gelding shook off his challenger turning for home and quickly put a space on his rivals to win easily.Trainer Aaron Bain believes Nunya will prove a good Saturday class middle distance galloper.“We were very keen to maintain a strong gallop with this horse,” Bain said.“He really doesn’t have a turn of foot but can maintain a very strong gallop.“It was the reason Will O’Malley, ABR’s Racing and Bloodstock manager purchased him.“He is a horse that can get on the front end of a staying trip.“We have had a bit of a false start with a few of the Kiwis we have bought but they are starting to hit their straps.“In his second preparation he has really settled in and come of age.“Jackson (jockey Jackson Murphy) rated him beautifully at the front end today.“Nunya has really come on this preparation and the team at home have done a fantastic job with him. He was a little bit of a work in progress when he first arrived, he was even hard to catch in his box, he is a bit quirky.“His New Zealand owner stayed in him for a good percentage and a shout out to them.“It was good to see what he did today, and we believe he can go on and measure up in metropolitan company, but we will step him through gradually.”Winning jockey Jackson Murphy is excited by Nunya’s potential.“He got annoyed a little bit early, but it really was not too much of a concern,” Murphy said.“Nunya looked fantastic and has come up really well this preparation.“Unfortunately for him the last few times he has stepped out he has been new and raw.“He has waited for them which has been detrimental to his form, I think he should have probably won his first two.“It was good to see him put them away comfortably today, but he is still doing a few things wrong and ran away from the rail in the home straight.“There is a lot further for Nunya to go and it is always nice to win like he did today.”

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Nunya

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Co-trainers Aaron Bain and Ned Taylor brought up their 100th winner in their training partnership at Morphettville on Melbourne Cup day.The pair started their joint training situation at the beginning on the 2023/2024 racing season and at Morphettville, it was Shogun Chikara which gave them the significant victory.An odds-on $1.85 favourite, Shogun Chikara, having just his second start, was brilliantly rated by Jackson Murphy to win the Sportsbet Fast Form Maiden (1600m).Murphy took the four-year-old straight to the front and was able to get him into a comfortable rhythm before stoking him up turning for home giving the chasing pack a tough challenge to catch him.Shogun Chikara was powerful through the line scoring by a length from Empress of Kirk ($3.90) with Fullheadofsteam ($19) a distant four lengths away third.Trainer Aaron Bain said it was rewarding for he and Ned to reach the 100 winners with Shogun Chikara, a horse which had tested the trainers.“He has been a big work in progress for more than two years,” Bain said.“A big thank you to the team at home for their work to get him to where he is today.“He has proved hard to get into the gates – when he does go in he pings the start – but he has taken a lot of work from the ABR team.“It was an absolute nightmare for us to get his ticket, but the hard work has paid off and now he is good.“He can gallop, he has always been able to gallop, and I have to thank the owners for being so patient.“Shogun Chikara has a nice long, loping stride and we believe he will get further.“Today, although they got to him on the home turn, he kept building and was really strong through the line.“Hopefully the challenges are behind us, and he can keep getting better and better.”Winning jockey Jackson Murphy believes Shogun Chikara has a good career ahead.“He put the writing on the wall at his last start when he ran so well,” Murphy said.“But he got a bit lost in the run and that was my biggest concern today.“He did have a bit of a think about it but luckily he had the rail, and I kept him going and he won convincingly.“The whole race he was floating, and I have suggested to Aaron and Ned that he might be a blinker horse later on, but we wanted him to get the maiden out of the way without the gear.“Shogun Chikara has now ticked that box, and I think he is going to go a lot further.“I think he will go on to better things as he is doing it on raw ability at present.”

Shogun Chikara

Stockman's Choice

Promising filly Nolabell broke her maiden status in brilliant style at Strathalbyn on Wednesday, October 21.Trained by Aaron Bain &amp; Ned Taylor, Nolabell led throughout for an authoritative victory in the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Maiden (1200m).Jockey Jackson Murphy had the three-year-old filly, the well-backed $2 favourite, away brilliantly from barrier eight to find the front and from then, she was never seriously challenged racing away to win by 5-1/4 lengths.Murphy rated Nolabell perfectly, giving her an easy time mid-race before dashing away over the final 300 metres.As much as $2.20 was bet about the winner which defeated Khorasan ($8) with Esticon ($41), a half-length away third.Trainer Aaron Bain is confident Nolabell has better wins ahead.“She was good, she timed the gates well today,” Bain said.“She pinged them and it was all over pretty early when she was able to get an easy time in front.“Nolabell is a classy filly, and she put paid to them today.”Bain said the winner carried the colours of the syndication company Imagine Racing.“Kristy Edwards used to work for us at Aaron Bain Racing but has branched out.“Kristy ran Imagine Racing in Victoria, moved to South Australia and worked for ABR in the owner’s space but has just started a syndication business again. There is a new website launching and they have bought a horse today.“Imagine Racing has four horses with us, a ready-to-run horse out of New Zealand, this filly Nolabell, a two-year-old colt out of the sales in Adelaide and today they bought Leading Ride at an online auction for the Headline dispersal sale.“Hopefully, today’s win will be the first of many with Imagine Racing.“We bought Nolabell out of the Adelaide sales and from day one she showed us a lot of promise.“She was first up in a Dequetteville as we had a big opinion of her as she had jumped out really well but got it all wrong on debut.“After a spell she was good at Balaklava. We had debated about running from a wide gate and she didn’t quite time the jump.“Today, Jackson (Murphy) got it right, he has had a good association with her. She is a hot filly and today went out a few minutes before the others.“The more we learn about her, and she works with us, I’m sure she is as metro class filly and hopefully bigger and better things are ahead.”Winning jockey Jackson Murphy agreed with Bain’s confidence in Nolabell.“She is a very talented little filly,” Murphy said.“We are enjoying where Nolabell is going at the moment, and she is only going to improve from the win.“We felt she was ready at Balaklava, but she sweated up before the jump, was steady away and it was quite hard for her, and she couldn’t quite put it together late.“Today she showed the benefit of her last run, and she is a talented filly.

Nolabell

Aaron Bain Racing was delighted to partner with talented jockey Taylor Johnstone for her milestone 200th race winning ride at Morphettville on Saturday, October 10.Johnstone, 23, was aboard Winning All Round for trainers Aaron Bain &amp; Ned Taylor in the Hahn Handicap (1522m) at Morphettville and she could not have given it a better run.Well backed from $13 into $6, Winning All Round settled one wide behind the leaders early before coming with a strong run to score a length win from Damelli ($9.50) with Big Rita Jane ($8), three-quarters of a length away third.ABR has identified Johnstone’s talent in the saddle and the win was her 13th for the stable, with 26 placings.Trainer Ned Taylor said Winning All Round had deserved the victory.“He is a very honest horse,” Taylor said.“He tends to take a bit of work on the corner as he hits a flat spot.“He has been building this prep, and it was nice to see him put if all together today.“As a big, long horse, on the corner, he struggles to pick up ground, but when he came into the straight he picked up ground, hit top gear and went away with it.”Taylor said Winning All Round bounced between the training facilities at Angaston Park and Murray Bridge to have him right on race day.“He does his galloping work up the hill at Murray Bridge but in between runs he goes back to Angaston Park as he likes the environment up there to relax and the combination of both suits him well.Winning jockey Taylor Johnstone was relieved to chalk up her milestone win.“I had been counting down to my 200th,” Johnstone said.“It has been a long road from 190 to 200 but I’m definitely glad to reach it.“Winning All Round has been a super consistent horse.“I liked him from the moment I sat on him, but he was really green and didn’t know what he was doing.“In fact he lost his maiden on protest at his debut. He learnt from it and has built a nice career.“It was a nice win today.“My horse was going well in the straight and lengthened when he was challenged. The more I asked the more he lengthened and that is what I like about him.“He might even like a bit more ground in time.”

Winning All Round

A late change of mind proved a winning decision with Stockman’s Choice scoring at Monday’s Labor Day meeting of the Gawler &amp; Barossa Jockey Club.Stockman’s Choice ($4) finished best to grab a neck victory in the Holdfast Insurance Brokers Maiden (1100m) from Madam Moneybags which had been sensationally backed from as much as $12 to start the $3 favourite. Brave Fortune ($7) was a half-length away third.Apart from the $12,500 first prize, connections also collected an additional $8360 from the Racing Rewards bonus scheme.The winner, a four-year-old gelding having just his third race start, is trained by Aaron Bain &amp; Ned Taylor and was ridden by Jackson Murphy.Bain revealed the decision to run at Gawler had only been made at 7am on Monday.“When Ned (Taylor), myself and Will (Racing Manager Will O’Malley) spoke on Sunday we thought the best option was to head to Mildura where we had accepted for a race on Tuesday,” Bain said.“However, when we woke on Monday and saw three scratchings from Gawler, our minds changed and we came here – for once we got it right.”Stockman’s Choice showed promise at his first two runs late last year which both resulted in fourths and indications were that he had improved with a good break.Bain said it had been a perfect ride by jockey Jackson Murphy.“Jacko stayed off the fence and got the perfect spot one-one,” Bain said.“He got out at the right time and hit the line full of running.“It was good to see the horse sharp enough to win at 1100 metres.“He will take plenty of improvement from that and as we step him out in trip will continue to improve.“I’m sure wherever we head he will be competitive.”Winning jockey Jackson Murphy believes Stockman’s Choice is a promising galloper.“He was really good today,” Murphy said.“He was a bit ‘antsy’ in the gates but jumped well and I was able to get a bit of cover.“I was a bit worried in the run as they had gone a bit steady because he is a horse that needs to find his gears and get rolling, but he wound up late and got over the top of them.“It wasn’t until the last 200 metres that I was confident he would get home.“I thought he was only just reaching his top at the end, and he has more to give.“He is going to get better and better with racing, and he is a really smart horse.”

Stockman’s Choice

Blackjack

Largs Legacy

Leading Impact

A change of scenery for Episode 7 of ABR Access!Will and Nathan are on location at Murray Bridge, taking a quick break from setting up the new ABR barns to bring you this week’s update.The boys chat about the move, what’s happening around the stable, recent results and what’s ahead for the ABR team. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Z1mpTA7iJ6ymJhBbpDdSG?si=pWKOenB3Ro2OFYp4Ve_z8Q">Listen on Spotify click here! </a> Or watch below on Youtube. <iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6kz93n9liW0" width="640" height="360"></iframe>

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