David Oughton

2 Feb 2011

A new trainer has been a while coming and, privately anyway, we have had the view that a quiet Jockey Club insistence on a southern hemisphere-based trainer as the next expatriate flew in the...

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Southern hemisphere trainers fit the bill

25 Mar 2009

One of the big training performances Down Under in recent weeks was turned in by Melbourne-based Peter Moody, who has taken a smart filly called Typhoon Tracy from a maiden to Group One winner in...

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Fownes hopes luck will be with Crossing

10 May 2006

Trainer Caspar Fownes has declared all systems go in his first international assault, with Bowman's Crossing settling in well before the $14.8 million Singapore International Airlines Cup at...

5:00PM

Cape out for two months

1 Mar 2006

Trainer David Oughton has ruled out Dubai or any other race in the immediate future for Global Sprint Challenge champion Cape Of Good Hope after scans have revealed his knee injury to be more...

10:01AM

Witness holds key to Cape's travel plans - Oughton

24 Feb 2006

'I would be happy to take my bloke to Dubai and avoid him'

Group One racing in two corners of the Asia Pacific rim will have global importance this weekend, particularly Sunday's...

9:27AM

Oughton has a smart winner in waiting

22 Feb 2006

David Oughton has had a quiet season so far but that will be changing very soon judging by the effort of his British private purchase Walkonthewildside at yesterday's Sha Tin trials.

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What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

HK duo are the toast of Tokyo

Cape honoured for global achievements

It started with a shrug and a heavy dose of practicality and hit paydirt at Nakayama yesterday with a marching band and pom-pom girls.

2:51AM

Whyte Figures out way to win

A bit of horse whispering and change in tactics work wonders

11:12PM

Oughton pins his hopes on Roosevelt

Quiet achiever David Oughton hopes rarely raced Roosevelt can be the strongest of his International Races team tomorrow and lift the trainer's results that vital notch from 2003.

1:56PM

Cup hopes still alive for Crossing

Trainer David Oughton will press on to the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup with Bowman's Crossing despite his defeat at the hands of Ain't Here in the Cup Trial on Sunday.

8:16AM

Hayes' Good To Great shows plenty of energy

David Hayes has figured prominently in most of the trials held in the past couple of weeks and that was the case again at Sha Tin yesterday where lightly-raced Good To Great won the second heat....

2:56AM

Bowman's Crossing to regain his old form

A softer tempo and the luck of the draw at long last can give Bowman's Crossing a thoroughly-deserved return to the winner's circle in the Group 3 Sha Tin Trophy this afternoon.

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