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Lou Luciani is one of the most experienced horse trainers in WA. He offers owners a complete package, from selecting and buying a horse through to agistment, training and racing. He takes care of everything – from organizing horse floats to taking care of paperwork – so that owners can have as much or as little hands-on as they want.

Saturday 26 June 2010

BELMONT TREBLE FOR TEAM LUCIANI!!!

"TEAM LUCIANI" as the media appear to have labeled us lately had a day out at Belmont last Wednesday when we took four horses to the races and won with three of them. TERADA showed the benefit of a good first up run when he was well ridden by Clint Harvey to score a very impressive win. The win suggests that there may be a few more in store for him.It was especially pleasing to have Clint Harvey ride his first winner for the stables. Clint has ridden work for me for quite a while yet every time we have had a winner ready for him he has managed to get suspended only to watch someone else go out and win the race on the horse he should be riding. To his credit Clint has hung in there and I am happy to have him on board my horses.

CAMPOBELLO showed by his gutsy win over 2000m that he too has ha bright future ahead of him in staying races especially during the winter months. The horse was racing second up and travelled wide throughout from his wide barrier. He is still very immature mentally and will continue to improve with age.

The final leg of the treble was brought up by COLD COMMAND. This little guy is a bit of a stable favourite. Not because he is any champion but purely because of his attitude and his all round character. A lesser horse would have been retired a long time ago with the problems that this horse has however he is such a competitor, he just loves to be there on race day. I would love to see him win a Saturday race. I have said quite often that he has Saturday class ability who is lucky to be racing.



TERADA WINS WITH CLINT HARVEY ON BOARD.



WILLIE PIKE STEERS CAMPOBELLO HOME A WINNER.



PAUL HARVEY GETS COLD COMMAND OVER THE LINE FIRST TO BRING UP THE TREBLE.

Friday 11 June 2010

BASKERVILLE STREET IN IMPRESSIVE RETURN




Four year old mare BASKERVILLE STREET produced what was probably her best performance to date when winning in great style at Belmont last Saturday. The mare was racing first up after a lengthy break and she was ridden a masterful race by leading jockey Paul Harvey.

From her good barrier, Paul was able to have the mare handy throughout and when the runs presented themselves in the straight, the mare did the rest. BASKERVILLE STREET had a somewhat un-nerving start to her career when she was racing in a forward position at Ascot at her first start when she had her legs taken out from underneath her by another runner thereby dislodging her rider and falling herself in the process. The mare took a while to regain her confidence and show her true ability.

Last preparation we brought her back in the hope that she would measure up to the black type mares races over the carnival however a series of bad barriers and a few feet issues meant she was never able to produce her best. With some added maturity and a bit of luck with the barriers on Saturday, she was able to win in a manner which suggests that there could be more wins in store for her.

Wednesday 9 June 2010

IF ONLY WE COULD HAVE IT THIS WAY.

An oldie but a goodie as they say in the classics. I still get a laugh out of this one sent to me by my mate Pat.

IF ONLY!

The Pope and Kevin Rudd are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd, at the AFL Grand Final.

The Pope leaned towards Rudd and said,"Do you know that with one little movement of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy?

This joy will not be a momentary display, like those believers in a
football match, but go deep into their hearts, and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"

Rudd replied, "I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand?

Show me."

So the Pope backhanded the self-important, pompous little bastard.