brad haza

sports @Thoroughbreds🐎

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

Ball of the Century

#OnThisDay in 1993, Shane Warne bowled his first ball in England and that turned out to be the Ball of the Century.

It drifted lazily onto leg stump, then spat back a yard or two and clipped the top of off.

The famous picture of Ian Healy aahing and Gatting oohing tells the story perfectly.

[The Chaps Chat Cats @chapschatcats]

Cillian Burke being 192cm, stocky as hell, and being able to shift quickly in space feels somewhat unfair.

[Zack D. Films @zackdfilms1]

Why Horses Wear Blinkers 😨

[CricConnect @CricConnect11]

NSW Under 19 cricket team 1983-84

9 played Sheffield Shield Cricket
4 played 400 Tests for Australia
2 Australian Test captains
1 coached the West Indies

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

The difference between big cats

[The Front Bar - Wednesdays 8:30pm AEST 🏆 @thefrontbar7]

In 1993, Adrian McAdam was known for being able to kick footballs into bins on repeat.

In 2026, Adrian and his brother Greg nailed their attempts on their second and third kicks.

Class is permanent ⭐️

#TheFrontBar | Wednesday | 8.30pm AEST 📺

[Anthony J Cummings @ACummingsracing]

Yes Yes Yes-Considering he’s so high up on the sires list, has 3 G1 horses and 11 Black Type performers - he’s a very underrated sire. Huge few months ahead with a lot more to come mak him the best value stallion on the list

[Paul Amy @PaulAmy375]

Busy day for Travis Cloke yesterday. He coached the Oakleigh Chargers in the Talent League, then set out for Yarra Glen to play for the River Pigs. He arrived at 2.10pm, ran on to the ground at 2.20pm ... and proceeded to kick 18 goals.

[brad haza @BHazelman]

@princerubiton Ya full of shit 💩

[🔨Robert The Builder 🇺🇸 @NobodymrRobert]

Do you see it.

[Ian Malpass @Ian_R_Malpass]

By the looks of this, @HKJC_Racing super star KA YING RISING has improved his International Rating to a career high 130 !

Rightly deserved in my view 🐎 💨

[Kylie Riordan @mindfulheal]

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) produces milk so rich and thick it resembles flowing cream… perfectly adapted so her calf can feed underwater without it dispersing. A quiet, powerful reminder that every detail in nature is crafted with astonishing precision. Nature is magical 💙

[Kestrel Thoroughbreds @bruceaslade]

As punters in 🇦🇺 we have so much to be grateful to @godolphin for on a weekly basis:

Well bred racehorses with carefully selected genetics, raised on the most fertile pastures in this country, educated by master horsemen & women from birth to racing stable, and then trained & ridden for race day by the best available. Not a corner cut, not a dollar spared, so that we can have our hard earned on with confidence - a racehorse carrying these iconic royal blue silks. Oh the memories in recent times- Anamoe, Broadsiding, Cascadian, Bivouac, Alizee, In Secret, Hartnell, and this season - Tempted, Pericles, Tom Kitten and some 3yo Colts we will discuss soon

🧾So what does this benefit to racing in Australia cost Godolphin per season:
$20,000,000?

Here are my rough workings to give you some context:

200 racehorses in training x $70,000 per annum = $14,000,000
➕
100 yearlings (120-140 mares) raised to enter the racing program per annum x $50,000 from utero to breaking in = $5,000,000
(Not including service fees, insurance etc)

📊Given that Godolphin Australia is expected to stand on their own feet financially, how do they cover their costs?
*remember they don’t sell yearlings like traditional breeding businesses
💰 prize-money
💰 stallion income
💰 non breeding tried horse sales

Above gives a clue to why these 3YO colts have retired to stud this year:

Tentyris - financial risk outweighs reward. The Everest was probably the only race where he could further his stud value & appeal, but he would have to beat the World’s Highest Rated Ka Ying Rising. He is white hot right now!
2026 fee $80k x 100 live foals = $8m

Observer - stallion CV box ticked with Guineas win. Niggles that were holding back his race performance.
2026 fee $30k x 100 live foals = $3m

Thankfully Godolphin have three other 3YO Group 1 winning colts they have decided to race on for our enjoyment, and their bottomline, in Beiwacht & Green Spaces.

Photo via @FlemingtonVRC

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

Jeffrey Dujon once said that Patrick Patterson was the fastest bowler he ever kept to, even ahead of legends like Holding, Marshall, Roberts and Garner.

He also recalled a hilarious moment from the 1988 Melbourne Test proving just how quick he was.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Most people tuck their shirt in wrong every single day 😳

[𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 @GodswillChemist]

Remember this tip when buying carrots 🥕

[7NEWS Adelaide @7NewsAdelaide]

EXCLUSIVE: Racing has been in the Cahill family for generations and 13-year-old Archie is continuing the tradition. The teenager has bought his first horse with the dream of becoming the youngest Group 1-winning trainer. @Tom_Wilson7 @7horseracing

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

One of the best explanation videos about the dynamics of the Middle East. And why sometimes they seem so confusing.

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

"Does the young fella show any promise?"

Back in 1995, a feature on a 19-year-old named Brett Lee asked just that.

Safe to say… it aged pretty well 👀🔥

#ThrowbackThursday

[Bedroom Fitness @BedroomFitnes]

Put the meat in olive oil, I learnt this trick at a five-star steakhouse