2011

One day in October

Just before the Melbourne Cup, all eyes were on the fashions trotted out at the AATBL finals on 30 October 2011. Hoping to improve his prospects for next year, Painter […]

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PROXY ON PROXY Larry, a bocce ball and Barney do the proxy thang at Hyde Park.

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  Our day at Hyde Park had it all.  We had a strange Rasta dude who jogged around the lake the whole time we were there.  We had proxies winning […]

MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS SEEN AT EG SMITH RESERVE A cluster of lights hovers above the head of Big Pineapple
MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS SEEN AT EG SMITH RESERVE
A cluster of lights hovers above the head of Big Pineapple

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  Round 7, played among the swirling ghosts and lingering queasiness of Prix d’Amour in Mosman Park, had it all. Stormboy continued his revival, even if it was only against […]

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Aiming for Asti? The Rock shows his concern when The Banker explains that he may find himself playing for the Asti in 2011.

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  The last Sunday in July saw the AATBL take over Allen Park in Swanbourne, in wintry conditions. Teffles toppled Big Pineapple.  Painter and Reg both took down RE, Reg […]

Mochu, Teflon or KGMC? AATBL members discuss the vexed question of nomenclature.
Mochu, Teflon or KGMC?
AATBL members discuss the vexed question of nomenclature.

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The 2010 AATBL AGM boldly went were no AGM had been before.  Yes, the epithet market has been ever-so-slightly deregulated. Now, if Brand X wants to trade up to a […]