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Nearly a decade on from helping launch the Cobbitty Equine Farm operation, For A Reason has once again been crowned NSW Stallion of the Year, securing the title for the sixth time following previous wins in 2017/18, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Often described as one of the best value-for-money stallions available, For A Reason […]
As the dust begins to settle on another busy breeding season, the harness racing world quickly turns its focus toward the yearling sales, weaning foals and watching the early two-year-olds step out for the first time. At Cobbitty Equine Farm, the 2025/26 season was one of our best yet, with strong support across our stallion line-up. Breeders […]
The Garrard family’s involvement in harness racing goes back a century but their foray into breeding and selling yearlings is a relatively new venture. Trainer Daren Garrard, 55, has 15 horses in work. He has trained 559 winners of more than $3 million. He had an outstanding 2023 season, training 27 winners of $367,000 in […]
There were strong performances in the heats of harness racing’s Club Menangle Winter Championship last Saturday (Jul. 23) but it was the Bathurst-trained pacer Holy Camp Dillon (For A Reason) that caught the eye of most. With his last to first performance, Holy Camp Dillon stormed home in a slick last half of 57.5 to […]
For A Reason, or ‘Frank the Tank’ as he is affectionately known, continues to climb the siring ranks. He is currently the second top three-year-old sire in New South Wales behind Bettors Delight. This result was added to when promising three-year-old The Stain booked a ticket to next week’s Breeders Challenge Semi Finals at Menangle […]
The books are filling fast for new stallion Capt Midnight who has just touched down in the Southern Hemisphere. Standing his first season Down Under at Cobbitty Equine Farm, Capt Midnight is in quarantine and has already been popular according to the operation’s director Belinda McCarthy. He is the first son of former champion pacer, […]
