Education entrepreneur (readingeggs, mathseeds etc) and horse racing and breeding (Kingstar and Newgate Farms)

Matthew Sandblom retweeted
Trial at Hawkesbury. @mcacajamez is a good warm up rider
One of my biggest thrills in racing. Winning a group race in Europe with an 2yo filly I bred and raised in Australia to northern hemisphere time by Extreme Choice. I first ever I think! @blakeryan86 @NewgateFarm @TTRAusNZ @anz_news
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One of my biggest thrills in racing. Winning a group race in Europe with an 2yo filly I bred and raised in Australia to northern hemisphere time by Extreme Choice. I first ever I think! @blakeryan86 @NewgateFarm @TTRAusNZ @anz_news
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
Congratulations @KingstarFarm! Extreme Choice just doing what he does.
Extreme Choice filly Primetime Emmy collects Group 3 honours in the Prix Eclipse. The Kingstar Farm-bred juvenile is out of King's Chapel mare Princess Emmy and you can read more about the chestnut's unusual story here 👉 bit.ly/4iyqPu8
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Some simple rules for better male friendships that I’ve only just worked out: No subject of conversation should be off limits Truth at all times and call out each other’s bullshit Don’t offer advice unless asked or given permission Deep friendships need one on one conversations
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Having fun with groups of friends is great but if you want to go beyond the superficial you need to have some decent one on one conversations. You may even lose a “friends”practising these rules but the ones your left will be much more satisfying.
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All the self help books or sitting in circles talking crap won’t help you as much as these simple rules
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🇫🇷Haras De Fresnay-Le-Buffard Prix De Lisieux @fgdeauville Deauville - Inédites - Pouliches - 2 ans - 1200m - 10 Pts - 45 700 € 🏆Primetime Emmy (f2) 🏇Mickael Barzalona @mickaelbarzalon 📖(Extreme Choice (Aus) @NewgateFarm - Princess Emmy (Nz) par King's Chapel (Aus)) 🕶️Francis-Henri Graffard @GraffardRacing 🎩Hollymount Stud France Sc 🐎Kingstar Farm @KingstarFarm
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
Daughter of Extreme Choice showed her rivals a clean pair of heels in France 🐎 💨
A nice filly for the @GraffardRacing team! 👀 Primetime Emmy leads them all a merry dance on debut at Deauville and there could be much more to come... 🇫🇷
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Australian bred to NH time Extreme Choice filly wins impressively first time out at Deauville. Kingstar farm know how to breed good ones by this freak stallion ⁦@TTRAusNZ⁩
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
This is brilliant. It's over 4 minutes, but it's gold.
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
Proper colt this for @TrilogyRacing1 @SnowdenRacing1 For your interest, dam sires of Stay Inside 4️⃣ first crop stakes winners: I AM INVINCIBLE NICCONI PIERRO STREET BOSS
🚨STAY INSIDE 🔵⚪️ - SW No 4⃣ ‼️ The Machine Gun holds off the opposition to win the Listed Tattersalls @DoombenRacing for @SnowdenRacing1 under a super ride by @clarkyhk 👏👏 Now 2/2 this @TrilogyRacing1 bred colt looks he could be something special going forward⭐️⭐️ Congratulations to all connections, exciting times ahead 🏁🏁🏆 @shbloodstock #ItsPossible
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
A 3.9L victory on debut that immediately rocketed him to outright Golden Slipper favouritism🚀 @mcacajamez @cwallerracing WODETON⚜️, The Highest Rated 2YO Of His Generation. New For 2026🚀 #GoldenSlipperSpeed
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
🚨New 2YO DEBUT for WILD RULER⚔️🚨 RELINQUISING breaks her maiden in race 2 at @SwanHillRaces for the @shanenicholsrac team 👏 This filly is a @mmsnippets graduate who was bred & sold by @KingstarFarm ⭐️ #ItsPossible #WildForWildRuler
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Group 1 quinella for the Newgate team
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Racing NSW Has Forgotten Its Job And The Industry Should Be Furious Racing New South Wales desperately needs to be reminded that it is supposed to regulate the racing industry, not slowly turn itself into a commercial superpower operating inside it. The reported move to purchase Crown Lodge is exactly the type of arrogant overreach that should have every owner, trainer and participant asking what the hell Racing NSW actually thinks its role is anymore. A regulator is not supposed to become a rent competitor. Full stop. The governing body of racing should not be buying elite training infrastructure and inserting itself directly into the commercial leasing market while simultaneously controlling licensing, funding, policy, integrity and the entire direction of the sport. That is not healthy governance. That is institutional overreach. And the silence around it is staggering. This is how power structures become completely warped. The regulator starts acting like a corporate empire builder instead of an independent governing authority and suddenly the people at the top control everything from the rules of the game to the commercial real estate underneath it. How is that remotely acceptable? Participants are expected to trust a body that now potentially controls the rules, the money, the approvals and the facilities themselves. That should terrify every single person in this industry who still believes in independence and fair governance. Because once Racing NSW becomes landlord to major stables, the conflict questions become unavoidable. Who gets the prime access? Who gets the favourable deals? Who gets looked after? Who gets squeezed out? Who challenges the regulator when the regulator itself is financially embedded in the marketplace? This is exactly why governing bodies are supposed to keep clear separation between regulation and commercial market participation. But Racing NSW continues operating like an organisation that believes there are no limits to its reach anymore. Meanwhile smaller participants are suffocating. Regional racing fights for scraps. Participants battle rising costs. Ownership becomes harder to sustain. The middle layer of the industry keeps getting hollowed out. Yet somehow there always seems to be money available when it involves consolidating more influence and more control at the top end of town. That is the part people are sick of. The industry is tired of watching power centralise while being told it is all supposedly for the greater good. No. The job of Racing NSW is to govern the industry fairly, independently and transparently. Its role is not to become a commercial landlord sitting inside the same marketplace it regulates. Because once a regulator starts behaving like a market participant, trust collapses. And quite frankly, Racing NSW is starting to look less like an independent governing body and more like an organisation that believes it owns the entire ecosystem. It doesn’t. The industry belongs to the participants who fund it, work in it and keep it alive every single day. Not the administrators who seem increasingly addicted to accumulating power.
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Wendy’s putting on a show at our restaurant
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My two Extreme Choice 2 year old fillies have made the long trip from Australia to France to be trained at the beautiful Chantilly to be trained by Francis Graffard. Their names are Primetime Emmy and Extreme Dream @TTRAusNZ @CaroSearcc
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Matthew Sandblom retweeted
A huge thank you to everyone who has donated to the Gofundme - $170k in ten days, which has us well on the path to defending this case properly with a top legal team. You’re all amazing - your support is deeply appreciated 🙏 Our legal team is currently prepping the defence, then the first hearing (mainly to sort admin & timelines) will be on March 27. Here’s a link to the fundraiser: gofundme.com/f/defence-again…
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