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By Graham Potter | Sunday, October 16, 2022

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The Michael Nolan trained Kisukano has always been a class act and her entry in an Open Handicap over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on October 16 did not go unnoticed.

The now five-year-old Bel Esprit mare may have had her issues over time, most notably her manners at the starting gates, but her well above average ability has never been in doubt since it was brought to the fore very early in her career.

Kisukano won the $500 000 QTIS Two-Year-Old Jewel in only her fourth start to rubber stamp her standing at the time and the fact that win was part of a sequence of successes (including a hat trick of wins) which saw the Nolan trained runner claim six victories from her first eight starts only further enhanced her reputation.

Later she would finish third in the $150 000 Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas and the $130 000 Listed Eureka Stud Tatts Classic … as well as claim as runner-up finish in the Listed $200 000 Nudgee Stakes.

Since those first eight runs (and those six wins), Kisukano had, in fact, finished in the first three places in nine of her eighteen subsequent runs leading into this latest Sunshine Coast assignment. Read more ...

KISUKANO BACK WHERE SHE BELONGS (OCTOBER 16)

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To kick off with a winner in the first two-year-old race of the season in Queensland is obviously always a huge plus for any stable, and when that result is achieved at your home track on its biggest race-day of the year, it just adds another element to the level of satisfaction and celebration.

That was the result outcome produced by the Michael Nolan trained filly Bedaub when she triumphed in the QTIS Pat O’Shea Plate which was contested over 1000m at Toowoomba on September 24.

Not that the daughter of Easy Rocking was always earmarked for the race.

“When we first had her in work … she was a little bit small and we weren’t thinking of an early two-year-old race or anything like that,” explained Michael Nolan.

“We thought we would just educate her with a few other young ones and turn her out.

“That was the plan … but then, as she progressed in the prep, she handled the work … she was a beautiful moving horse … and she just took everything in her stride.

“Before she was due to go out, we let her come down the running and one of the work riders commented how good she went, so we only gave her a short break and brought her back in … now with the Pat O’Shea race in mind. Read more ...

BEDAUB GIVES MICHAEL NOLAN A BIG HOMETOWN WIN (SEPTEMBER 24)

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SOLID WIN AND PLACE PERCENTAGES ACHIEVED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY (FEB 27)

Sound enough results

TWO QUEENSLAND 'STATE OF ORIGIN' HORSES DOING QUEENSLAND PROUD (FEB 27)

Hinged wins his Group 1

COUP RAISES HIS GAME - SCORES TWO WINS IN FEBRUARY (FEB 24)

Coup is on a bit of a roll

DOLLOP WINS AT ONLY HIS SECOND ATTEMPT (FEB 19)

A very promising first two carrer starts

WHEN PLACINGS ARE THE NEXT BEST OPTION (JAN 30)

Keeping the ball rolling as best you can in the circumstances

KISUKANO CONTINUES TO CAMPAIGN AT A HIGH LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. FINISHES SECOND IN THE NUDGEE STAKES (JAN 1)

A stable star who is never far away from the action

AUTUMN DAZE GIVES THE MICHAEL NOLAN STABLE A NEW YEAR'S DAY WINNER (JAN 1)

The stable strikes early in 2022

NORTHERN EMPRESS IN A CAKEWALK (DEC 23)

Just too easy

ADALISSA WINS WITH A DEGREE OF COMFORT (DEC 23)

A well deserved Maiden victory

KISUKANO REAFFIRMS HER WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ABILITY - AND THERE IS A WIN FOR I'LL TELL YOU NOW (DEC 14)

Big effort by Kisukano in the Group 3 Eureka Stud Stakes

A RACE TO RACE DOUBLE FOR THE NOLAN STABLE (NOV 27)

Piccanni and Rose Pin on the scoreboard

LITTLE MIX LANDS A SPARKLING DEBUT WIN (NOV 13)

Winning against the odds

KISUKANO FINISHES THIRD IN LONG-AWAITED COMBACK (NOV 2)

Just warming up

KISUKANO’S PROUD RACE RECORD: PART 1 (OCT 31)

KISUKANO’S PROUD RACE RECORD: PART 2 (OCT 31)

A stable star is set to return

KEEPING THE STABLE SCOREBOARD MOVING (OCT 30)

No cigar but every result counts

FROM BEING AN EMERGENCY, TO WINNING BOTH ON THE TRACK & IN THE STEWARD'S ROOM - IT WAS QUITE A RIDE (OCT 19)

Bearnas's dramatic first career win

NO GROUP 1 FOR HINGED – YET (OCT 13)

Hinged never seriously in the hunt in the 1000 Guineas

IS HINGED SET TO JOIN THE GROUP 1 WINNER'S CLUB? (OCT 12)

The Michael Nolan stable is watching their former runner's rise into the big league with a keen interest

FORMER TOOWOOMBA GALLOPERS DOING THEMSELVES PROUD IN GROUP 1 COMPANY IN SYDNEY & MELBOURNE (OCT 2)

The Toowoomba racing fraternity revelling in their bragging rights with Incentivise and Hinged

HAIL TO THE CHIEF TICKS THE BOXES TO CLAIM HIS SECOND CAREER WIN (OCT 2)

A step up in distance and giving weight to all of his rivals not a problem for Hail To The Chief

FOND MEMORIES OF A VERY SPECIAL HORSE (SEPT 29)

A tribute to a stable favourite

MICHAEL NOLAN’S THREE SIGNIFICANT CONTRUBUTIONS TO THE RICH HISTORY OF THE WEETWOOD - PART 1 (SEPT 21)

Taking Miss Imagica to back-to-back victories

MICHAEL NOLAN’S THREE SIGNIFICANT CONTRUBUTIONS TO THE RICH HISTORY OF THE WEETWOOD - PART 2 (SEPT 21)

Playing a part in helping Skye Bogenhuber claim a piece of race riding history

MICHAEL NOLAN’S THREE SIGNIFICANT CONTRUBUTIONS TO THE RICH HISTORY OF THE WEETWOOD - PART 3 (SEPT 21)

Being involved in the closest finish in Weetwood history

LONGER TRIP SUITS SHORT SARA AND HAIL TO THE CHIEF PUTS THAT FIRST WIN ON THE BOARD (AUG 28)

Another two winners added to the honour roll

BENT BENNY HAS HIS DAY IN THE WINNERS' ENCLOSURE (AUG 24)

A visit to Dalby pays dividends for the Nolan stable

A'YUN LAPS UP THE 2450M TO CLAIM HER THIRD WIN (AUG 17)

A'yun shines over ground

PRINCESS BOJACK ... NEVER IN DOUBT (AUG 14)

Princess Bojack steals the show but Puckish and Twilight Boom play their part

HINGED’S CAREER TAKES A CHANGE IN DIRECTION

A sudden change of plans plus a couple of progressive placings gets the new season scoreboard rolling

ANOTHER PROMISING TOOWOOMBA GALLOP SOLD TO A SOUTHERN STATE SYNDICATE

Another Toowoomba loss is a southern states gain

MICHAEL NOLAN RACING - THE MONTH OF JULY, 2021

What a successful month it was!