The All Stars barn, as Mark and Natalie regularly remind us is only as successful as it is due to the great staff they have.
Just lately a couple of team have announced they are moving on and as the foreman Duane Marfisi explains it is never easy to replace good staff.
"It is always difficult when you lose good staff and with Brian and Lauren heading back to Australia soon after making a good contribution for us and with Maree (Price) retiring, we have been looking around for some replacements."
"I use an international horse website and decided to put an ad on that."
"it was surprising how many hits we got and quite a few people from the other side of the world are showing interest in joining us."
"We have had family down from Canada and been showing them around the South Island so I only got back to work on Monday but we are well into it now with the older horses and the younger ones."
"I rate the two year olds this year overall as better than last year."
"I am not saying there is another Waikiki Beach or Dream About Me there but in overall quality they have impressed me."
"I have driven quite a few I like and one of them is Motu Meteor a close relation to Motu Premier who is going along great", Duane said.
With the way the All Stars two year olds performed last season, that is not good news for rival trainers
David McCarthy – All Stars Racing Stables – Check site here