Brief Authority (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

25-Sep-23
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Anders

Dam

Shorthand

Prize Money

1300

Owners

Viva Racing (Mgr: M S Lowe), J P Carey, S Nowalinski, C J Bierton, W D Reeks, Ms J Buchanan, R F Lees, B I Kanofski, M Penhey, R I Darrah, A W Worboys, Widden Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Thompson), C C Chidlow, MGFS Racing (Mgr: S D Mitchell) & Mrs A L Deegan

About

Brief Authority is a 2yo chestnut gelding from Australia trained by Matthew Dunn. He is by the stallion Anders out of the dam Shorthand. He has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in his sole start. In his most recent start at Grafton on 19th Apr 2026, he was ridden by Andrew Mallyon and placed 4th behind winner Vantorix.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Grafton 19-Apr-26 1000m GOOD 3 R1 2Y HCP $1,300 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:57.070, SP: 15.00 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.160 1st Vantorix ( L Rolls 59.5 ) 2nd Without Surrender ( D Peisley 57 ) 0.53L 3rd Le Starcell ( D Turner 57 ) 3.02L 4th Brief Authority ( A Mallyon 57 ) 4.38L See full resultsA Mallyon 57kg 4.38L4 (7)
Beaudesert 09-Apr-26 1050m GOOD 4 R8 2Y-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.120 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.840 1st Run For The Girls ( F T Larson ) 2nd Brief Authority ( A Mallyon ) 0.14L 3rd Trinity State ( J Newman ) 1.90LA Mallyon 0.14L2 (4)
Gold Coast 27-Mar-26 850m GOOD 4 R13 2Y-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:50.610 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.360 1st Lucky Sam ( J Guthmann-chester ) 2nd Irenova ( C L Ferris ) 3.50L 3rd Brief Authority ( A Mallyon ) 4.00LA Mallyon 4.00L3 (6)