Katanga Lodge - Shannon Roughan

19/09/2026

A little different from our usual racing content… 🩵🌴

After nine years together, Jeremy and I finally got to celebrate our wedding in Bali — and what an incredible time we had!

A huge thank you to everyone who travelled over to celebrate with us and made it such a memorable week.

Now it’s time to swap the cocktails, pool and wedding celebrations for racehorses, early mornings and muddy boots again! 😂🐎

Mr & Mrs Brown 🤍🌴🥂

18/08/2026

13/08/2026

⭐️ LOST THE PLOT ⭐️

Another sound effort from Lost The Plot yesterday, finishing 3rd at Moe on a bottomless Heavy 10, following on from her gutsy 2nd at the same track on a Heavy 9 the start prior.

She’s really come into her own this preparation. She’s always shown us plenty of ability at home, but until now hasn’t quite been able to put it all together on race day.

It hasn’t been the smoothest prep either, with several suitable races being transferred to the synthetic and forcing us to change plans along the way. She’s taken every interruption in her stride and is becoming a really tough, professional race mare.

Two very honest runs back-to-back in testing conditions and she continues to head in the right direction.

Congratulations to all her connections — a win doesn’t look far away! 🖤🤍🩵🏇

18/05/2026

Portland Sky x Elusive Melody - Filly
By Group 1-winning sprinter Portland Sky, this filly has already been broken in and is currently in work.

She’s been straightforward to do everything with so far and has shown a good attitude early. A nice moving filly that looks like she’ll run early and we’re looking forward to seeing how she develops through the preparation.

18/05/2026

Pariah x Rossarita – Filly
By Pariah, a sire whose progeny have shown versatility and toughness on the track.

This filly comes from a strong Australian family with plenty of winners throughout the page, including stakes performers and horses that have trained on well. She’s a strong, athletic filly with a lovely temperament and a good walk.

18/05/2026

Tassort x Wake – Filly
A neat, athletic filly by young sire Tassort, whose stock are showing plenty of natural speed and competitiveness early on.

She comes from a family that has consistently produced winners and black-type performers both in Australia and overseas. A sharp, balanced filly that looks well suited to sprinting and miler distances.

18/05/2026

Capitalist x Fleeting Fancy (IRE) – C**t
A strong c**t by proven sire Capitalist, whose progeny continue to perform well across Australia with speed and toughness.

Out of a Galileo mare from a quality European family, this c**t combines Australian speed with a bit of depth and staying influence through the dam side. He’s an athletic c**t with a good frame and looks the type that should continue to improve with time.

18/05/2026

✨ 2026 YEARLING PURCHASES ✨

We’re excited to have secured a nice group of yearlings for the stable, with ownership opportunities available in all 4.

These are the types we look for — athletic, sound horses with good pedigrees and value, that we believe we can develop through our system at Katanga Lodge.

🏇 To be trained by Shannon Roughan at Pakenham.

✔️ Purchase price + GST included
✔️ Transport from the sales included
✔️ 12 months insurance included
✔️ Breaking-in included
✔️ All expenses covered until 1st August 2026

📍 Current progress:
• Portland Sky filly – broken in and currently in work
• Capitalist c**t & Pariah filly – currently with the breaker
• Tassort filly – heading to the breakers next week

📩 Feel free to message us for pricing, videos or more information on any of the yearlings.

17/05/2026

Massive congratulations to Ben Kennedy on riding his first Victorian winner today for Phillip Stokes 👏🏇

No one works harder than Ben and the result couldn’t happen to a more deserving person!! Day in, day out he goes above and beyond, not only for Phil’s stable but for ours as well, always putting in the extra work without ever asking for anything in return.

To see that hard work rewarded today was something really special and we honestly couldn’t be prouder. Plenty more winners ahead!! ⭐️🍻

24/04/2026

Raghnall produces a strong effort to run 2nd at Werribee over 1600m today 🥈

Beaten a neck after doing a few things wrong in running, but showed great determination to the line.

Still very raw — just his 3rd career start — and he’s learning with every run.

Well handled by Ben Kennedy 👏
Plenty to look forward to with him