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Harness & Greyhounds
JayJayJayJay    8,623 posts
Harness & Greyhounds
Another of those "got a sore leg, didn't race much" deals but when I ran, I was a pretty serious horse. From my 42 starts, I can boast a remarkable strike rate of 47.6% wins and 85.7% placed. My mum was just an okay horse.....unlike fellow winners of the not terribly prestigious Great Southern Derby like Red Vicar and the brilliant Volutis, she never reached great heights with just 5 wins. In the breeding barn, of my 7 brothers and sisters, all have won races, my sister of a similar name was a 2yo group winner but the rest of them were pretty ordinary. I was definitely the pride of the family with $300k plus in race earnings.
I was very fond of "picket fences" putting together strings of 7,3 and 5. And although I won some very big races with group 1 wins at age 2 and 3, it was what I ran 2nd in that I became somewhat famous for. How unlucky can a horse be to run 2nd in 2 Group 1 Derby's, a Group 2 Classic and the best Group 1 classic 4yo race held in WA. Breaking down after my 4yo days, I sadly left my lifelong trainers establishment but was bought back to racing in the care of an about to retire and very much scaled down high profile trainer who produced me in magnificent fettle for one last campaign.....he very appropriately engaged my former trainers son to drive me to one last GP win. Sore "leg itis" again took over and that was it. In spite of only a moderate breeding pedigree, I made a pretty reasonable go of it in the breeding barn much to the surprise of many. Modesty aside, I was what many reckoned to be a damn handsome lad, some even said stunning.
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  • NatsNats    64 posts
    Rich and Spoit? Started with Reed then was with Humphries when he came back.

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  • JayJayJayJay    8,623 posts
    Well that didn't last long Nats  ....What gave it away? Yep, Rich and Spoilt, 20 wins, 16 placings from 42 starts including 2nds in the Australian Derby, WA Derby, Western Gateway and Golden Nugget out of Great Southern Derby winner Nola's Nuisance, dam of Rich and Sassy and 5 other minor winners. Actually ended up with Phil Coulson at the end for his last GP win driven by Mark Reed in 2002...Phil had stopped race driving by then and was only training a couple of horses ...Smoke And Ashes and a galloper or two....I saw him at the stables at that time...what an imposing lovely looking horse he was but his leg was a big issue. Been a big success at stud with over 100 winners at near on 34% winners to live foals over 3 years old since his first drop in 2003.

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  • NatsNats    64 posts
    This was right in my era of knowledge. Will always recall him running second to Talladega in WA derby. Those 2 were classes above the rest of that years local crop

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  • ChariotsonfireChariotsonfire    3,025 posts
    Nats said:

    This was right in my era of knowledge. Will always recall him running second to Talladega in WA derby. Those 2 were classes above the rest of that years local crop

    Lost on protest to Talladega after forcing it four wide coming to the bell.
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  • JayJayJayJay    8,623 posts
    Yes, he shifted out markedly under pressure that night, something he often did in his races. Never in doubt that the protest would be upheld. Seelster Sam, who performed ingloriously in the WA Derby and was sent back to trials, came out a fortnight later and won the Australian Derby beating Rich And Spoilt after Talladega got badly held up and ran 3rd. Aside from the top few, there wasn't a lot of depth in the 3 year old ranks that year....I remember having something on Smoke And Ashes at 66/1 in the WA Derby that year and it ran like most 66/1 chances.
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  • ChariotsonfireChariotsonfire    3,025 posts
    I don't think it was in the run to the finish from memory I thought that Reed Snr shifted out when Talladega was making its run three wide coming to the bell forcing it four wide against the rules.
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  • NatsNats    64 posts
    Holm for Xmas ran 3rd in that WA Derby. Was a speedy customer who won races here a an older horse for Aiden Warwick
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  • GilgameshGilgamesh    5,008 posts
    Did he win the Pearl or was it another 2yr old feature?
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  • JayJayJayJay    8,623 posts
    Yep, he won the 2yo Pearl Classic and the 3yo Sires Stakes, also 2nd in a heat of the Victoria Derby and 6th in the final won by Stars And Stripes.

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