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Who Am I? - Fly Under The Radar Series #2
Harness & Greyhounds
JayJay
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The almost perfect type of horse....locally bred, high speed with a 1.55 record, good from the stand, gate speed, longevity, consistent beyond belief, only 4 winning cheques above $10k, the largest a mere $15k, won nearly 30 races and north of a quarter of a million in total prizemoney......raced against the very,very best....and got regularly k'od by them but always bounced back to be placed at the highest level but never landed a big one.
My sire is a very rare species....a fully imported USA horse who actually raced in Australia and a bit of a sleeper in the Sires business....and who finally went to stud after running second at, of all places, Wagin. My mum hails from a very colonial South Australian line with no standout winners, the consistent Nalaara Boy four generations back probably my best known relation. I also resided in a number of stables, with success in all of them, before finally settling in the cooler climes of the South West.
Racing career started as a 2yo at Pinjarra but got beaten by a less than illustrious stablemate. I did manage to win a fairly ordinary heat of The Pearl 3 starts later but got lost in the final finishing 7th of 8. After that, I started to find my feet winning 4 of my next 7 starts, including 3 metro stake 2yo races before being put away to come back as a 3 year old. My 2 year old record was a very healthy 12 starts for 6 wins, 3 seconds and a 4th in the big Sires Stakes race worth for a total earn of over $52,000.
Resuming 6 months later, I won a mid week 3yo at GP scrambling home along the rails from a Stephen Smeath trained horse, and 3 starts later, claimed a metro stake 3 year old win. My next 10 starts produced just 1 narrow win at Pinjarra but I was rarely unplaced. 5 starts later, I rounded out my 3 year old days with a metro 3yo win .....in all as a 3 yo, I had 16 starts for 4 wins, 4 seconds and 4 thirds for $57,000.....Overall 28 starts for 10 wins and over $109,000 with not a single big win anywhere. My owner loved me!!!!
Resuming as a 4 year old 5 months later, and in a new stable, my first 9 starts produced just an MO win but as usual, I was placed 5 times before a further and final stable move did the trick and I strung together a picket fence of 6 wins , mainly provincial, but I did nab my biggest career win and a cheque for $15,000 in a semi classic 4 year old race.
As a 5 year old, I put together another picket fence of 5 wins including a rare (and only) victory against a future nemesis in another semi classic race and a heat win in the Christmas Gift, before failing in the final. I was now punching with the big boys in the group races but I finished down the track in both of my first attempts at Group 1 glory, though far from disgraced. After the carnival, it was back to class racing and I progressed to an M7 with another 3 wins on the trot before successive placings in both sprint and marathon lesser group races. Spelled for the winter to avoid bloody Shattering Class, another nemesis, I returned as a 6 year old in Spetember with a stout FFA win but went winless (although placed) at my next 12 starts....running against Interdominion and WA Pacing Cup legends was just a bridge to far. Spelled again, I returned as a 6 year old for just one mid week victory but the end was nearing and although placed on a couple of occasions at group level, I never won again and I was retired to a nice paddock after 86 starts and 27 wins.
My sire is a very rare species....a fully imported USA horse who actually raced in Australia and a bit of a sleeper in the Sires business....and who finally went to stud after running second at, of all places, Wagin. My mum hails from a very colonial South Australian line with no standout winners, the consistent Nalaara Boy four generations back probably my best known relation. I also resided in a number of stables, with success in all of them, before finally settling in the cooler climes of the South West.
Racing career started as a 2yo at Pinjarra but got beaten by a less than illustrious stablemate. I did manage to win a fairly ordinary heat of The Pearl 3 starts later but got lost in the final finishing 7th of 8. After that, I started to find my feet winning 4 of my next 7 starts, including 3 metro stake 2yo races before being put away to come back as a 3 year old. My 2 year old record was a very healthy 12 starts for 6 wins, 3 seconds and a 4th in the big Sires Stakes race worth for a total earn of over $52,000.
Resuming 6 months later, I won a mid week 3yo at GP scrambling home along the rails from a Stephen Smeath trained horse, and 3 starts later, claimed a metro stake 3 year old win. My next 10 starts produced just 1 narrow win at Pinjarra but I was rarely unplaced. 5 starts later, I rounded out my 3 year old days with a metro 3yo win .....in all as a 3 yo, I had 16 starts for 4 wins, 4 seconds and 4 thirds for $57,000.....Overall 28 starts for 10 wins and over $109,000 with not a single big win anywhere. My owner loved me!!!!
Resuming as a 4 year old 5 months later, and in a new stable, my first 9 starts produced just an MO win but as usual, I was placed 5 times before a further and final stable move did the trick and I strung together a picket fence of 6 wins , mainly provincial, but I did nab my biggest career win and a cheque for $15,000 in a semi classic 4 year old race.
As a 5 year old, I put together another picket fence of 5 wins including a rare (and only) victory against a future nemesis in another semi classic race and a heat win in the Christmas Gift, before failing in the final. I was now punching with the big boys in the group races but I finished down the track in both of my first attempts at Group 1 glory, though far from disgraced. After the carnival, it was back to class racing and I progressed to an M7 with another 3 wins on the trot before successive placings in both sprint and marathon lesser group races. Spelled for the winter to avoid bloody Shattering Class, another nemesis, I returned as a 6 year old in Spetember with a stout FFA win but went winless (although placed) at my next 12 starts....running against Interdominion and WA Pacing Cup legends was just a bridge to far. Spelled again, I returned as a 6 year old for just one mid week victory but the end was nearing and although placed on a couple of occasions at group level, I never won again and I was retired to a nice paddock after 86 starts and 27 wins.
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Did some research and found the horse
Picked up a check in 80 of the 86 starts too JJ
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