Needles in Haystacks are, allegedly, hard to find. Never tried. A fun filled option one afternoon…??
Gems amongst the Tattersalls “Horses In Training” catalogue are similarly evasive….
“Can we see him trot please. Actually, don’t bother, he’s struggling to walk sound let alone trot…”
“Trainers notes say that this lad will be perfect for Bahrain….” Yeah, right….
Needles in haystacks. A big black inked cross in the catalogue beside many potential ones when the winning page becomes visual reality…
Meaning that the pool of options becomes a puddle as opposed to an overflowing lake…
The real good ones are very obvious. Plenty headed to a different hemisphere and the chance to run around for telephone numbers in prize money. A happy hunting ground for Australian racing and no wonder that those trans global telephone lines are red hot…
We followed a few through with muted hope – and then watched as bids raged off high walls and down antipodean wires…
Late in the day, we struck. And absolutely thrilled to do so. THINTHREAD, Lot 317. Love at first sight. And the same when we back down the hill to check and check again…
A sense that he might have just snuck under a radar or three. Very solid form in France for Monsieur Fabre. But the form not highlighted in the Timeform figures that so many swear by. An official rating of 89 – but again this was not evident from casual perusal of the catalogue….
Ted Durcan thought he would go for 80,000 Guineas at least…
Headed home to psom having been bought for 40,000 Guineas. Delighted. Excited. Thrilled to have him on the team. He will be on that gilded flight to Bahrain in six weeks time. He’s FOR SALE….
He will fly free and first class (cost circa £16,000) to The Kingdom courtesy of The Bahrain Turf Club. His owners will be given $10,000 to spend on their travels to Bahrain. He will race in $80,000 and $100,000 races….
Instant action Middle Eastern fun in a massively progressive racing jurisdiction for prize money that makes commercial sense…
FOR SALE outright or for a Syndicate….
