Smiling Hussy finishes 4th on debut
What an exciting day being on track to see one of my own horses run for the first time!
Hussy jumped well and settled on the fence around midfield. Despite being very green, when eased off the fence in the straight, she worked home well to finish 4th in the 11 horse field, less than a length behind the 3rd placed horse. Her trainer Leon Macdonald was very pleased with her run, and he is thinking of running her at Balaklava in 2 weeks time if she pulls up OK.
It was also really nice to finally meet some of her other part owners.
Mind you some of us nearly didn’t make it there!
There were major roadworks on the main highway up to Murray Bridge, and once you got caught in the jam, there was no way of getting out. All three lanes were blocked in parts Normally it only takes me 90 minutes to get to Murray Bridge from Two Wells, but today it took nearly 3 hours! I got into the track, just as they were leaving the mounting yard!
At least I got there in time to see her run.
Below is a photo I took of her returning to scale after the race.
Smiling Hussy returning to scale after finishing 4th on debut
I have more photos I took of her that I will eventually add to my on-line photo album. I will post a message here when they have been added.
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