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At the Start
Bonfire, the Dante winner, and second favourite for the Derby, is out of a mare called Night Frolic. Those of you who were members of Talking Horses back in the Jurassic days may remember that a couple of us who were regulars on Talking Horses were two of a small group of owners of Night Frolic.
We had her only for her racing career. We had the opportunity to lease one of two 2-y-o fillies from the Duke of Roxburghe to race at two and three. They were with John Hills to be broken. John and his assistant trainer both chose the one we later named Night Frolic without knowing which the other had chosen.
They rejected the other filly because she walked strangely and ran even more so, crossing her front legs from side to side as she galloped. She went back to race under the Duke's ownership.
Night Frolic had two races at two without success. She had nine races at three, winning one - on heavy ground at 14/1. We weren't on as she hated the ground (said JH).
The one that was rejected, by the way ran five times as a 2-y-o, winning all five. As a 4-y-o she had had seven races, all Group 1. She won four - the 1,000 Guineas, the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Coronation Stakes sand the Sun Chariot Stakes. She was also beaten half a length by Soviet Song in Leopardstown's Matron Stakes.
Her name was Attraction.
We had her only for her racing career. We had the opportunity to lease one of two 2-y-o fillies from the Duke of Roxburghe to race at two and three. They were with John Hills to be broken. John and his assistant trainer both chose the one we later named Night Frolic without knowing which the other had chosen.
They rejected the other filly because she walked strangely and ran even more so, crossing her front legs from side to side as she galloped. She went back to race under the Duke's ownership.
Night Frolic had two races at two without success. She had nine races at three, winning one - on heavy ground at 14/1. We weren't on as she hated the ground (said JH).
The one that was rejected, by the way ran five times as a 2-y-o, winning all five. As a 4-y-o she had had seven races, all Group 1. She won four - the 1,000 Guineas, the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Coronation Stakes sand the Sun Chariot Stakes. She was also beaten half a length by Soviet Song in Leopardstown's Matron Stakes.
Her name was Attraction.
Yes John Hills had the choice. Mark Johnston found that quite funny I think.
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