Aerovelocity pleases with trial win

24 September 2016

Pins’ outstanding son Aerovelocity showed his readiness for a return to racing with an impressive trial success at Sha Tin yesterday. In the hands of regular rider Zac Purton, the Paul O’Sullivan-trained multiple Group One winner bowled along in front in his 1000 metre heat on the all-weather track and they were never headed.

Aerovelocity is aiming to get back on track after an aborted second tilt at Japan’s Gr 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m) in March. He suffered a bout of colic during that trip and his one outing since that health setback brought a below par eighth in the Gr 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin.

“He got a pass from Zac and that’s hard to get,” O’Sullivan said. “He’s still pretty big in condition, but he’s got another trial and then a couple of races leading into the international (Hong Kong Sprint). “He’s eight years old and anything from here on in will be a bonus. The plan is the Premier Bowl followed by the trial sprint in November and then the Hong Kong Sprint. It worked two years ago.”

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Eighteen months ago, Texas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt walked through the lush Waikato pasture of Matamata’s Balcarres Stud and announced he wanted some just like it for his own.

Today he has-360 acres about a mile down the road which has been transformed from a dairy farm to one of New Zealand’s leading horse and cattle breeding establishments.

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