Rock ‘n’ Pop’s son a smart buy
The Waikato Stud-bred and sold My Boss is proving a tidy piece of business for his Singapore owners.
He was purchased by Asian World Racing for $7500 and that investment has now been more than quadrupled.
After a handful of starts, the son of Rock ‘n’ Pop broke through at Kranji over 1400 metres.
The three-year-old is out of the Pins mare Be Fabulous, a sister to the stakes winner and Group performer Keano.
Be Fabulous’ third dam is the Gr.1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Courtza, mother of the champion sire O’Reilly.
The Corner with Garry Chittick
The two of you will be aware of my ongoing concern as to the future of our sport. You could argue I have a vested interest; well, I did have, but my interest now is to give the future generations the opportunity my generation had. Now I can tell you, hand on heart, there were many financial thin times. 1975 was my fledgling start with five mares on 130 acres that occasionally flooded with the well-bred, non-race-winning Super Gray.
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Classy Debut Victory For Major Beel’s Brother Savagram
From a pedigree known all too well by the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, 3yo Savabeel colt Savagram (NZ) kicked off his race career in the best possible way, highlighting himself as a potential black-type performer.
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