South African mare dam of Breeders' Cup 2yo runner

Well done Barry,what a great weekend,Can`t wait until next Month!

so dissapointed for Zenyata, how far back was she at 1 point?! Really gutted, so close in end. Still 1 of the greats.

Mazeltov barry! Brilliant performance! Bring him to europe to take on frankel and the big guns!

Thanks everyone.

That was quite a surprise. I really wasn't confident at all before the race, because a) no horse had won from the 12 or 13 stall in 5 years and b) my colt was outworked by a filly last week.

But when that filly turned up yesterday to win the BC Juvenile Filly Turf, that made me feel a bit better.

To see him stumble and then swerve a fallen horse and make up that many lengths was something. Very, very exciting for us.

Congrats Barry on an incredible day on two continents.-D The way Pluck won was unbelieveable, and for my money Ebony Flyer is the best 3yo filly in SA at the moment.:)o

Ebony Flyer is a beaut (tu) click HERE to see the closing stages of yesterdays race..

Congrats Barry when you hot you hot,what a fantastic days racing for your Team Valor and yourself on the continents.Only 1 word BRILLIANT.

Pluck, winner of the 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT), gained his first winner when Australian-bred Gasoline won at Ellerslie in New Zealand Dec. 26. 

 

A 7-year-old son of More Than Ready  , Pluck stands at Vinery Australia. His dam is Fort Wood's daughter Secret Heart, a South African stakes winner who was group I-placed three times. He has 109 2-year-olds in his first crop.

 

Pluck won three of seven career starts, including the Juvenile Turf by a length atChurchill Downs after annexing the Summer Stakes Presented by TVG (Can-III) atWoodbine. He bankrolled lifetime earnings of $727,290 for Team Valor International.

 

Gasoline, trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman for a partnership, won the 1,100-meter (about 5 1/2-furlong) event by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:04.97 on turf rated good. The 2-year-old colt is out of the Danehill mare Miguelita and is from the family of 2015 European Horse of the Year Golden Horn.

GREAT