Ego wins the Group 2 Concord Handicap
The Group Two victory of Ego (E Dubai-Buckling) in the Concorde Handicap has come at a great time for the Henderson’s at Bluegables Farm who will be selling his half sister at the 2011 Karaka Select Sale.
According to Monty Henderson, who owns Bluegables with his wife Judy, Ego’s half sister by No Excuse Needed is a lovely tall athletic filly, and a bit lighter in bone than her siblings.
“We are delighted that Ego is finally showing the potential he always threatened to show, and it’s great for the family. It’s a family that has had no luck in the breeding barn and both his mother and grandmother have very patchy breeding records.
“They all went to top stallions, but either had dead foals or missed. Buckling (Redoute’s Choice – Miss) bowed at tendon at two, and when you look at the size of her it’s hard to understand why she was even tried at two.
“Her mother, Miss Wutika (Marscay), was a winner at two and stakes placed twice, and she has left three winners, while the third dam Miss Lazarus (Sir Tristram – Winning Hit) was placed on several occasions,” he said.
Winning Hit is a half sister to Christmas Tree, Euphoria and Jewel In The Crown, and there is a lot of Australian black type in this part of the pedigree, which is where Henderson purchased Buckling from. The bloodlines are certainly there and now much to the delight of Daniel Nakhle, who has kept Ego a stallion, the black type is starting to return close up in the pedigree.
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