With all the justified hype surrounding Black Caviar in recent months, it is too easily forgotten that not so long ago, Australians were standing and applauding another bona fide champion of the turf. So swiftly spirited away to join the melancholic dark-blue army of Ballydoyle, after Coolmore Stud paid a reported $25 million for a majority share, it is a sad thought indeed that So You Think has been lost to our shores, most likely forever. But this Monday night, he of the unruly mane, fierce ey
With all the justified hype surrounding Black Caviar in recent months, it is too easily forgotten that not so long ago, Australians were standing and applauding another bona fide champion of the turf. So swiftly spirited away to join the melancholic dark-blue army of Ballydoyle, after Coolmore Stud paid a reported $25 million for a majority share, it is a sad thought indeed that So You Think has been lost to our shores, most likely forever. But this Monday night, he of the unruly mane, fierce eye and proud stride is back to strut his stuff on the racetrack, ironically (or perhaps by promotional design) in the Group 3 High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes, named after the hemisphere-shuttling phenomenon whose very pairing with Triassic is responsible for the breathtaking joys of consecutive Cox Plate wins, and a rarest horse with looks and swagger to rival superlative ability. The race shall be run at The Curragh - simply translated to 'racecourse' in Gaelic - a centuries old track situated on the unrestrained flats of County Kildare. And, perhaps, if 'So You Think' were better explained so that the Irish winds might forewarn the Hill of Allen of his approach, his name would simply mean 'racehorse'...