No runners today
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Danny Power from The Thoroughbred.com.au
Lee Freedman knows a good yearling when he sees one – his training career was launched by a horse he specked as a yearling, the great Super Impose, who cost the young Freedman $40,000 at the 1986 Trentham Yearling Sales.
Freedman was so taken by one yearling at the Inglis Easter Sale, that he refused to tell his closest friends the lot number. He put together a syndicate of owners before the horse went through the ring, and without telling the prospective owners what yearling he was chasing.
All was revealed when Freedman bid $425,000 to secure lot 187, a magnificent bay colt by first-season sire Stratum (by Redoute’s Choice) from the Stakes-winning mare Red Labelle (by Blevic). Freedman was so taken by the powerful, athletic colt, that he said the youngster was the best yearling he had bought since he paid $140,000 for Encosta De Lago (b h 1993, Fairy King (USA)-Shoal Creek, by Star Way (GB)) at the same sale in 1995.
Freedman was stiff not to get the youngster cheaper. Only two days earlier, Blevic (by Scenic) stamped his future as a broodmare sire when his daughter Nancy Eleanor produced the Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready (by More Than Ready) Woodman’s Girl (USA), by Woodman (USA)).
By Danny Power
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| Article Date | Title |
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| 23rd October, 2009 | Old Super Survives the Chaos - The Herald Sun |
| 17th August, 2009 | Adrian Dunn and Lee Freedman on the New Whip Rules |
| 17th April, 2009 | Danny Power from The Thoroughbred.com.au |
| 10th February, 2009 | Quaddie win results in its share of heartbreak |
| 19th December, 2008 | It's the year to buy, not sell! |
| 4th August, 2008 | A progressive option is required for Werribee |
| 6th May, 2008 | Time to lock in Sydney dates |
| 7th March, 2008 | Super Saturday, a day for emerging champions |
| 25th February, 2008 | As racing gallops into trouble, time for reform |
| 19th October, 2007 | A Very Special Quadrella |
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