Mike and Sue McGuire still enjoy breeding and racing horses and the victory at Winton Today by the Amber Hoffman Rocky Pacific-trained (Rock N Roll Heaven) Added to their long list with success in both courses.
Driver Craig Ferguson placed Rocky Pacific in the person early. While the field went up for the run home, Rocky Pacific was Rakamick, but it took the length of the straight before he came to the top and won through a neck.
Rocky Pacific Replay
Rocky Pacific is from the delight of the Gettor’s Delight Mare Pacific who won five races, including the NZ Yearling Sales Final in Alexandra Park as two years old.
Mike bought her at the Jaarling sale 2011 when she was offered by Tuapeka Lodge.
“Nobody wanted to buy her, so I went around and offered them $ 7,000 and she won the $ 170,000 yearling sales race in Auckland.”
He was also successfully bred from Artiscape Mare Jazz Tanner who left Eric Clapton and Pat Stanley.
Mike says that Eric Clapton was the best horse he had. He won five races for John Hay, including two in Winton in 2013 before he won another six races for Victorian trainer Brent Lilley.
“I have won more than fifty races with horses trained by Brent.”
Pat Stanley won 14 races in Australia and another 24 in America.
“He won the South Australian Cup and then won another $ 500,000 in America.”
They have also been successful with the offspring of Sun Mist – a daughter of Champion Trotting Mare Merinai.
They ran Sonofearl who won four for Nigel McGrath and three for John Hay before he was shipped to Australia, where he won another fifteen races.
Other offspring of sun content that were all bred by Winton breeder Michelle Caig and raced by the McGuires were pretty Sunday, Rosemma and Stuey D.
Mike and Sue are also successfully bred from three Win Trotting Mare Gamble’s Girl that left the real McGuire (won six) and the last gamble who won five.
Mike and Sue have grown in mid-canterbury for a few years in mid-canterbury, but since his retirement have moved to Ashburton.
Mike traveled to the south today to see Pacific Rapture win.
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