New Owner joining into Sonny

We have a new owner joining the elite crew of Sonny. Joining into the partnership will be David Day.

David was our buyer at the magic millions sale and did all the running around with Clive as we narrowed from 41 horses down to the select few of 3 that had passed Clive's inspection and that David headed into the sales ring to bid on.

The story around is posted on Sonny's blog here and just to pull a couple of the comments that came to me by SMS during the bidding:
"Feeling Fluid"
"Clive really likes but thinks it will go expensive..."
"Good looking looks like Tappy"

Well the rest is history as we got Sonny for $53,000 when the hammer came down. He also earned the nickname from Clive's wife of Sonny...Son of Tappy.

All in all David has a history with Sonny, and if what we are hearing from the stable turns out to be real on the track he will have a whale of a time with the rest of us. As a Perth resident with Gavin, David will be on hand close for all the action.

David is no stranger to racing. He has enjoyed all the wins of the mighty Dog, and the beaut Black Amber and participated in numerous family wins around Peter H Day's racing success. David though has never been an owner in a horse, so this will be a first. He will get to experience racing on this side of the fence. The Kings side.

He did not know he was about to become a part owner at the time, but David visited the stables on Christmas eve to look him over and reacquaint himself with our future legend. I had to laugh when mum recounted a story from Clive. He took mum to the side and had a quiet whisper in her ear :
"Jeanette, you really should be an owner in this horse. He is going to be something special"

As our late father used to say "you have to get a ticket to get on the fun train", and David now has his ticket.

Giddy Up
Slacka