A win on Debut

Sonny has opened his racing career with a brilliant win on debut over 1200m.


Starting from barrier 9 he exploded out of the gates and settled in a nice position one back and one off the fence. Roy had him nicely poised coming into the home turn and pushed him forward around the pace maker. Born a Diva mounted a strong challenge as they straightened and it turned into a two horse war with Sonny digging deeper and giving more to take out the maiden event by a half length in 1:12:59.


It was a very polished performance by our young gun and the ride by Roy was absolutely perfect. As he always does, Clive had Sonny turned out looking a treat and we have to tip our hats to the wizard who has done it again. The patience we showed in giving him those 3 trials has payed off for us.

There was a lot of excitement leading up to the start with wobbly legs, butterflies in stomachs, racing hearts and these were the owners not Sonny!! With a group of virgin owners, it was understandably a pretty exciting few days leading up to the race and then the race itself.

I've heard there is a video of one of the owners watching the race that would be a priceless vid to get hold of.

After the race the celebrations kicked in with a little buzz happening all over the globe from Perth, to Singapore, to Sydney, to San Francisco, and closing in Paris. I think we are still all celebrating, and as Crabs says "this replay has had more reruns than Dallas". There is a real buzz around this cracking opener and we are all in for a real fun time ahead.

Some of the memorable debut quotes:
"Great ride, great guts, great result!!"
"YA - BLOODY -HOO!
I did shit myself!
Wot a Champ!"
"Boyz, I don't know how you feel but I'm fair dinkum shittin' myself!"

Final results of the race here.

Sonny race record here.


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