Ted Hughes’ stallion by High Chaparral, Golden Sword, passed on after an unfortunate accident. “A very sad day yesterday. We lost Golden Sword to a freak accident at the farm. The record holder over 2000m in Dubai and two lengths behind Sea the Stars in the 2009 Epsom Derby, will be sorely missed by us….
Sydney Opera House, by young Galileo sire Australia out of the dam of Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling and Golden Sword, finished second by a neck to winner Wonderment at Saint-Cloud over 2000m, in the Gr1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud today
THE 2017 Melbourne Cup will be remembered as the day 24-year-old trainer Joseph OβBrien overshadowed his legendary father Aidan OβBrien to create a famous chapter in the race that stops the nation with a full brother to Golden Sword, who was also the youngest horse in the race.
The Melbourne Cup, to be run at Flemington racecourse tomorrow morning (Tuesday), has to date eluded record-breaking trainer Aidan O’Brien. However, KZN Breeders will be hoping his son Joseph wins it this year with Rekindling, who is a full-brother to the Summerhill-based stallion Golden Sword.