The mare Arms Of An Angel did fly when the Trittons took her over.. They were at their "peak" at that time.
She was best suited to mile racing where she could lead and keep running.
Here when she did get a mile she kept drawing one on the second row and she ran many meritorious races over 2200m setting up fast mile rates. But for that bad luck and better draws in short course races her NZ record would have been much better. It was proven how she wasn't any good over a longer trip than 2200 in Australia..yet she won over 2100 on a grass track here.We sold her for what many deemed to be overs but I advised the purchaser when he brought her she would run 1:50 at Menangle..she ran 1:48..so maybe i was wrong...
It proves how NZ racing doesn't suit many but I muat say we have had much better horses than her thar juat havent had the wraps and continual publicity she recieved.
We have others much better than her now too and coming through, so i suggest people should come and buy them as you know we always leqve something in ours for the next man.