Chief Stipe Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Massive bid rejected for Kiwi star Melody Belle NOT FOR SALE: Melody Belle's owners have rejected a big offer for the mare from Australian interests. Photo: Darryl Sherer. Article Author Brad Waters12:56PM16 April 2019 5 Comments More than $3 million wasn’t enough to buy star Kiwi mare Melody Belle. Connections have knocked back a massive $3.25 million offer for the six-time Group I winner to keep their dream alive of winning a major race in Australia. Melody Belle’s syndicator, Fortuna director John Galvin, said the recent offer was the second large carrot dangled in front of the mare’s owners during an outstanding 2019, which has produced three Group I wins to date. Galvin said the first offer of $3 million was rejected because the purchaser wanted Melody Belle scratched from the Group I Bonecrusher Stakes as a condition of the deal. Galvin said the prospective buyer, a “significant Australian breeder” put together a better offer in recent weeks but that was also rejected. “The offer that came in recently was more considered and well thought out,” Galvin told Racenet. “I was able to put that to the syndicate members and 100 percent of the syndicate members voted not to retire her. “The deal was that she was to be bought as a broodmare. “We knocked that back because she was only four and got her career ahead of her and we were having so much fun. “If she won a big race in Australia, she could conceivably win two or three million anyway and still have that residual value at the end of her racing career. A New Zealand spring campaign is locked in for Melody Belle, but Galvin said connections were still deciding when the daughter of Commands would head back to Australia for a crack at rich races next season. Galvin said the Jamie Richards-trained mare could be at The Valley in October for the Cox Plate if she is still thriving after her four-race spring program in New Zealand. “We haven’t made any decisions on her Australian campaign as yet,” Galvin said. “She’ll go for the Hawkes Bay triple crown first and then you’ve got races like the Cox Plate. “If she didn’t go there, because we thought it would be a step too far after a four-race campaign in New Zealand in the spring, then races like the All-Star Mile and Queen Elizabeth Stakes next year are also options.” Related Topics: Fortuna RacingJohn Colvin Article Author Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive bid rejected for Kiwi star Melody Belle NOT FOR SALE: Melody Belle's owners have rejected a big offer for the mare from Australian interests. Photo: Darryl Sherer. Article Author Brad Waters12:56PM16 April 2019 5 Comments More than $3 million wasn’t enough to buy star Kiwi mare Melody Belle. Connections have knocked back a massive $3.25 million offer for the six-time Group I winner to keep their dream alive of winning a major race in Australia. Melody Belle’s syndicator, Fortuna director John Galvin, said the recent offer was the second large carrot dangled in front of the mare’s owners during an outstanding 2019, which has produced three Group I wins to date. Galvin said the first offer of $3 million was rejected because the purchaser wanted Melody Belle scratched from the Group I Bonecrusher Stakes as a condition of the deal. Galvin said the prospective buyer, a “significant Australian breeder” put together a better offer in recent weeks but that was also rejected. “The offer that came in recently was more considered and well thought out,” Galvin told Racenet. “I was able to put that to the syndicate members and 100 percent of the syndicate members voted not to retire her. “The deal was that she was to be bought as a broodmare. “We knocked that back because she was only four and got her career ahead of her and we were having so much fun. “If she won a big race in Australia, she could conceivably win two or three million anyway and still have that residual value at the end of her racing career. A New Zealand spring campaign is locked in for Melody Belle, but Galvin said connections were still deciding when the daughter of Commands would head back to Australia for a crack at rich races next season. Galvin said the Jamie Richards-trained mare could be at The Valley in October for the Cox Plate if she is still thriving after her four-race spring program in New Zealand. “We haven’t made any decisions on her Australian campaign as yet,” Galvin said. “She’ll go for the Hawkes Bay triple crown first and then you’ve got races like the Cox Plate. “If she didn’t go there, because we thought it would be a step too far after a four-race campaign in New Zealand in the spring, then races like the All-Star Mile and Queen Elizabeth Stakes next year are also options.” Related Topics: Fortuna RacingJohn Colvin Article Author
SLB2.0 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 $3 million split between how many owners? If she had one owner, she'd be sold in a flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 minute ago, SLB2.0 said: $3 million split between how many owners? If she had one owner, she'd be sold in a flash. Really? come on its relative to what they put in. Be buggered if I would have quit her at $3.25m either, she is a decent show of winning that next prep alone & like Galvin says still be worth $3.25 or perhaps even more. Besides, plenty of first time owners in here I understand, hardly going to quit her will still have stacks of racing ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, barryb said: Really? come on its relative to what they put in. Be buggered if I would have quit her at $3.25m either, she is a decent show of winning that next prep alone & like Galvin says still be worth $3.25 or perhaps even more. Besides, plenty of first time owners in here I understand, hardly going to quit her will still have stacks of racing ahead. Really!? What has she beaten? The world still needs to catch up with the state of our racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 She narrowly beat Danzdanzdance last start and she was lapped last Saturday. Melody Belle won't come close to winning that kind of money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, SLB2.0 said: She narrowly beat Danzdanzdance last start and she was lapped last Saturday. Melody Belle won't come close to winning that kind of money. Who gives a f—k, it’s not just about the money. The enjoyment of watching her compete for group1 in Aus would be worth the risk. Besides I am not into writing horses off on the basis of getting smacked in 1 or 2 runs over in Aus. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Really!? What has she beaten? The world still needs to catch up with the state of our racing. Using your logic you could make the same argument about Winx or Black Caviar who beat zero. They only have to beat what’s against them, who is to say that MB has never been fully extended and there isn’t more improvement in her. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk2_Zephyr Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 No horse is worth more than $ 20,000 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Beau Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, Mk2_Zephyr said: No horse is worth more than $ 20,000 ... 20 minutes ago, Mk2_Zephyr said: No horse is worth more than $ 20,000 ... Well you can’t have my one ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) Fully agree with John Galvin and syndicate owners. What I don't agree with is the call to race in New Zealand in the Spring. Totally nuts when there is huge money on offer overseas. I'd be taking the McKee/Sunline approach and targeting the Cox Plate but racing in Melbourne earlier in the Spring. MB can race handy, has explosive turn of foot (needed at the Valley), is a real fighter (even over 2000m) and copes well with all sorts of track conditions. My only query with her - and I was a doubter until she won the Bonecrusher - is the fact that she didn't do very well in Oz as a 3yo. Can't remember the races she contested, just recall she didnt excel. Different animal now, though! Good luck to the syndicate. Exciting times ahead. Edited April 16, 2019 by Weasel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 10 hours ago, barryb said: Who gives a f—k, it’s not just about the money. The enjoyment of watching her compete for group1 in Aus would be worth the risk. Besides I am not into writing horses off on the basis of getting smacked in 1 or 2 runs over in Aus. Can you ever make a statement without being a tosser? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 hours ago, SLB2.0 said: Can you ever make a statement without being a tosser? You got arsed from another forum for being a wanker, not thst hard to tell why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 That's incorrect - the vast majority of my posts were altered by Leo and co to make it seem that way. But anyway... chill out a touch. Every one of your posts seems to have some anger behind it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 hour ago, SLB2.0 said: That's incorrect - the vast majority of my posts were altered by Leo and co to make it seem that way. I believe you. Strange though, I have never had a post altered or even gone close to having an issue there, they both seem real nice blokes to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 You're allowed to have your opinion and your experience with them is obviously different to mine. I think it's been around 7-8 years since I posted on RC (could be wrong) but I prefer the company here. I've never had a post altered and never had someone try and take my career away from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 hours ago, SLB2.0 said: That's incorrect - the vast majority of my posts were altered by Leo and co to make it seem that way. But anyway... chill out a touch. Every one of your posts seems to have some anger behind it. That is pretty much correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 24 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: That is pretty much correct. ha, "pretty much" & "vast majority" I wouldn't have thought would have been the same thing. "vast majority" suggests 95% which I wouldn't have thought was even close to the real situation, mind you many of your posts here could do with heavy moderation. Scooby seems a top bloke, constantly helping out those in the industry who have fallen on difficult times, so I would rather judge him on those efforts than a suppossed heavy moderation of SLB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) Wow, I got a few mesages saying did I see what was going on in "The Vent" section, mirrors what many on here claimed went on at RC. Maybe a few on here need to chill-lax a smidge as you have applied to me SLB, seems all is not good in The Comps dept. Edited April 18, 2019 by barryb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, barryb said: ha, "pretty much" & "vast majority" I wouldn't have thought would have been the same thing. "vast majority" suggests 95% which I wouldn't have thought was even close to the real situation, mind you many of your posts here could do with heavy moderation. Scooby seems a top bloke, constantly helping out those in the industry who have fallen on difficult times, so I would rather judge him on those efforts than a suppossed heavy moderation of SLB. Might I add. My posts were not moderated. They didn't need to be. Posts were made under my name, long after I left the website. Edited April 18, 2019 by SLB2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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