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Vigoroso- 4 starts 4 wins in Oz!!


Brodie

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How good is Vigoroso going in Oz!

4 starts and 4 very easy wins all in August since being exported.

This horse raced mainly at Forbury and was trained by Denis O’Connell at Waikouiti, but is now trained and driven By Amanda Turnbull.

He won 3 races in NZ in over 70 starts and did show some some finishing speed at times but since being in Oz has grown an extra couple of legs!

Watched it lead all the way and was never in doubt!

The presenter even said that Vigoroso was a very good horse lol

The horse looked very well and muscled up and  looked like it had even gone a darker colour!

It just goes to show that if you have an average battling horse in NZ, it is probably going to be very competitive in most parts of Ozzie!

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10 hours ago, Brodie said:

How good is Vigoroso going in Oz!

4 starts and 4 very easy wins all in August since being exported.

This horse raced mainly at Forbury and was trained by Denis O’Connell at Waikouiti, but is now trained and driven By Amanda Turnbull.

He won 3 races in NZ in over 70 starts and did show some some finishing speed at times but since being in Oz has grown an extra couple of legs!

Watched it lead all the way and was never in doubt!

The presenter even said that Vigoroso was a very good horse lol

The horse looked very well and muscled up and  looked like it had even gone a darker colour!

It just goes to show that if you have an average battling horse in NZ, it is probably going to be very competitive in most parts of Ozzie!

Brodie, any idea of a ball park figure how much an average nag like Vigoroso would sell for? And how much does the flight cost- I've heard $10k.

Robbie Royale is in Melbourne too, was a solid mid grade trotter on the up you'd think would sell for $50k plus but I have no idea.

He's paid $1.04 three times and $1.40 the other and $16k in prize money.

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17 minutes ago, Dougie said:

Brodie, any idea of a ball park figure how much an average nag like Vigoroso would sell for? And how much does the flight cost- I've heard $10k.

Robbie Royale is in Melbourne too, was a solid mid grade trotter on the up you'd think would sell for $50k plus but I have no idea.

He's paid $1.04 three times and $1.40 the other and $16k in prize money.

Dougie, would not have thought they wouldve paid much for Vigoroso!

Not an agent or sold anything for years. 
I am sure someone will know!

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3 hours ago, JAKH said:

You are on to it. Bit too windy to go for a waddle outside today - would have got blown over.

You need to keep safe as people in Rest Homes are so vulnerable to the killer virus!

You should be staying in your room with a mask on and self isolating!

 

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2 hours ago, Dougie said:

Surely more than that, these Aussie owners will potentially race him 20 plus times a year for 2 or 3 years.

20 plus times, more like double that Dougie.

You have an incredible number of opportunities to race a horse in Oz.

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13 hours ago, Brodie said:

20 plus times, more like double that Dougie.

You have an incredible number of opportunities to race a horse in Oz.

Especially in Victoria, 1 meeting daily and sometimes two but more importantly shorter distances of races which encourages the longevity of horses... they don't flog horses on a weekly bases over 2600m mobile starts like we used to a few years back.

I look at Robbie Royale again as an example, been racing here since March, lightly raced but has won $39k in 11 starts with 7 of those starts being races with $20k prize money yet still hasn't even raced v the good trotters.

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