Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted August 2, 2018 Journalists Share Posted August 2, 2018 Quechua (Arg) (Pure Prize–Queen Cabaret {Brz}, by Wild Event), a six-time stakes winner and three-time champion in Singapore following his import from Argentina, passed away last weekend in Malaysia following a bout of colic. He was three days shy of turning eight years old. A Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed in his native land, the bay was trained in Singapore by Patrick Shaw to victories in the 2014 Longines Singapore Gold Cup (video) and the 2015 Emirates Singapore Derby (video), the latter tally coming two starts on from a third to Dan Excel (Ire) (Shamardal) in the G1 Singapore Airines International Cup. Also victorious in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Quechua was turned over to longtime Shaw assistant Ricardo Le Grange at the end of 2016 and flew the Singapore flag in Hong Kong (twice) and also represented the nation at this year’s Dubai World Cup Carnival. He was recently retired with nine wins from 33 career starts and earnings in excess of US$2.3 million. “It’s very sad Quechua has left us so early. He got colicky on Saturday and he died the next day in spite of all the efforts to save him,” Le Grange told the Singapore Turf Club’s Michael Lee. “He’s never had colic in his life before, and that’s why it came as a shock. It was just one of those freak accidents. He has given us so much and he owed us nothing.” Singapore’s champion stayer of 2014 and 2015, Quechua was also named champion older horse of 2016. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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