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WHELAN
A country horse of potential had his beginnings on 21 September 2003 at his owners’ property near Colac. Whelan’s owners always wanted an Assert mare, and they are rare in Australia. Then when Regency Fair, in foal to Danehill Dancer (another on the wish list) came up in a sale they fitted the profile in many ways, so they bit the bullet and purchased her.
After foaling he was then taken with his mother to Wellington SA to be joined to Bellotto.
Upon returning home 2 months later his mother went down in the float with severe colic. With the mare thrashing on the floor of the float for 3 hours until reaching Bordertown where a vet euthanized her diagnosing probably tumour of the intestines. “Whelan” had managed to escape injury, but was heavily sedated for the remaining journey.
Being a slow physically maturing horse and even slower developing mentally he was not gelded until he was a very large 3 yo and this did not go without a lot of complications.
He was broken in as an early 4yo, and was described as "not a dasher" however the owners early riding of the horse left him feeling that patience would be rewarded. He constantly wrecked rugs, shoes, fences, gates, running rails, feed bins, headstalls, trainer's self esteem ,and everything else he touched, so his obvious name was to be Whelan. This being after the wrecking company well known in Melbourne some years ago.
Despite all his problem he is a very kind, yet extremely dumb horse who was and will remain a good friend. Eventually in full training as a late 4yo he regularly tipped his owner and their track rider to the turf without malice, and twice went through the running rail at Colac track, enabling the owner to enjoy several days in bed recovering. Due to pilot error and reluctance to ride, he had 2 starts, and picked up a virus which ended only after approx 1 year.
His owner's are more than pleased with his continuing journey under the guidance of Bill and Symon, along with patient staff.
Whelan came to the stable on 6 September 2009. With form of 7 starts for 1 third he has come a long way in a short period of time. His first race start for the new stable was on 16 November 2009 at Warrnambool with a win over 1400m.
From there his next four starts included third, second and 2 wins over 1600m & 2018m.
After his latest win a poor blood profile meant that a short spell was in order. He has returned to his owners and on his return we’ll set him for better races with even a Hamilton Cup as his ultimate goal.
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Horse Racing News
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| Horse | Date | Race | Track | Fields/Form |
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Nominations | ||||
| Tuscan Wings | Feb 11, 2010 | 7 | Ballarat | Field |
| Sulmita | Feb 11, 2010 | 5 | Ballarat | Field |
| I Love Rubies | Feb 11, 2010 | 5 | Ballarat | Field |
| Megapixel | Feb 11, 2010 | 6 | Ballarat | Field |
| Kapu Star | Feb 11, 2010 | 5 | Ballarat | Field |
| I Love Rubies | Feb 13, 2010 | 5 | Geelong | Field |
| Sulmita | Feb 13, 2010 | 5 | Geelong | Field |
| Megapixel | Feb 13, 2010 | 6 | Geelong | Field |
| Asphalt Jungle | Feb 13, 2010 | 8 | Geelong | Field |
| Royal Spice | Feb 13, 2010 | 2 | Geelong | Field |
| Dance At Rosario | Feb 13, 2010 | 2 | Geelong | Field |
| Royal Spice | Feb 13, 2010 | 3 | Geelong | Field |
| Tuscan Wings | Feb 13, 2010 | 7 | Geelong | Field |
| Amun Ra | Feb 13, 2010 | 2 | Geelong | Field |
| Watto's Racer | Feb 13, 2010 | 8 | Geelong | Field |
| Megapixel | Feb 15, 2010 | 5 | Terang | Field |
| Asphalt Jungle | Feb 15, 2010 | 8 | Terang | Field |
| Tolka Polka | Feb 15, 2010 | 2 | Terang | Field |
| Amun Ra | Feb 15, 2010 | 3 | Terang | Field |
| Kapu Star | Feb 15, 2010 | 6 | Terang | Field |
| Tuscan Wings | Feb 15, 2010 | 8 | Terang | Field |
| Amun Ra | Feb 15, 2010 | 2 | Terang | Field |
| Watto's Racer | Feb 15, 2010 | 8 | Terang | Field |
| I Love Rubies | Feb 15, 2010 | 6 | Terang | Field |
| Sulmita | Feb 15, 2010 | 6 | Terang | Field |
Acceptances | ||||
| Watto's Racer | Feb 10, 2010 | 7 | Sandown - lakeside | Field/Form |
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