McGinty sold for SIM
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“I was very impressed with his win in the trial and the way he beat Marscay,” said Mr Thompson. McGinty will become the foundation sire of his stud, Tanderra Lodge.
The colt had to be operated on for a cracked cannon bone after his defeat of Marscay in the Todman Slipper Trial but that has not healed perfectly. “He has been X-rayed and inspected by a panel of veterinary surgeons who have
passed him as being in firstclass condition,” said Mr Thompson. In his brief racing career McGinty won six of his only seven starts. The only horse to beat McGinty was the other star two-year-old, Andretti,-which may be a starter on Saturday at Randwick in the $50,000 Champagne Stakes (1600 m The former Perth trainer, George Way, said from the Gold Coast yesterday that he was trying to complete travel arrangements for the double Sires’ Produce Stakes winner. “I have asked Roy Higgins to ride the colt in the Champagne if we can get him here in time,” he said. / ,
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Press, 20 April 1982, Page 29
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