Reba Lord thriving

Press, 23 March 1988, Page 44

Reba Lord thriving

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JEFF SCOTT

Graham' Brat ley, the dual-gaited Stratfprd horseman; is quietly confident Reba Lore can) be among the in the first leg of the John Brandon , Triple) Crpwn Series at Addington Raceway this evening. “He’s slettled In beautifully and is working brilliant," said Bradley, j ! Drawing the middle of the front line | at ) the mobile 2600 m despatch is of no concern to Bradley. I ‘(‘He's (got tremendous acceleration. He won from barrier nine I at Auckland) in December over 2700 m and not njany have done that in recent years,” h!e said. I Bradley says Reba Load’s win in this! season’s Taranaki) Cup “had to be seen to be believed ”) l“: The commentator {said he was right out of it after being four back) on) the fence turning for ly>me but)he won going)away. It was a bp effort,” {said Hr i

Bradley enthusiastically. The only three-year-old to win a Taranaki Cup, according to Bradley, Reba Lord has won six races from 11 starts in four months of racing. “I feel very* proud of him,” said Bradley. Reba Lordiis bred to be good. He is a colt by the 1961 New Zealand Derby and dual New Zealand Cup winner Lordship, from the unraced Mark Lobell mare,) Aberfeldy, a daughter of) the former Auckland Cup placegetter, Black Watch (Scottish Command —Rosehaven). Black Watch (14 wins including the) 1968 New Zealand Juvenile Championship), has also left the 1:53.8 j miler, Remarkable (11 New Zealand wins), Tay Bridge) (1:59.7, nine wins) and Bardon Bridge (1:59.8). i ! Black Watch is also a half-sister to the dam of former top three-year-old. Smooth Falcon, and to Cabana, the grand-dam of

the 1986 Auckland Cup) winner, ,-Comedy Lad. ) Reba /Lord, a $24,000 yearling 1 sales purchase at the 1986 Great Northern) sale, is raced by )Bradley in partnership with South ' Taranaki Bloodstock. chief, John O’Dea, and' John’s brothers, Peter and Gary. { Reba Lord, j which; stands 15 hands high and wears a 54i/ 2 inch! hopple; won at the New Plymouth trials before coming south over 2600 m in 3:24, running his last 800 m in 58.85. . , Bradley worked him over 2600 m, eight widths out from the fence at Addington on Monday, quickening over his last 800 m in 635. Bradley, who can accommodate 21 horses, has 12 standardbredS and six thoroughbreds (in his stable. He works them on an 800ni sand track. ' )' ' "Choir Path, ) a good winter sprinter, | was the

) best / thoroughbred I’ve ‘ mad but he died of colic ) (prematurely. Reba Lord’s ) the best pacer, i I’ve I trained.” he said. ' ):; ) Graham’s son, JDarryl : Bradley, cbuld become ihe only rid ir-reinsman of liis time in New Zealand next) season. ) !).;■ |'H A fully fledged jockey, ivhoirides al 50 kilograms, { Darryl) lias had six trial drives | for ) a win; and hopes )to get a { junior reinsman’s (licence next season! :’ I His father gained his first win as a part-owner: and driver' at his ) first attempt when only aged 16. Tiiis was behind the pacer,' Great Return, on the old Claudelands grass track ) at , Hamilton lin 1957. | j-' I:! ij ! Reba Lord is joined by Carl Dent’s Joker Man as representatives II) t for Taranaki in this ) year’s Derby series. Joker Man is trained only a few kilometres away !at Eltham - P h H(