Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip cost plenty to bring out to Australia and the investment appeared shaky right until he crossed the line in the famous race.
Australian Bloodstock CEO Luke Murrell remembers making the call to the company’s co-founder Jamie Lovett when the extensive database they use to identify European horses with the attributes to be successful in Australian conditions had spat out Gold Trip.
Two days later they sent vet Darren Arnold, who was in Europe, to check him out, and he was sound enough to open the chequebook and fill it with seven figures to become his new owners.Knowing Arnold well helped Murrell interpret positively his report that while the horse’s action was a little unusual the scans and X-rays were perfect, and he was not sore.
Lovett said the fact no one contacted the trainers to question why the horse had failed the veterinary check was testament to their faith in Maher and Eustace, and each other.
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