Racing: Copy That out to copy that
27 Apr, 2021 09:23 AM
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Copy That winning at Alexandra Park 23 April 2021. Photo / Trish Dunell
NZ Herald
At first glance the three favourites for the glamour races of Rowe Cup night at Alexandra Park appear to have been handed the perfect draws to continue their dominance of the carnival.
But when it comes to trotters Sundees Son and Five Wise Men those looks may be deceiving.
Copy That in the Taylor Mile, Sundees Son in the Anzac Cup and Five Wise Men (Sires Stakes) all won their major assignments last Friday night and will be hot favourites to do so in group ones this Friday, Alexandra Park s biggest night meeting of the season.
Pembrook Playboy would never be sold because of the special link the horse had with his family, Alcock said. After Colleen told him to buy a horse he worked out who Southland’s leading trainer was and went to visit him unannounced. The trainer was Nathan Williamson and he had not met Alcock previously.
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Nathan Williamson drives Pembrook Playboy to victory in the Invercargill Cup in January. The Christchurch yearling sales were a month away and the two men, with input from Christchurch trainer Colin de Filippi, picked Pembrook Playboy as the horse to buy. “I was surprised how cheap he was – $28,000,” Alcock said.