You would think that if you became the first horse from Southand (the lower third of the NZ South Island) to win a Group 1 race in ten years you would be a certainty to win the Southland Horse of the Year, especially if the horse that you defeated in your win at the elite level was the superstar Amazing Dream, and even more so if you had come off that great mare’s back and run her down, and broken the New Zealand and Addington records for the 2600m trip in the process.
This is One of Those Occasions When You Would Hate to Have Been the Judge
