{"id":4105,"date":"2011-01-31T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.rockylhc.com\/2015\/elizapark\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2011-01-31T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T06:56:00","slug":"diamond-for-the-lad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.rockylhc.com\/2015\/elizapark\/diamond-for-the-lad\/","title":{"rendered":"DIAMOND FOR THE LAD?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DELAGO BROM<\/a> juvenile, Delago\u2019s Lad, has raced right into contention for the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes-G1 at Caulfield on 26 February with a blistering victory at Sandown on Saturday.
Racing in the Routley\u2019s Plate over 1000m, Delago\u2019s Lad lowered the boom on the highly rated Boys on Tour and is now currently on the third line of betting for the Diamond.
This was only Delago\u2019s Lad\u2019s second start after finishing a length second to Sepoy in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes-LR at Flemington, during which the Delago Brom colt copped a decent bump on jumping.
(Sepoy is now favourite for the Blue Diamond following a convincing victory on Australia Day).
Out of the Snaadee mare, Simulation, Delago\u2019s Lad was bred by a couple of lads \u2013 the Holburt boys \u2013 with Ross Holburt\u2019s Slickpix gracing this website with many of its photos.
Needless to say, Ross had a couple of photos of Delago\u2019s Lad to share with us! (and none of them were blurry, despite Ross\u2019 obvious thrill at Saturday\u2019s victory).
The Holburts are actually banner boys for Delago Brom, racing three of his progeny to date with each of them winning.
Indeed, Simulation has paid three visits to Delago Brom with the first result being the NSW trained Brom\u2019s Girl (8 wins), followed by John Smerdon\u2019s developing stayer Delagation and now Delago\u2019s Lad who could eclipse them all.
(Simulation visited Bel Esprit last spring).
Not surprisingly, Delago\u2019s Lad was sold to John McArdle for $75,000 \u2013 over 10 times service fee \u2013 at the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and, as you can see from the accompanying photos, he looks to be worth every cent.
There\u2019s no question that Delago Brom \u2013 an equine Adonis in his own right \u2013 can certainly stamp his stock.
According to Ross, Delago\u2019s Lad will now tackle the $250,000 Inglis Premier at Mornington on 16 February: \u201cAll going well, he\u2019ll then head to Caulfield for the Blue Diamond 10 days later.
\u201cJohn (McArdle) also has the VRC Sires\u2019 Produce Stakes-G2 in mind (12 March) but he\u2019ll obviously need the run in between the Inglis Classic and VRC Sires\u2019.\u201d
Not bad Ross \u2026 using a $1 million race as a lead up!<\/p>\n

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Photos courtesy of Slickpix<\/a> … who else!!<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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