10 June 2019 | Dean Baring
Harness racing fans on hand at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night got to see a very impressive 2Yo named Manning, destroy a strong field over the 2130 metre trip.
This young gelding, Sportswriter – Stephanie Rose – Northern Lights ( trained by Justin Prentice and driven by Chris Lewis) looks to have a very bright future ahead of him.
Bred by the talented Steve Johnson, who clearly has the ability to present horses in the best possible manner, was Lot 477 at the Perth 2018 APG sale. The team of Pacing WA purchased Manning for just $19,000 and that investment from the APG sale looks very astute at this point in time.
Manning is from the exceptionally strong branch of the N41 family, so his success will not come as a surprise to the most insightful followers of pedigrees. Similarly, Christopher Vance $1,747,167 and Luxury Liner $1,721,984 are another two horses, from this family that come to mind from the 80’s and 90’s.
While it’s true that Ross Waddell is an outstanding harness racing participant in WA, and has selected such truly exceptional yearlings out of the sales over the years, he was very keen to tell me:
“ To put it simply, the credit for selecting this horse must go to Justin Prentice. He really liked this horse from the time he laid eyes on him and we just supported his decision”.
The below is taken from pacingwa.com and it gives just a small outline around why many believe this special owners group is so successful. Manning is undoubtedly another very classy APG horse to follow.
My vision by Ross Waddell:
As a proprietor of Gloucester Standardbreds Pty Ltd I could see the need to encourage more owners before I could encourage breeders to breed more foals. Simple economics. Pacing is a family activity but often the cost of owning a horse is outside most family budgets, so owning a horse in some form of partnership enables most of the population to participate in the thrill of pacing.
So Pacing WA was “born” which I am proud of as a West Australian. Previously I had been involved with partnership and syndications that would charge a management fee for non-performance and that caused members to quickly lose enthusiasm. I knew it needed to be a different participation. I selected 7 trainers with whom I had an association, or who had successful achievements with young horses, with the view of having 10 people in ownership of each horse, with each paying their proportion of costs.
After being an owner for 50 years I had not experienced Group 1 glory before the efforts of Pacing WA’s class of 2015 with Red Hot Roxy and The Real Ideal delivering two Group 1 glories for me and my 18 partners, three of whom had never previously owned a horse. An overwhelming result in our first year of racing!
Moving on, I am looking forward to the class of 2016 and 2017 onwards and also the introduction of Girl Power in Pacing. I am very honoured to have an association with Skye Bond, Stephie Smith, Sarah Suvaljko and Kat Warwick creating all female ownerships in the sport of pacing.
For me where did this all start? – My passion commenced at age 13 with the horse “Walter Bruce”. I soon found myself as a stable hand at Monterey Pacing Stables owned by the Harper family with Kevin Keys, as stable foreman, whom I still share pacing ownership some 50 years on. Kevin is also one of the inaugural trainers for Pacing WA.
As life went on with marriage and 6 daughters I found my employment as a livestock auctioneer throughout WA. Maintaining an interest in racing horses although with limited success until my involvement with Justin and Carol Warwick enjoying not only many winners but also the pleasure to be involved with the complete professional package.
Ph Ross Waddell 0417 922 352 or Rebecca Waddell 0409 484 340 Kylie Waddell 0400 177 881 Pacingwa@bigpond.com
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