BROKEN Hill horseman Anthony Adams is no stranger to training and driving multiple winners but his effort on Saturday night of driving three winners and training two of them was overshadowed by the performance of broodmare Parabadoo Magic.
Parabadoo Magic is the mother of Im The Mighty Judd – the winner of the first race and Mister Magic Man – the winner of the last. The brothers are both trained by Adams and he was pretty confident going into the meeting that he would have a good night.
“Yeah on paper I thought I’d go pretty close with the two horses that won for me, they were very fit after competing at Mildura recently and that fitness helped them over the line on Saturday,” Adams said.
“It was a good effort by Parabadoo Magic, there is a two year old filly by Safari out of her as well, she is nicely gaited and I’m looking forward to seeing what she does at the races.”
Parabadoo Magic started her career at Broken Hill and raced well for Adams winning twelve races in her career, including her first three starts on her home track.
“She did a good job for us, she was a little bit highly strung but she is still the holder of the 1610 metres track record. They don’t race over that distance anymore, although they still start the races from the same spot and call it 1609 metres.
“She had great point to point speed but her biggest downfall was her ability to get too excited and over race, Im The Mighty Judd has inherited that trait whereas Mister Magic Man is very tractable.”
Im The Mighty Judd is named after former Carlton star Chris Judd who retired last season after 279 AFL games.
“For a Carlton supporter, to give a horse a name like that you have to think he’s going to be pretty good and when he first started I really liked him and thought he was going to be a nice horse – so that’s how he got his name.
“He has been injury prone, he tore his pectoral muscle and had to have a break and then had a mild suspensory tear and needed another six months off but he is going very well at the moment.”
Mister Magic Man is by Mister Big and Adams is hoping to compete in the Breeders Challenge series later in the season.
“He’s in the Breeders Challenge, the closest track that will have a heat will be Dubbo so if he keeps on improving I might make the trip to Dubbo with him.
“It’s a fair hike but there is some nice money available so I’ll just wait and see what happens.”
Adams confirmed he will continue to breed horses in the hope of finding his champion.
“I think that’s what everyone is in the game for isn’t it? To have that horse that is a top liner.
“I don’t have the money to be going to the yearling sales to spend $50,000 on a young one and while it might cost me the best part of $25,000 or $30,000 by the time I breed one and get it to the races, I’m dreaming of finding that star.”
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