It was believed to be the first "paint" thoroughbred to race in the southern hemisphere.Īnd now she is footing the bills and riding trackwork herself on Better Not Blue, the winner of his last two owned by Ritchie and Murray before an acid test at Rosehill. There's also the fascination with coloured thoroughbreds and their distinctive markings, racing a colt by the name of Framed In History, resplendent with white patches all over his barrel and legs, a couple of years ago. She has forged a successful show career with retired race horses – even competing at Bowral on Sunday, 24 hours after Better Not Blue's first foray into Saturday metropolitan racing at Rosehill – and has a plethora of ribbons from the Royal Easter Show to prove it as she readies for another tilt this year. Ritchie may not be a household name in the training ranks, but her affinity with the equine breed stretches far beyond the racetrack. I just saw him parade around the ring and I said, 'I'm having a bid'." "I didn't even look at him before I bought him. I said, 'this is saving me money whatever it goes for and I'm buying this'. It had no GST on it and it said it was gelded. "This is one that came into the ring and it had four white socks and was by Churchill Downs," Ritchie recalled.
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