The two Ready To Run Cups had owners and trainers ‘chasing the money’ earlier in the day, leaving Muwaary to test his mettle against runners rated between 6 and 20 points below his 100-rating in a Graded race worth a pitiful R250 000
Bred and raced by Waikato Stud, O’Reilly forged a career as a brilliant sprinter-miler, winning four of his six starts, including the Gr1 Bayer Classic and the Gr1 Telegraph in four unbeaten starts in New Zealand.
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
