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13.
Falvelon & Bel
Esprit Off To Stud
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12/6/2003 |
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Private Steer's Stradbroke win spoiled potential fairytale career endings for
6YO Queensland idol Falvelon (9th) & dual Gr1-winning 3YO colt Bel Esprit
(12th) as they head off for stud careers.
Falvelon (Alannon-Devil’s Zephyr, by Zephyr Zing), who is heading to
Glenlogan Park Stud near Beaudesert in Queensland, finished with 37 starts for
15 wins & 13 placings; his prize-money total of $3,929,855 places him 11th
on the all-time Australasian list. As well as 2 Gr1 wins & 5 Gr2 victories
in Australia, he also won the Hong Kong International Sprint in both 2000 &
2001, before finishing a gallant 3rd in 2002. And he finished runner-up in the
Gr1 Oakleigh Plate, Gr1 Lightning Stakes & last year’s Gr1 Stradbroke
Handicap.
Bel Esprit (Royal Academy-Bespoken, by Vain), who is heading to Eliza
Park in Victoria, finished with 19 starts for 8 wins & 5 placings; his
prize-money total is $2,073,600.
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