Breckon Farms: Winners in both hemispheres

Breckon Farms, the Ohaupo based standardbred nursery owned by Ken and Karen Breckon, bred winners in three different countries last week.

Heading the list was the impressive two-year-old colt Apollo Eleven (Bold Eagle-Tickle Me Pink), who made it two for two in the Breckon Farms Trot at Alexandra Park on Friday night (April 17).

After working to the front at the end of the first quarter, the colt was never again headed, carving out the last 800 metres in 59.2 seconds and the last 400 in 28.5. Ellie Diamond (Bold Eagle-Ellaria Sand), also bred by Breckon Farms, finished a close third.

On the same night the three-year-old Stumblin In (Always B Miki-Gladamare) led for the last round and held on gamely to notch his second success at Addington. The gelding cut the last two quarters in 28.4 and 27.6 for a mile rating of 1:58 over 1980 metres.

At Menangle on Saturday (April 18), Mike Ross (Bettor’s Delight-Big Lucy) earned a new speed badge of 1:52 winning a $20,400 event. The four-year-old gelding has now won seven races and $71,787 in stakes.

In North America, Breckon Farms brought out two winners in Major Hot (Art Major-
Hothooves), a winner in a new lifetime mark of 1:52.8 at Harrah’s Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and In A Wink (Bettor’s Delight-Goodlookingbabe), who won at Buffalo Raceway, New York in 2:00.2.

Major Hot has banked $US225,690 and In A Wink has a stake total of $US101,588.

-Article by Peter Wharton for HRNZ.