#Rider king strong update#

Good start by this three-year-old, King Arthur, but will have to improve quite a bit to have any chance of even getting near to the present juvenile leader, Wow Wow. Rider King Strong is part of the Baby boomers generation. The Seventies saw many women's rights, gay rights, and environmental movements. They travelled in exciting fractions of 23.0, 46.2 by 1:12.2 to complete 1,300 metres in a time of 1:20.1. The 1970s were a 'pivot of change', it was an era of economic struggle, cultural change, and technological innovation. Golden Heights, a bay colt bred by Bellamy Road - Golden Locket by Storm Creek, ridden by the returning jockey Trevor Simpson for trainer Fitznahum Williams was second as a 9/1 chance with the DaCosta-conditioned American import Eagle One ridden by the apprentice Raddesh Roman finishing third, a length and a quarter behind as a 9/2 betting option. The final time of 1:20.1 was good, meaning King Arthur could have a bright future once he remains healthy and focussed.” In fact, over the last furlong, he was going away. He missed the break but his rider did not rush him to catch up with the field so, it took him about a furlong and a half to do so but once he got to the furlong marker, he was strong from there all the way home.

#Rider king strong update#

We will continue to update details on Rider Strong’s family. Rider Strong father’s name is King Strong and mother Lin Warner-Strong.

the second element of the Rolex Crossing, following a strong round. He married Alexandra Barreto in 2013 and the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Indigo, in January 2015. Emily King is the daughter of top British eventer Mary King and is a successful. The bay colt by Natural Selection - Geisha's Art by Pat N Jac though not the best away, his rider Omar Walker quickly got things in order and with authority to ease much of the disappointment experienced by trainer Wayne DaCosta, who had just witnessed the disappointing effort from his American bred juvenile Uncle Polly, also a first-time starter ridden by jockey Phillip Parchment in the previous race.Ĭommenting on the winning start from his local-bred King Arthur, DaCosta said: “I will put it down as an encouraging start but I thought that he ( King Arthur) ran on the green side. Family: His parents are Lin and King and he has an older brother named Shiloh. This was on the first race day (Friday, November 8) of two over the recent Diamond Mile weekend. (Photos: Naphtali Junior)Īfter failing to make his mark in the first of two juvenile maiden special weight contests for native-bred and imported two-year-old runners with his 2/5 favourite Uncle Polly, trainer Wayne DaCosta returned for Division Two with better luck by posting the first time runner King Arthur, also a 2/5 favourite to a 2 ¼-length victory.