Then in 2006, my ex-husband brought me a syndicate share in a horse (which I ultimately paid for) in a $200,000 Magic Millions sale in a filly named Regimental Dance. From here the journey of racing horses began and she ran second to Ortensia at her first start and won her second, and although lightly raced she won or placed in 45% of her overall starts. I also met my partner in business and life, Jonathan Holmes, through Reggie; where else but at the race track. As Jonathan had also purchased shares off other syndicate shareholders in Regimental Dance, she became a very special horse to both of us. She now enjoys a life of luxury on our farm and she is the alpha female in our brood mare herd. She has had two beautiful colts by Fiorente and a Filly by Master of Design. Her first colt is named Crypto Fiorelli and he is trained by Robert Hickmont, hopefully for this year’s Victoria Derby. Jonathan is a Nutritionist and successfully bred the only ever interbreed champion bull who won the grand champion at Royal Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Townsville in 1991. This was a feat never achieved before and he now applies his passion for studying genetics and breeding to Thoroughbreds. He strongly believes champions come from un-raced or very lightly raced genetically well matched mares which is typical of our brood mares.
clockwise top: With Crypto Peer Rocks; Kay and Jonathon Melbourne Cup Day; With Wakeful club members Helen Sadler and Lola Smith at VRC Oaks lunch; Kay with Crypto Peer Rocks as a yearling; Fiorente colt 4 hours old at Swettenham Stud with Jonathon; Yearling Zabeel-Fiorente filly
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