Quick, hand me those angina pills! Honey Flower has lobbed in an
absolute thriller at Flemington today, holding out the fast finishing Dystopia
in the Listed GH Mumm Stakes (1100m) … one of the most exciting races thus far
for carnivale 2012.
What a fighter! Despite racing erratically (according to jockey Glenn
Boss), she fought on strongly to grab the verdict by the shortest of margins
and, in the process, became Bel Esprit’s 14 stakes winner.
A home bred for the McDonalds (trainers Ross and Clinton and breeder,
Marg), Honey Flower was originally going to be called GI Jane, because – so says
Ross – “she’s a tough bitch like that one in the movie”.
How she ended up with Honey Flower is anyone’s guess but what isn’t up
to conjecture is her breeding: a daughter of the Picnicker mare Ocran (winner
of 10), she’s out of a three quarter sister to Moonee Valley stakes winner
Mondano and hails from the family of Stage Hit, Indian Raj, Pillaging, Sir
Laurence and co.
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| Honey Flower - photo courtesy of Bronwen Healy |
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