Date posted February 26, 2010 | Posted by Michele Cullen | Filed under
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Racing and BreedingMelbourne, Vic (Feb 26th, 2010) - Pentire is having another great season and the son of Be My Guest snared his fourth stakes winner this season when Larry’s Never Late took the Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m) in Tasmania during the week.
Trained by Rodney Douglas, the four-year-old bay gelding left the short priced favourite and last start Group 3 Hobart Cup winner Growl (Montjeu) in his wake. Positioned just off the pace Larry’s Never Late got rolling and took over the lead before straightening.
Travelling well the bay moved through his gears with the opposition chasing hard but it was clear he had outstayed them in the rich $300,000 event.
Owned by Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing, the group win was one that was due considering Larry’s Never Late has finished fourth or better in five black-type events including the Group 1 Queensland Derby and Group 1 South Australian Derby.
A son of Group 1 Caulfield Cup placegetter Laebeel (by Zabeel), Larry’s Never Late was bred and sold by breeders Te Parae. Sold for NZ$77,500 to the bid of Robert Rouslton at the 2007 Karaka Premier Sale, Larry’s Never Late has paid for himself many times over with earnings of more than $450,000 from his six wins.
Laebeel has a colt and filly by Pins, and a colt by O’Reilly in the past three seasons.
Larry’s Never Late represents the 28th stakes-winner for leading New Zealand sire Pentire whose versatility has seen him produce Group 1 winners at 1200m, 1400, 1600m, 2000m, 2400m, and 3200m.
Pentire proved extremely popular at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka sale earlier this year averaging $128,000 plus for 34 lots sold with a top price of $600,000 paid by Hajime Kaneko of Japan. His stock were especially popular with Australian buyers who included Team Corstens, Dan O’Brien, Peter Moody, Mark Kavanagh, Johnston Houlahan Bloodstock, John Chalmers Bloodstock, Bede Murray, Bevan Laming, John Foote Bloodstock, Robbie Laing, Chris Waller, Waratah Thoroughbreds, Richard Jolly, G & G Bloodstock, Doug Harrison, and Bert Vieira.
Pentire is already making a name for himself as a broodmare sire as well through the deeds of Shoot Out (High Chaparral) winner of the Group 2 Royal Sovereign Stakes and Cassandra Shadow (Johannesburg) winner of the Group 3 West Australian Oaks.
A half- brother by O’Reilly to Larry’s Never Late is catalogued as lot 9 for sale at the William Inglis Easter sale in April.
The sale runs from Tuesday 6th through till Thursday 8th.
