EVEREST DIARIES II Fortnightly Digital Magzine Year - 2018 | Issue - 4 | Volume - II Its Time For The Cobcroft Family Line To Scale The Everest Interview: Hues of Bowman Speedster Santa Ana Lane Exceeds Expectations At Cranbourne Interview: McEvoy and Redzel – A Partnership Made In Heaven EVEREST DIARIES - II EVEREST DIARIES - II Publishers Note Team Ritesh Jamkhedkar Ritesh graduated with a degree in Computer Science. His interests are varied and include software development, gaming, trekking, traveling and playing sports like badminton & volleyball. Racing is usually like a meeting of strangers in the dark. Although a line-up is built up over time, it's only on day of the race that the racing connections meet each other amidst the crowd and the excitement. Once the horses cross the wire, the connections separate again, to meet another day. The Everest race format is different. It is like a family. Archana R. Bansode 12 slot holders have come together for this phenomenal event. They choose their Archana joined Secretariat’s World in 2018 favourite sprinter to represent their interests in the race. in the editorial division. Since that time, she has worked in the sales and marketing This year, one of the most colourful and popular slot holders, lost his wife to illness. She department as well learning different will be always be remembered as a beautiful and remarkable woman who made aspects of the industry. Archana works everyone she met, from stable hands to CEO's very comfortable in their skin. closely with Pallavi Shevade in assisting with client relations throughout the year, Everest Diaries had the opportunity to remember her in our pages, making her forever a especially when magazines are at press. part of The Everest history. This edition also brings interviews with two top jockeys. One has officially been crowned the world's greatest jockey and the other is the winner of the first Everest race. My impression is that a jockey is the person whom owners and trainers trust the most. Connections are very careful about whom them hand the reigns of their beloved and prized horseflesh. Jockeys need to be able to assure the connections of their ability as well as their concern for the animal they will be riding at the great speed under extreme Reshma Sable pressure. That concern for the horse's best interests is exactly what these two racing Reshma provides editorial support and is greats bring to the table. Just ask Winx's owner Peter Tighe. our dedicated picture researcher for the SW team. She has an eye for detail and her We also meet the charming owner of In Her Time, Mr. Peter Brown. A man who cheery nature makes her an indispensable epitomises and embodies an extreme passion for all the elements of a racehorse's life. member of the team. He is also perhaps the greatest friend a racehorse owner and breeder can have. Mr. Brown has carried on the legacy of the Cobcroft line, the breeding of which he has overseen over decades. He knows everything there is to know about the Cobcroft family horses and loves them more than family. We sincerely hope you enjoy reading this week's issue and share your favourite stories with friends and family. Snoopie Happy racing! Snoopie is our the Chief Laughter Pallavi Shevade Officer (CLO) and canine stress buster. Publisher Secretariat's World & The Everest Diaries 02 03 6-13 - Its Time For e Cobcro Family Line To Scale e Everest 14-19 -Interview: Hues of Bowman 20-23 - Speedster Santa Ana Lane Exceeds Expectations At Cranbourne 24-31 - Interview: McEvoy and Redzel – A Partnership Made In Heaven 32-33 - Who's In & Who's Not 34 - Remembering .... Mrs Whitby CONTENTS The Everest Diaries & Secretariat’s World is published by Kris Media Network, Designed & Printed by - Publicaon is not for sale. Controlled circulaon. KASHICA, 95, Pawana Nagar, Chinchwad, Pune - 411033. T: +91-20-27355689 EVEREST DIARIES - II EVEREST DIARIES - II It is not difficult to peg the sagacious and steady voice of In Her Time's co-owner Peter Brown with that of a man Its Time For The Cobcroft who has worked with numbers all his life. But it is very difficult, to then align that voice with that of a breeder Family Line To Scale The Everest and a true horse lover. There are many breeders who do the 'business' of thoroughbred breeding. They are very good at it and thoroughly passionate about making their business successful. But it's rare to meet a man who has worked in the breeding and racing industry for the sheer joy of the work, without earning a penny. Brown worked as a strapper for Group One trainer Jim Johnstone from Newcastle for over 20 years without pay. During his time with Jim Johnson, he met John Cobcroft who became a great friend. The Cobcroft family in the forties and fifties used to rule the rural realm of extremely successful farmers and graziers. Eventually, at the time of his passing, John handed Brown the reins of his breeding operation to oversee together with his wife, Mrs. Denise Cobcroft. Brown fell in love with his racehorses as a young lad during a business trip to London in the seventies. Upon returning to Australia, he didn't have the money or the expertise or the connections to get involved with the industry. He started working for some trainers in his spare time, one of whom was the famous, Jim Johnson. Eventually Brown started to work for George Altomonte, who was also a racehorse owner, incidentally. The Cobcroft horses used to compete against those owned by Altomonte who knew John and Jim well from competing with them over the years. Peter Brown worked at The Alto Group. Peter Brown rose to the position of General Manager in the company. Altomonte and Brown Redzel wins race 7 The Everest continued to discuss breeding and racing in every spare Credit-Gallop Magazine minute they got. In-Her-Time image credit: Punters 06 07 EVEREST DIARIES - II EVEREST DIARIES - II In Her Time Pedigree DANZIG (USA) DANEHILL (USA) b. 1986 RAZYANA (USA) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) b. 1996 CANNY LAD (AUS) SHANTHAS CHOICE (AUS) b. 1992 DANCING SHOW (USA) TIME THIEF (AUS) b. 2005 JADE HUNTER (USA) MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) ch. 1984 JADANA (IRE) PROCRASTINATE (AUS) ch. 1990 CENTURY (AUS) REIGNTAINE (AUS) b. 1983 RAINBEAM (AUS) THE JUDGE (AUS) SHOWDOWN (GB) b. 1975 BELLITION (NZ) ZEDITAVE (AUS) ch. 1985 SUMMONED (AUS) CROWNED PRINCE (USA) ch. 1978 SWEET LIFE (GB) HELL IT'S HOT (AUS) br. 2002 SALIERI (USA) ACCIPITER (USA) ch. 1980 STEAM HEAT (AUS) HOGAN'S SISTER (USA) br. 1986 SUPABURN (AUS) BLAZING SADDLES (AUS) br. 1980 VISTA ANNA (AUS) (The Alto Group has been successfully serving the Melbourne Cup Carnival. motoring needs of Sydneysiders since 1956, says their website proudly.) She then may be heading to Hong Kong to participate in the Hong Kong International race, for which she has His love for In Her Time is evident in his almost unabating been invited. (Her inoculations for the travel are in place redolent praise of the multi-group winning mare. and the paperwork is being processed) “I have had horses all of my life and I come from a racing “It has been my dream to stand in the winner's circle of family but I've never had anything like her. She's very one of the top Group One Melbourne races. In Her Time unique. She's not just a wonderful moving athlete but also may just be the mare that can make my dream come true,” a beautiful animal. says Brown. She just blows the spectrum. She can run over 70 km/hr. According to Peter Brown her success is attributable to her and her stride is getting longer and longer by the day.” ability to turn off the stress and adrenalin after a big race. There is a detailed plan in place for In Her Time spanning “She just goes to sleep. When you take to the training until the end of 2018. The grandiose but extremely track, among all those other horses, she will just stand realizable plans start with a prep race (the Gr.2 Premier there and literally go to sleep. She's very laid back. Yet she Stakes) before The Everest. After her date with destiny can run like the wind during the races. on 13 October, the Time Thief filly will proceed to participate in well-known Group One sprint races in the 08 09 EVEREST DIARIES - II EVEREST DIARIES - II In-Her-Time image credit: Punters Her recovery is amazing because she is able to completely years and so when the time came to send the mare to stud it In-Her-Time turn off once she is back in the stable after a race. seemed only fitting to choose a Widden stallion (Valognes) image credit: Newcastle Herald for their prized mare. Caranna's sire was a son of the 1938 You can't order that. We are very lucky. She's been like that since English Derby winner Bois Roussel, who was also the sire the day we asked her to become an athletic,” explains the owner. of Delville Wood and was owned by Colonel Macdonald Caranna Pedigree Buchanan. Valognes was trained by Marcus Marsh. PRINCE CHIMAY (GB) Brown also attributes her talent to her dam line which Valognes failed to train on in his 4YO season and Frank VATOUT (FR) b. 1926 [S] VASTHI (FR) features Caranna, an AJC Derby, Rosehill Guineas and Thompson, the A.J.C.