HARNESS RACING

Follow The Stars won 10 of his 11 starts as a 2YO and $455,409, he won in a career-best 1:53.8 at his second start in the Group 3 NZ Sapling Stakes in February and maintained his brilliance right to the end of a long freshman campaign, capturing the Group 1 $297,000 Breeders Crown Final at Melton at his final start, ripping home in 55.7 after being required to work overtime from an awkward barrier draw.

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He also made a clean sweep of the Australian Pacing Gold series at Melton, winning the Group 1 $322,000 Final in 1:54.1 (1720m), as well as the $100,000 Cardigan Bay Stakes, his third Group 1 success, at Auckland.

 

Legendary NZ horseman Mark Purdon who trained Follow The Stars said after the Breeders Crown: “There is something special about this horse. He has a real x-factor about him. I would say he is more than up with the best two-year-olds I’ve trained…he is the best.”

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As a 3YO Follow The Stars was among the top bracket. He won nine of his 15 starts and $251,828 including successes in the Caduceus Club Cup, Waikato Guineas, Reg Withers Classic (Kilmore), a heat and semi-final of the Vicbred and a heat of the Breeders Crown. He also finished second in the NZ, Great Northern and Victoria Derbies and the Vicbred Final and third in the Breeders Crown and Harness Jewels.

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In all, Follow The Stars won 19 races and was nine times placed from 29 starts for $707,237 in stakes.

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Follow The Stars has a double strain of the blood of Abercrombie, three strong crosses of Albatross and a dose of Cam Fella and Overtrick which certainly makes him appealing to breeders.