- Mr Feelgood
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Mr Feelgood is a high-class Standardbred racehorse. He is the only pacer in recent years to win major races in both North America and Australia.
Foaled in the United States,[1] his achievements in North America included the 2006 Little Brown Jug and the 2008 Graduate FFA.
He was sold to Australian owners Kevin and Kay Seymour & Peter and Zilla O'Shea in 2008, and placed in the stable of New Zealand trainer Tim Butt.[1]
In 2009 Mr Feelgood won the A G Hunter Cup and Inter Dominion Pacing Championship, which led to him being crowned Australian Harness Horse of the Year.[1] After a lack lustre return by his lofty standards he moved to the stable of Luke McCarthy in Queensland following the 2010 Inter Dominion series.
He gained more Group One wins in 2010 through the Queensland Pacing Championship in track record time and the 2010 Victoria Cup when sitting in the death seat throughout.
In October 2011 he surpassed $3Million dollars in prize money when he went back to back in the 2011 edition of the Queensland Pacing Championship.
His progeny in the USA are now three-year-old's and from less than 30 live foals, he produced the winners of both the Colts and Geldings and Fillies divisions of the $250,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes in 2011.
His oldest progeny born in Australia are yearlings in 2011, there were 15 live foals born.
From the same maternal family of Western Ideal he is sure to be a hit with breeders once he retires to stud.
However, there are more races to win while he is sound and racing with zest. The only eastern seaboard major to allude the World Champion is the SEW Eurodrive Miracle Mile, a race he will endeavour to qualify for during November 2011.
References
- ^ a b c "Mr Feelgood Australian Horse of the Year". HarnessLink. 24 September 2009. http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=75621. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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