Barefoot Allstar, already following in the footprints of the 2011 Williamhill.Com Derby Champion, Blonde Snapper
The memorable, once in a life time astounding performance of the Paul Hennessy trained, Barefoot Allstar, in the Bettor.Com Scottish Derby Final 2012, has got the crowds wondering that, how much exactly does the three-year-old racing sensation has in store if it did not take more than a blink of an eye to bag the milestone achievement through such less experience.
“He was, as I expected, improving all the time in the qualifying rounds, but his run in the final was special, he flew out and was never headed. He ran brilliantly, it doesn’t always go to plan, but he got everything right when it mattered in the final,” commented the proud trainer.
It is as clear as daylight itself that Droopys Scolari’s son, out of b***h Newmarket Way, did not win by chance, and neither was it a coincidence.
His magnificent dominance over the heats, and the ruling of the final reflected the hard work that the connections had put in, combined with the unbelievingly charismatic ability to achieve the imposible.
The only challenge that he did face, but countered impeccably was the threat brought forward by the closing in rival, Mill Bling Bling. The speedy hound was in no mood to slow down or let any other contestant pick the lead, thus Mill Bling Bling’s effort to close in and win, failed.
For the trainer it was his third consecutive victory in the Bettor.Com Scottish Derby that Bettor.com has been sponsoring annually since 2008.
Barefoot Allstar, came from the same connections as the champion of the last year’s challenge, Bryan and Kathleen Murphy’s, Priceless Rebel.
“We’re off to Wimbledon next with Allstar,” confirmed Hennessy.
An inspiration for the unstoppable three-year-old is the now retired to stud, Blonde Snapper. In the three-year-old racing career there was hardly anything that the Mark Wallis trained did not achieve. Just before the retirement he had grabbed the second semi-final of the Williamhill.Com Greyhound Derby on 19th May, 2012 at Wimbledon.
If there is anything that kept him from defending his title this year around was his age, and attached to it, the health, and way more importantly the trainer did not want the career of the champion to end with a dent.
It was never the competition, the track or the race venue.
“We want to go out at the top – and he’s not getting any younger. If it had gone wrong at Sunderland, and say been knocked over, we’d feel terrible. We will do the right thing for him and ensure he enjoys the rest of his days.”
Bidding farewell to the racing career at a high is what mattered way more to the connections than further races on the profile - even if they had been a disaster.
After glorifying his record with wins uncountable times, Droopys Kewell’s four-year-old black son, out of b***h Rough Charley, deserves to go home with dignity.
The racing legend brought back the £25,000 prize money to the trainer by winning the Williamhill.Com Classic Final on 14th July, 2011 at Sunderland over 450 metres. The hard one to beat had also won the Romford’s Golden Sprint.
If, Barefoot Allstar, will get to reach the heights, and beyond, will start unfolding only gradually. His resilience and success might as well make him the inspiration for the rest.
His performance at Wimbledon will make at least a few targets certain, and would give an outline to the connections, such as, where to race him in the future.
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