The name Alilthundadownunda caught my eye in the title of a story on the USTA website
and set me wondering what an American horse is doing with that name

It turns out that he is a homebred whose sire is ex NZer Malak Uswaad who won $95k in NZ as a consistent performer at 2, 3 & 4 before going to the US where he took his earning to $566k
He is a Bettors Delight and his dam side hails from the renowned Black Watch line
Interestingly although Malak Uswaad is a NZ bred his dam was US bred and although they must have been humble races HRNZ shows her as having won 5 from 5 over in the US for stakes of $17,550

3yo Alilbitofthundadownunda is 20/1 to win the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial Invitational for 3yo's at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday. Favourite is Charlie May, who you might remember was unlucky to be disqualified in the Meadowlands pace last month
Unfortunately Malak Uswaad died shortly after the mating or else he may have become a frequent visitor to the home breeding barn

http://ustrottingnews.com/will-light...hundadownunda/

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