My Courage Under Fire Mare : 1st Trial

[Love Of Courage]

Hello Hello,

Just an update for all the kind people who have wished me luck with my Courage Under Fire fillies.

My now 4 year old mare " Kiss Me Courage" is due to have her first ever trial at Redcliffe in trial 1 at 5.20 p.m.on Wednesday 21st September. Her highly experienced trainer Darren McCall believes that she has what it takes to make it as a racehorse after performing well in trackwork against some smart horses.

This mare is very special to me as after seeing Courage win the QLD derby I decided that I wanted to breed and keep a Courage foal. I tried to lease a mare with no luck, so I decided to purchase my first ever broodmare and breed her to Courage. I was hoping for a filly and my wish was granted. Her dam is a big lump of a girl and this mare takes after her mum as far as size and looks go.

This is the first horse that I have owned to race so like most owners I hope she can win a race for me. Fingers crossed that she does okay in the trial and can progress to a race start.

Regards,

Love Of Courage:)

[eliteblood]

Best of luck with her LOC

[Love Of Courage]

Best of luck with her LOC

Thank You ! Eliteblood.

Regards,

LOC

[mightymo]

Good luck! I have a real soft spot for a daughter of CUF myself!

Here's hoping she wins plenty for you

[Toohard]

All the very best LOC. Sleep well tonight !!!

[Flashing Red]

Good luck.

Hope she puts her best foot forward :)

[Love Of Courage]

Hello Hello,

Thanks for the well wishes Mightymo, Toohard, and Flashing Red.

Funny you should say Sleep well tonight Toohard, its only a trial but I have butterflies already !

Always enjoy your posts Flashing Red especially with the horse care and treatments.

Mightymo congratualtions, a lovely well bred race performed class mare with a good time next to her name. Would love to see her run some time in the U.S. Courage seems to sire good fillies and mares as well as the colts. If you get the chance I would love to see a few pictures of the mare. I think the embryo flush would be well worth while with her, as long as you send her to a "BIG" stallion as these little fellows like Courage are "DUDS" LOL

[ringman]

Good luck and hope all gos well and she can win some races for you

[Love Of Courage]

Good luck and hope all gos well and she can win some races for you

Thanks Ringman,

She looks like her mum and I am hoping she runs like her dad !

I know its silly but I hope she wins her trial, 1 step at a time !

Regards,

LOC

[Flashing Red]

If she does nothing wrong, is running on at the finish and Darren tells you she has improvement in her - it won't matter where she runs, win loose or draw :)

Fingers crossed she trials nicely for you. :) I'd pop down but I'm swamped with work this week. Shame she didn't trial last week, I was at the trots then and we could have met!! :)

[Don Corleone]

All the very best LOC. What you're doing is what makes harness racing what it is - the fun, the excitement, the unkown. There can be nothing better than breeding a horse and watching it progress through the stages of its career. GO GIRL.

[Love Of Courage]

All the very best LOC. What you're doing is what makes harness racing what it is - the fun, the excitement, the unkown. There can be nothing better than breeding a horse and watching it progress through the stages of its career. GO GIRL.

Hello Don Corleone,

Thank you for your kind thoughts. I agree with everything you said, it's what keeps this wonderful sport of harness racing alive.

Regards,

LOC

[Toohard]

Hi LOC
Saw you ran 3rd. We happy? Experience tells me they improve in leaps and bounds after first trial.

[2minuteman]

Just into this thread and "getting excited" about this filly,have never seen her but will keep an eye out as her dad was a ripper. Good luck.

[Flashing Red]

Hi LOC
Saw you ran 3rd. We happy? Experience tells me they improve in leaps and bounds after first trial.

I agree - after their first pipe opener, they seem to be different horses! :)

[Love Of Courage]

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Hello Hello,

I watched Kisses trial and whilst I would have liked a win I was happy with the effort. One of the other drivers was yelling at his horse at the mobile gate and Kisses must have thought it was for her as she fired up and started to over race. She then settled okay but shifted out a little in the home straight and bumped the horse next to her which shifted in.

Darren was happy with the effort and said that without the problems she would have won the trial. She is due to trial again on Wednesday at Redcliffe again so fingers crossed.

As you can see by the picture she is not a typical Courage looking filly.

Regards,

LOC

[Greg Hando]

Good onya sue
what are the qualifying times in qld

[Love Of Courage]

Good onya sue
what are the qualifying times in qld

Hello Greg,

To be honest I am not sure of the qualifying times. All I know is that "Kisses" made them in both trials.

She has her first race start on Saturday 8th at Redcliffe at 3.40 p.m.. A non TAB meeting so probably no radio or race coverage or replays.

Regards,

Sue

[Greg Hando]

No problem's Sue good luck with her

[David Summers]

Sue, how did she go today?