Arturo is Bel Esprit’s 100th Aust. win for season 28/01/12Leave a comment
The name Arturo is of Spanish origin and means Noble, Courageous which the colt showed this Saturday
ARTURO
3 year old bay colt (15-9-2008) Sire: Bel Esprit Dam: Classy Darcy (Blazing Reality) View Pedigree Report Breeder: Mr S P Standen Owners: S P Standen, Ms L K Lupson, C Standen & Miss R A Standen Colours: Black, White Lightning Bolts Gear Changes: Winkers FIRST TIME
BEL ESPRIT: “As good as anything I’ve been on”
Nash Rawiller
BLACK CAVIAR: “This horse scares me, she could do anything”
Peter Moody
BLACK CAVIAR: “How good? The greatest”
Lee Freedman
BLACK CAVIAR: The World’s Best Horse? She’s in Australia
New York Times
WALTZES: “He’s the fastest horse I’ve trained”
Jarrod McLean
BEL ESPRITS: “they just keep winning”
Brian Donohoe
ALESPRIT: "those times are unheard of for last 600m"
Sid Everingham
BELGIETTO: "I think he’s the best horse I’ve trained".
Peter Gelagotis
BEL ESPRIT: “Victorian-based Bel Esprit’s reputation as the most exciting sprinting sire in the land was further franked when Bel Sprinter stretched his unbeaten streak to four at Caulfield on Saturday.”
Racing Victoria
"BLACK CAVIAR...has now posted four performances worthy of ratings in excess of 130 on Timeform ratings. This has her behind only Curlin and Montjeu (five apiece) and alongside Sea The Stars, ex-Australian So You Think and Dylan Thomas among horses to have run worldwide this century."